San Jose Sharks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 2, 2020

Final / OTThursday, Jan 2, 2020· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
SJS	2	0	0	1	3		SJS	8	10	12	2	32
PIT	1	1	0	0	2		PIT	15	12	11	0	38

: SJS 48PIT 64
: SJS 1.90PIT 3.09
PP goals: SJS 1PIT 0
Hits: SJS 27PIT 26
Blocks: SJS 12PIT 12
PIM: SJS 4PIT 4
: SJS 49%PIT 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 (OT)

San Jose Sharks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in overtime at PIT. Patric Hornqvist (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for SJS: Marleau–Couture–Hertl skated 15:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Patric Hornqvist had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 16:21.Hornqvist
Points
Brent Burns had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:19.Burns
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Couture–Hertl skated 15:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Couture Hertl
Usage
Alex Galchenyuk (PIT) played 20:13, +8:03 up on his 12:10 season average over 58 games.Galchenyuk
Goalie
Aaron Dell (SJS) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +8 against a season average of 29.9; the win.Dell
New line
New look for PIT: Blandisi–Lafferty–Kahun skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blandisi Lafferty Kahun
Usage
Kevin Labanc (SJS) played 11:37, −4:31 down on his 16:08 season average over 69 games.Labanc
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 23:42, +4:00 up on his 19:42 season average over 54 games.Rust

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 112 of 112 attempts · PIT 64 · SJS 48

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 21% of the game, PIT 39%.

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
	53	70
	1.67	2.99
	1.63	2.74
	4	16
	6	8
	11	16
	−0.021	+0.021
	21%	39%

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

L1Marleau – Couture – Hertl
15:3953% CF
L2Kane – Goodrow – Meier
14:0032% CF
L3Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
9:2138% CF
L4Noesen – Karlsson – Kellman
9:0153% CF
D1Burns – Dillon
19:1053% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
18:4537% CF
D3Ferraro – Simek
12:4635% CF

PP1Thornton – Kane – Goodrow – Meier – Ferraro
0:460% CF
PK1FCouture – Hertl
1:04
PK2FGoodrow – Karlsson
0:56
PK1DVlasic – Karlsson
1:04
PK2DBurns – Dillon
0:56

Current SJS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Rust – Galchenyuk
16:5755% CF
L2Hornqvist – McCann – Simon
13:1067% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
11:3547% CF
L4Blandisi – Lafferty – Kahun
5:2836% CF
D1Pettersson – Marino
18:1257% CF
D2Letang – Riikola
10:4554% CF
D3Johnson – Ruhwedel
7:2830% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Hornqvist – Rust – McCann
2:09100% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – Marino – Aston-Reese – Riikola – Kahun
0:27
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
0:26
PK2FRust – Aston-Reese
0:20
PK1DPettersson – Marino
0:46

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Logan Couture C	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.45	1	0	0	21:11	—	—	49	36
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.16	2	1	0	21:03	—	—	50	39
Patrick Marleau C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	2	1	0	17:48	—	—	54	43
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:42	—	—	36	30
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	3	2	17:35	—	—	26	18
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	7	0	0	16:28	—	—	33	29
Joe Thornton C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.12	0	0	2	13:03	—	—	41	40
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	1	2	0	11:37	—	—	39	60
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	33	40
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	53	38
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	11:18	—	—	43	31
Joel Kellman C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	50	38
Brent Burns D	D1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.20	2	1	0	24:19	—	—	52	47
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	3	0	20:14	—	—	54	48
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	24:24	—	—	37	20
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	21:58	—	—	32	17
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	36	50
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:15	—	—	33	43

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	3.09	62:02

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	1	0	0	23:42	—	—	54	53
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	2	21:59	—	—	54	51
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.24	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	61	64
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	68	90
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	2	0	2	+2	8	0.85	1	2	0	16:21	—	—	70	92
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	15:55	—	—	68	90
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	2	0	0	17:24	—	—	55	59
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	5	0	0	15:27	—	—	52	68
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	6	0	0	15:01	—	—	52	51
Dominik Kahun C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	2	0	8:30	—	—	44	50
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:25	—	—	39	35
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	6:02	—	—	36	29
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	4	0	22:40	—	—	63	74
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	20:17	—	—	58	70
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	3	2	25:10	—	—	60	66
Juuso Riikola D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	18:38	—	—	56	59
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:40	—	—	53	60
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:10	—	—	43	50

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	O	32	29	3	.906	1.90	61:58

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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 2, 2020

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Pittsburgh Penguins