Detroit Red Wings vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 27, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 27, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Detroit Red WingsDET

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DET	1	0	1	2		DET	14	7	8	29
PIT	0	3	2	5		PIT	10	14	16	40

: DET 50PIT 66
: DET 3.54PIT 6.03
PP goals: DET 0PIT 2
Hits: DET 24PIT 30
Blocks: DET 14PIT 13
PIM: DET 6PIT 2
: DET 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Detroit Red Wings 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Detroit Red Wings 5–2 at home. Phil Kessel (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:52 together.

Points
Phil Kessel had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:34.Kessel
Points
Derick Brassard had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:43.Brassard
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:34.Malkin
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:04.Crosby
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:52 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel
Goalie
Jimmy Howard (DET) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +8 against a season average of 31.1; the loss.Howard
Luck
DET scored 2 goals on 3.54 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nick Jensen (DET) played 23:46, +3:58 up on his 19:48 season average over 79 games.Jensen

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← DET attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
DET
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · PIT 66 · DET 50

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
DET
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
DET pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DET 19% of the game, PIT 44%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

DET

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	DET	PIT
	55	65
	3.45	4.90
	3.39	4.72
	8	18
	2	5
	17	22
	+0.003	−0.002
	19%	44%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Detroit Red Wings

L1Abdelkader – Nyquist – Larkin
13:0038% CF
L2Nielsen – Vanek – Bertuzzi
10:4962% CF
L3Glendening – Athanasiou – Rasmussen
8:2639% CF
L4Megan – de la Rose – Ehn
5:2450% CF
D1Kronwall – Jensen
19:1639% CF
D2Ericsson – Hronek
12:2346% CF
D3Daley – Cholowski
10:3745% CF

PP1Nielsen – Vanek – Nyquist – Larkin – Cholowski
1:13100% CF
PP2Kronwall – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Hronek – Rasmussen
0:46100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Larkin
0:56
PK2FNielsen – Abdelkader
0:44
PK1DDaley – Ericsson
2:38
PK2DKronwall – Jensen
0:26

Current DET line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
14:4767% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Simon
12:3656% CF
L3Brassard – Kessel – Pearson
11:0942% CF
L4Cullen – Sheahan – Aston-Reese
8:2243% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:3459% CF
D2Maatta – Riikola
15:2932% CF
D3Johnson – Pettersson
15:1663% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
2:52100% CF
PP2Brassard – Pearson – Guentzel – Pettersson – Riikola
0:55100% CF
PK1FCullen – Rust
0:47
PK2FCrosby – Guentzel
0:38
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
1:09
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
0:51

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:49
DETDylan Larkin (Gustav Nyquist, Justin Abdelkader)wrist0.07 xG
DET: Kronwall, Abdelkader, Nyquist, Jensen, LarkinPIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, Simon
DET 1 – 0 PIT

2nd period

7:12
PITPhil KesselPP (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang)backhand0.14 xG
DET: Daley, Ericsson, de la Rose, EhnPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel
DET 1 – 1 PIT
8:26
PITDerick Brassard (Phil Kessel, Tanner Pearson)tip-in0.06 xG
DET: Daley, Nyquist, Bertuzzi, Larkin, CholowskiPIT: Letang, Brassard, Kessel, Dumoulin, Pearson
DET 1 – 2 PIT
18:58
PITPhil KesselPP (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby)snap0.16 xG
DET: Kronwall, Nielsen, Larkin, HronekPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Riikola
DET 1 – 3 PIT

3rd period

4:45
DETAndreas Athanasiou (Michael Rasmussen, Luke Glendening)snap0.11 xG
DET: Kronwall, Jensen, Glendening, Athanasiou, RasmussenPIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Maatta, Simon, Riikola
DET 2 – 3 PIT
5:55
PITPatric Hornqvist (Jack Johnson, Marcus Pettersson)tip-in0.06 xG
DET: Ericsson, Glendening, de la Rose, Ehn, HronekPIT: Malkin, Johnson, Hornqvist, Pettersson, Simon
DET 2 – 4 PIT
17:35
PITDerick BrassardEN (Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.44 xG
DET: Kronwall, Abdelkader, Nyquist, Athanasiou, Larkin, CholowskiPIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Brassard, Dumoulin
DET 2 – 5 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Larkin C	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.39	2	1	0	21:07	—	—	38	18
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	19:33	—	—	34	15
Justin Abdelkader L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	5	0	0	17:22	—	—	41	22
Frans Nielsen C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	54	63
Thomas Vanek L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.64	1	0	2	15:22	—	—	55	57
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	1	0	0	15:15	—	—	57	60
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	0	1	0	17:46	—	—	45	27
Luke Glendening C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	4	1	0	15:46	—	—	33	26
Michael Rasmussen C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	2	1	0	13:32	—	—	42	26
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:24	—	—	56	40
Christoffer Ehn C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	8:36	—	—	57	25
Wade Megan C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	7:03	—	—	60	60
Niklas Kronwall D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	24:08	—	—	41	42
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	23:46	—	—	51	39
Jonathan Ericsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	20:53	—	—	41	26
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.67	1	1	2	16:19	—	—	48	35
Trevor Daley D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	2	18:39	—	—	39	49
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.36	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	57	56

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jimmy Howard(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	5.18	58:53

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.91	1	1	0	20:04	—	—	68	90
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.49	0	1	0	18:49	—	—	64	88
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	63	88
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	2	2	0	5	0.94	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	59	82
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.85	2	1	0	17:47	—	—	59	78
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	56	79
Phil Kessel R	L3	2	1	3	+1	4	0.91	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	44	46
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.27	3	0	0	14:27	—	—	47	34
Derick Brassard C	L3	2	0	2	+2	2	0.50	5	0	0	13:43	—	—	43	38
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	10:52	—	—	39	24
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	2	0	0	10:23	—	—	40	29
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	50	66
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	0	3	0	24:51	—	—	60	69
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	1	0	21:09	—	—	57	67
Juuso Riikola D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	4	1	2	19:32	—	—	30	41
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	4	0	17:27	—	—	40	61
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:26	—	—	65	51
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	3	1	0	16:55	—	—	70	60

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	3.54	60:00

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.