Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 25, 2018

FinalThursday, Jan 25, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	3	3		MIN	6	7	13	26
PIT	2	2	2	6		PIT	15	11	13	39

: MIN 48PIT 59
: MIN 2.23PIT 2.99
PP goals: MIN 1PIT 2
Hits: MIN 17PIT 18
Blocks: MIN 10PIT 13
PIM: MIN 4PIT 10
: MIN 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 6–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 6–3 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT scored 6 goals on 2.99 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:19.Malkin
Points
Phil Kessel had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:30.Kessel
Points
Sidney Crosby had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:32.Crosby
Points
Dominik Simon had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:51.Simon
Points
Carl Hagelin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:58.Hagelin
Points
Eric Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:28.Staal
Points
Marcus Foligno had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:40.Foligno
Luck
PIT scored 6 goals on 2.99 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

PIT
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · PIT 59 · MIN 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 25% 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

MIN

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	MIN	PIT
	41	66
	1.85	3.33
	1.82	3.19
	6	14
	4	5
	17	11
	+0.036	−0.035
	25%	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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
12:2244% CF
L2Coyle – Rau – Eriksson Ek
7:1063% CF
L3Cullen – Ennis – Foligno
6:0417% CF
L4Staal – Parise – Winnik
4:5911% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
17:2525% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
16:0146% CF
D3Prosser – Olofsson
11:5150% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Coyle
2:50100% CF
PP2Koivu – Suter – Spurgeon – Zucker – Granlund
2:26100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
0:25
PK2FCoyle – Eriksson Ek
0:14
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
0:46

Current MIN line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Sheary – Simon
10:4170% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
10:2859% CF
L3Kessel – Sheahan – Guentzel
8:4954% CF
L4Rust – Kuhnhackl – Dea
6:1650% CF
D1Schultz – Maatta
17:0764% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
15:5156% CF
D3Cole – Oleksiak
13:2273% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
0:46100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
3:43
PK2FRust – Kuhnhackl
2:02
PK1DCole – Oleksiak
4:00
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
3:27

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.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.15	1	1	0	17:11	—	—	42	18
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:38	—	—	44	18
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.04	0	1	2	16:37	—	—	42	15
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	45	23
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	14:22	—	—	65	71
Kyle Rau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.68	3	0	0	12:58	—	—	35	51
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.15	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	48	53
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	31	27
Tyler Ennis R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:24	—	—	54	65
Eric Staal C	L4	1	1	2	-1	1	0.18	0	2	0	16:28	—	—	23	14
Zach Parise L	L4	0	0	0	-3	3	0.20	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	15	5
Daniel Winnik L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:08	—	—	36	64
Jonas Brodin D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.06	1	3	0	24:13	—	—	27	38
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	0	0	2	21:33	—	—	27	38
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.19	0	0	0	25:09	—	—	43	26
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	1	2	0	22:02	—	—	46	30
Gustav Olofsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	2	0	0	15:00	—	—	48	37
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:03	—	—	50	37

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	1.61	30:55
Alex Stalock	—	18	16	2	.889	1.39	29:05

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	3	3	+2	1	0.30	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	67	77
Dominik Simon C	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.50	2	0	2	13:51	—	—	60	78
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.10	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	55	75
Carl Hagelin L	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.29	1	1	2	17:58	—	—	65	74
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	2	1	3	0	5	0.47	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	67	71
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	1	2	15:34	—	—	67	65
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	1	0	16:25	—	—	47	24
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	3	3	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	67	54
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:46	—	—	60	27
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	69	85
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	3	1	0	13:09	—	—	58	73
Jean-Sebastien Dea C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	7:36	—	—	40	77
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.19	2	1	0	19:53	—	—	65	27
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:32	—	—	58	16
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	1	4	2	22:07	—	—	59	84
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	2	1	0	21:35	—	—	55	79
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	18:20	—	—	70	82
Ian Cole D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	73	83

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.23	59:48

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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 25, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Pittsburgh Penguins