San Jose Sharks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 21, 2019

FinalThursday, Feb 21, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	3	0	1	4		SJS	12	9	12	33
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	9	9	8	26

: SJS 58PIT 45
: SJS 3.03PIT 1.39
PP goals: SJS 3PIT 0
Hits: SJS 31PIT 35
Blocks: SJS 13PIT 16
PIM: SJS 31PIT 49
: SJS 48%PIT 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks rout Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0

San Jose Sharks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0 at PIT. Brent Burns (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:33 together.

Points
Brent Burns had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 22:24.Burns
Points
Tomas Hertl had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:43.Hertl
Points
Kevin Labanc had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:19.Labanc
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:33 together.Pavelski Couture Karlsson Hertl Labanc
New line
New look for SJS: Haley–Goodrow–Karlsson skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haley Goodrow Karlsson
Usage
Tanner Pearson (PIT) played 6:56, −7:12 down on his 14:08 season average over 79 games.Pearson
Usage
Dominik Simon (PIT) played 9:30, −3:53 down on his 13:23 season average over 70 games.Simon
Usage
Nick Bjugstad (PIT) played 11:22, −3:49 down on his 15:11 season average over 63 games.Bjugstad

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

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

PIT
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · PIT 45 · SJS 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 35% of the game, PIT 16%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

SJS

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	SJS	PIT
	44	46
	1.18	1.21
	1.13	1.21
	5	4
	4	2
	13	19
	−0.004	+0.004
	35%	16%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Kane – Donskoi – Hertl
11:5556% CF
L2Pavelski – Couture – Meier
10:5844% CF
L3Haley – Goodrow – Karlsson
7:4431% CF
L4Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
5:5940% CF
D1Braun – Dillon
13:2345% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
11:4047% CF
D3Burns – Simek
10:0843% CF

PP1Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc
3:3386% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Vlasic – Kane – Meier
2:09100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
1:43
PK2FCouture – Hertl
1:10
PK1DBurns – Braun
1:58
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
1:44

Current SJS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Kessel – Aston-Reese
12:4455% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
10:2850% CF
L3Hornqvist – Bjugstad – McCann
7:0145% CF
L4Cullen – Pearson – Simon
3:0667% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:0783% CF
D2Johnson – Schultz
13:5435% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Pettersson
9:3364% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
1:2450% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Schultz – Guentzel
1:19100% CF
PK1FCullen – Rust
3:29
PK2FMcCann – Aston-Reese
1:06
PK1DJohnson – Ruhwedel
3:56
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
2:49

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:57
SJSTomas HertlPP (Brent Burns, Kevin Labanc)wrist0.02 xG
SJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl, LabancPIT: Cullen, Letang, Dumoulin, Aston-Reese
SJS 1 – 0 PIT
10:01
SJSEvander KaneSH (Brent Burns)backhand0.30 xG
SJS: Burns, Braun, Kane, SorensenPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel
SJS 2 – 0 PIT
13:19
SJSTomas HertlPP (Kevin Labanc, Joe Pavelski)wrist0.16 xG
SJS: Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, LabancPIT: Cullen, Johnson, Ruhwedel, McCann
SJS 3 – 0 PIT

3rd period

16:51
SJSBrent BurnsPP (Erik Karlsson, Joe Thornton)snap0.18 xG
SJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture, KarlssonPIT: Dumoulin, Ruhwedel, Aston-Reese
SJS 4 – 0 PIT

Box score

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

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	2	0	2	0	2	0.37	2	1	2	18:43	—	—	62	72
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.67	2	1	7	17:50	—	—	64	68
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	59	63
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.27	1	2	0	20:07	—	—	50	46
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	18:11	—	—	44	32
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	50	32
Melker Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:29	—	—	38	21
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	12:26	—	—	35	19
Micheal Haley L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	10	8:28	—	—	31	15
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	53	52
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	2	2	0	1	0.31	3	1	0	12:19	—	—	46	56
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	11:25	—	—	40	55
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	0	0	20:43	—	—	46	66
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	12	16:50	—	—	50	58
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.14	1	1	0	23:15	—	—	54	42
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	48	40
Brent Burns D	D3	1	2	3	+1	6	0.52	1	1	0	22:24	—	—	50	51
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	47	46

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	1.39	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	-1	1	0.17	5	1	12	19:41	—	—	50	46
Phil Kessel R	L1	-1	4	0.29	0	0	2	17:23	—	—	50	41
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L1	0	0	0.01	8	1	4	16:32	—	—	52	47
Sidney Crosby C	L2	-1	3	0.27	1	1	10	19:08	—	—	52	63
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	18:40	—	—	46	56
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	0.02	0	5	0	16:46	—	—	50	64
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:44	—	—	43	43
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:53	—	—	38	45
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	11:22	—	—	44	46
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	67	65
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:30	—	—	67	77
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	2	0.12	0	0	7	6:56	—	—	78	74
Kris Letang D	D1	-1	6	0.29	1	1	2	23:22	—	—	70	65
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	75	85
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	22:02	—	—	31	33
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	2	0.06	5	1	2	21:11	—	—	34	30
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:59	—	—	58	38
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	1	0.00	1	1	10	15:53	—	—	57	55

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	3.03	59:58

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.