Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 18, 2023

FinalMonday, Dec 18, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	2	1	3		MIN	8	8	11	27
PIT	1	2	1	4		PIT	13	7	10	30

: MIN 62PIT 59
: MIN 2.34PIT 3.27
PP goals: MIN 0PIT 2
Hits: MIN 17PIT 9
Blocks: MIN 12PIT 13
PIM: MIN 14PIT 10
: MIN 42%PIT 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Minnesota Wild 4–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel and Puustinen) scored 2 power-play goals on 15 attempts in 5:22 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:42.Malkin
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:01.Guentzel
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:04.Crosby
Points
Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:40.Pettersson
Points
Valtteri Puustinen had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:12.Puustinen
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel and Puustinen) scored 2 power-play goals on 15 attempts in 5:22 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Guentzel Puustinen
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rakell–Guentzel skated 11:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rakell Guentzel
New line
New look for MIN: Johansson–Hartman–Rossi skated 8:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Hartman Rossi

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

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PIT
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · PIT 59 · MIN 62

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 31% of the game, PIT 38%.

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
	54	44
	1.58	1.83
	1.53	1.75
	8	7
	5	10
	14	16
	−0.065	+0.065
	31%	38%

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

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
9:4652% CF
L2Johansson – Hartman – Rossi
8:1357% CF
L3Maroon – Foligno – Gaudreau
6:0188% CF
L4Duhaime – Lettieri – Dewar
5:3946% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
15:2539% CF
D2Goligoski – Bogosian
11:1774% CF
D3Merrill – Hunt
11:0354% CF

PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
4:31100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Maroon – Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau
0:53100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
3:09
PK2FDuhaime – Dewar
1:34
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
3:49
PK2DBogosian – Hunt
2:53

Current MIN line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
11:3055% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Puustinen
7:5433% CF
L3Carter – Harkins – Acciari
7:4850% CF
L4Eller – O'Connor – Zohorna
6:0625% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
15:5752% CF
D2Karlsson – Graves
15:2125% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Ludvig
5:3954% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Guentzel – Puustinen
5:22100% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Smith – Rakell
0:44100% CF
PK1FEller – O'Connor
2:35
PK2FSmith – Acciari
2:05
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:27
PK2DRuhwedel – Graves
1:08

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
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	3	1	2	22:34	—	—	46	47
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.33	0	0	2	20:58	—	—	54	67
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.36	2	0	0	19:35	—	—	50	63
Marco Rossi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	52	52
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	58	48
Ryan Hartman R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	1	0	4	13:01	—	—	55	49
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	60	29
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	0	0	12:51	—	—	73	50
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:10	—	—	64	46
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	9:45	—	—	50	24
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	9:30	—	—	53	19
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	8:26	—	—	53	27
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.23	1	1	0	28:18	—	—	46	52
Jake Middleton D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	2	0	23:49	—	—	48	43
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	1	2	16:18	—	—	65	31
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	2	15:14	—	—	71	37
Daemon Hunt D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	2	0	15:52	—	—	53	55
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	12:19	—	—	54	62

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	3.27	58:18

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	-2	3	0.60	0	1	0	23:01	—	—	57	48
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	-2	4	0.89	0	0	0	22:04	—	—	62	56
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.32	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	52	38
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.34	0	1	4	16:42	—	—	35	57
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	30	62
Valtteri Puustinen R	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.24	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	35	66
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:22	—	—	57	63
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	12:25	—	—	50	62
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	2	0	0	10:30	—	—	48	55
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	29	65
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:10	—	—	36	2
Radim Zohorna L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	6:29	—	—	33	0
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.00	1	0	2	25:59	—	—	54	57
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.05	1	1	0	23:40	—	—	53	55
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.15	0	1	0	26:10	—	—	30	35
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	2	0	18:48	—	—	31	38
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	9:57	—	—	60	90
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	8:51	—	—	45	58

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	2.34	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Reilly Smith (PIT) 1st 7:39 · assists Valtteri Puustinen, Marcus Pettersson · Rush · carried in · 26.0 mph shot · 5.2 s from entry to goal.

Reilly Smith · 1st 7:39 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s

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Jake Guentzel · 2nd 0:36 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 54.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: deflection

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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 3:34 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 50.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Ryan Hartman · 2nd 15:06 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.8 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Jake Middleton · 2nd 17:30 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 46.4 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Vinni Lettieri · 3rd 5:33 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: deflection

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 6:20 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 18, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Minnesota Wild 4–3

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

Goal anatomy

Reilly Smith · 1st 7:39 · PIT

Jake Guentzel · 2nd 0:36 · PIT PP

Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 3:34 · PIT

Ryan Hartman · 2nd 15:06 · MIN

Jake Middleton · 2nd 17:30 · MIN

Vinni Lettieri · 3rd 5:33 · MIN

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 6:20 · PIT PP