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Sat, Dec 30, 2023·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

St. Louis Blues 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 88% of the time.

PIT winsSTL wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

PIT forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against STL's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Buchnevich–Kyrou–ThomasHayes–Kapanen–ToropchenkoSchenn–Saad–NeighboursSundqvist–MacEachern–BlaisHayes–Kapanen–BlaisLeddy–ParaykoKrug–KesselScandella–PerunovichScandella–KrugParayko–PerunovichLeddy–Krug
Crosby–Rakell–Guentzel7:090.91–0.284:280.38–0.070:590.02–0.007:370.42–0.184:230.84–0.141:340.05–0.04
Malkin–Smith–O'Connor1:510.03–0.200:480.08–0.003:130.32–0.221:170.19–0.020:570.00–0.003:410.32–0.024:000.12–0.340:530.19–0.120:380.00–0.00
Carter–Harkins–Acciari0:460.00–0.001:020.00–0.002:440.00–0.120:460.00–0.001:310.00–0.022:340.00–0.061:130.00–0.00
Eller–Puustinen–Zohorna0:370.00–0.002:440.04–0.062:240.00–0.031:010.02–0.01
Carter–Eller–Puustinen1:170.00–0.141:170.00–0.14
Carter–Eller–Acciari0:520.08–0.000:400.08–0.160:360.00–0.00
Letang–Pettersson6:300.48–0.283:350.05–0.062:120.02–0.000:510.02–0.000:420.00–0.017:570.07–0.313:490.42–0.021:410.02–0.001:200.05–0.041:030.00–0.01
Karlsson–Graves3:170.23–0.212:430.00–0.033:320.00–0.251:050.00–0.000:380.00–0.005:260.22–0.043:110.01–0.442:010.00–0.190:420.35–0.001:120.00–0.000:300.00–0.00
Ruhwedel–Ludvig0:420.00–0.122:330.12–0.002:060.08–0.121:110.19–0.020:560.00–0.022:560.08–0.021:510.27–0.190:430.00–0.00
Ruhwedel–Graves0:300.00–0.001:100.32–0.000:450.32–0.000:310.00–0.000:380.00–0.00
Karlsson–Ludvig0:430.00–0.001:120.00–0.05
Letang–Karlsson0:470.08–0.000:440.33–0.000:510.42–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndGuentzel FRakell FCrosby FSmith FO'Connor FMalkin FEller FPuustinen FZohorna FCarter FAcciari FHarkins FPettersson DLetang DKarlsson DGraves DRuhwedel DLudvig DJarry GThomas FKyrou FBuchnevich FSchenn FNeighbours FSaad FHayes FToropchenko FKapanen FMacEachern FSundqvist FBlais FLeddy DParayko DKrug DKessel DScandella DPerunovich DHofer G
PITSTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Kris LetangPIT2725:110:561:5715
Torey KrugSTL3024:550:501:3764
Colton ParaykoSTL2924:400:511:5639
Marcus PetterssonPIT2824:020:521:3225
Robert ThomasSTL2423:581:001:5337
Nick LeddySTL2623:360:541:5418
Pavel BuchnevichSTL2422:520:571:5847
Jordan KyrouSTL2222:501:021:5934
Erik KarlssonPIT2622:360:522:0963
Jake GuentzelPIT2320:270:531:3761
Brayden SchennSTL2420:260:511:2935
Sidney CrosbyPIT2320:220:531:3761
Ryan GravesPIT2419:270:492:0422
Rickard RakellPIT2319:090:501:3461
Evgeni MalkinPIT2017:060:511:5843
Kasperi KapanenSTL2316:340:431:2254
Drew O'ConnorPIT2416:070:401:0825
Reilly SmithPIT2516:030:391:4053
Lars EllerPIT2215:370:431:3135
Brandon SaadSTL1915:010:471:1515
Jake NeighboursSTL2115:010:431:1811
Noel AcciariPIT2214:480:401:3114
Matthew KesselSTL2114:320:421:2243
Kevin HayesSTL2214:290:401:1754
Chad RuhwedelPIT1813:380:452:0214
Jeff CarterPIT1713:230:471:3131
Marco ScandellaSTL2012:280:371:0501
Scott PerunovichSTL1812:220:411:3010
Alexey ToropchenkoSTL1611:190:421:1142
John LudvigPIT1610:490:411:2205
Valtteri PuustinenPIT1610:290:391:2123
Oskar SundqvistSTL149:160:401:0902
Radim ZohornaPIT137:560:371:1303
Jansen HarkinsPIT97:140:481:1301
Sammy BlaisSTL96:270:431:0510
Mackenzie MacEachernSTL95:590:401:0100