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San Jose Sharks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 2, 2022

Final· PPG Paints Arena
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SJS
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PIT
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Goals123TShots123T
SJS1135SJS1071027
PIT6028PIT1781439
SJS 48PIT 75
SJS 2.06PIT 5.26
PP goals
SJS 1PIT 1
Hits
SJS 51PIT 32
Blocks
SJS 12PIT 9
PIM
SJS 6PIT 4
SJS 66%PIT 34%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat San Jose Sharks 8–5

Pittsburgh Penguins beat San Jose Sharks 8–5 at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 2A.

  1. Points
    Bryan Rust had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 18:33.Rust
  2. Points
    Evan Rodrigues had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:52.Rodrigues
  3. Points
    Timo Meier had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:45.Meier
  4. Points
    Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:06.Guentzel
  5. Points
    Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:37.Middleton
  6. Points
    Danton Heinen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:15.Heinen
  7. Points
    Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 29:05.Letang
  8. Points
    Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:27.Pettersson

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.

Shot map, SJS at PIT: 123 attempts, 66 on goal, 13 goals, 7.32 expected goals; best chance Bryan Rust at 0.56 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← SJS attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →
  • PIT
  • SJS
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · PIT 75 · SJS 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, SJS at PIT: expected goals 5.26 to 2.06 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 75 to 48, 13 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdPITSJSRGRRBBRBNMCRRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PIT
  • SJS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITSJScontrol2nd3rdRodrigues · 1st 1:03Guentzel · 1st 3:12Rodrigues · 1st 4:11Rust · 1st 6:09Barabanov · 1st 15:33Bjorkqvist · 1st 16:29Rust · 1st 19:32Burns · 2nd 14:27Nieto · 3rd 0:20Middleton · 3rd 3:01Couture · 3rd 4:09Rodrigues · 3rd 17:59Rust · 3rd 19:49
  • 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 14% of the game, PIT 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, SJS at PIT: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Casey DeSmith (59:40) for PIT and Zach Sawchenko (38:32) for SJS, 13 goals.

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
StatSJSPIT
5378
2.224.62
2.194.29
819
1112
86
+0.161−0.161
14%48%

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

Current SJS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:03
    PITEvan Rodrigues (Marcus Pettersson, Danton Heinen)wrist0.16 xG
    SJS: Burns, Hertl, Dahlen, Gregor, SimekPIT: Matheson, Ruhwedel, Heinen, Rodrigues, Simon
    SJS 0 – 1 PIT
  2. 3:12
    PITJake Guentzel (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)snap0.08 xG
    SJS: Vlasic, Hertl, Meloche, Dahlen, GregorPIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, Marino
    SJS 0 – 2 PIT
  3. 4:11
    PITEvan Rodrigues (Danton Heinen, Dominik Simon)backhand0.13 xG
    SJS: Cogliano, Bonino, Karlsson, Nieto, MiddletonPIT: Matheson, Ruhwedel, Heinen, Rodrigues, Simon
    SJS 0 – 3 PIT
  4. 6:09
    PITBryan Rust (Kris Letang, Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.07 xG
    SJS: Vlasic, Couture, Meier, Meloche, BarabanovPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
    SJS 0 – 4 PIT
  5. 15:33
    SJSAlexander Barabanov (Timo Meier, Marc-Edouard Vlasic)wrist0.10 xG
    SJS: Vlasic, Bonino, Meier, Meloche, BarabanovPIT: Pettersson, Heinen, Marino, Rodrigues, Simon
    SJS 1 – 4 PIT
  6. 16:29
    PITKasper Bjorkqvist (Radim Zohorna, Sam Lafferty)wrist0.15 xG
    SJS: Cogliano, Vlasic, Bonino, Nieto, MelochePIT: Matheson, Ruhwedel, Lafferty, Bjorkqvist, Zohorna
    SJS 1 – 5 PIT
  7. 19:32
    PITBryan Rust (John Marino, Marcus Pettersson)tip-in0.01 xG
    SJS: Burns, Vlasic, Couture, Meier, BarabanovPIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, Marino
    SJS 1 – 6 PIT

2nd period

  1. 14:27
    SJSBrent BurnsPP (Nick Bonino, Noah Gregor)slap0.08 xG
    SJS: Burns, Bonino, Pederson, Gregor, BarabanovPIT: Dumoulin, McGinn, Ruhwedel, Lafferty
    SJS 2 – 6 PIT

3rd period

  1. 0:20
    SJSMatt Nieto (Jake Middleton, Andrew Cogliano)slap0.02 xG
    SJS: Cogliano, Bonino, Karlsson, Nieto, MiddletonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
    SJS 3 – 6 PIT
  2. 3:01
    SJSJake Middleton (Erik Karlsson, Timo Meier)tip-in0.02 xG
    SJS: Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Middleton, MeierPIT: McGinn, Pettersson, Marino, Aston-Reese, O'Connor
    SJS 4 – 6 PIT
  3. 4:09
    SJSLogan Couture (Timo Meier)snap0.14 xG
    SJS: Burns, Couture, Hertl, Meier, SimekPIT: Matheson, Ruhwedel, Heinen, Rodrigues, Simon
    SJS 5 – 6 PIT
  4. 17:59
    PITEvan RodriguesPP (Kris Letang, Bryan Rust)snap0.19 xG
    SJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Hertl, GregorPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Rodrigues
    SJS 5 – 7 PIT
  5. 19:49
    PITBryan RustEN (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.56 xG
    SJS: Burns, Nieto, Meier, Dahlen, Gregor, BarabanovPIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Guentzel, Marino
    SJS 5 – 8 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Bonino CL1011010.1920016:35——3935
Matt Nieto LL1101-230.0841214:22——3222
Andrew Cogliano CL1011-130.0911014:13——3930
Jeffrey Viel LL2000000.0050010:34——1827
Lane Pederson CL2000000.0030010:20——00
Jonah Gadjovich LL2000000.006009:38——00
Timo Meier RL3033020.3381018:45——4941
Logan Couture CL3101030.1660218:32——4232
Alexander Barabanov LL3101-220.1002015:29——4444
Tomas Hertl CL4000040.5030019:37——5846
Noah Gregor LL4011-300.1651016:27——3720
Jonathan Dahlen CL4000-310.0810014:22——5032
Erik Karlsson DD1011+120.0501026:53——4538
Jake Middleton DD1112+130.1321021:37——4740
Brent Burns DD2101-220.1410023:49——4137
Radim Simek DD2000000.0012215:36——4042
Marc-Edouard Vlasic DD3011-300.0002016:26——2614
Nicolas Meloche DD3000-210.0430013:22——3016
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Zach Sawchenko—21201.9522.7238:32
James Reimer(start)L17116.6471.9820:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jake Guentzel CL1112+320.3000020:06——5853
Sidney Crosby CL1022+320.3502019:39——5854
Bryan Rust RL1325+351.0510018:33——6158
Brock McGinn LL2000-110.4311016:11——5267
Drew O'Connor LL2000-140.3910014:57——5568
Zachary Aston-Reese LL2000-160.5590014:39——5974
Evan Rodrigues CL3303060.9301017:52——6175
Dominik Simon CL3011010.2110415:32——6173
Danton Heinen LL3022010.4300014:15——5371
Sam Lafferty CL4011+100.003009:31——7889
Kasper Bjorkqvist RL4101+130.191008:54——8994
Radim Zohorna LL4011+100.002008:27——8089
Kris Letang DD1022050.0731029:05——5471
Brian Dumoulin DD1011010.0020024:37——4958
John Marino DD2011+100.0011018:20——4649
Marcus Pettersson DD2022000.1313014:27——5056
Mike Matheson DD3000+310.2120016:06——8482
Chad Ruhwedel DD3000+210.0240015:13——8081
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Casey DeSmith(start)W27225.8152.0659:40