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Pittsburgh Penguins, 2017-18

Be the GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins Take over the 2017-18 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

2017-18 record

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 82 games. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 31 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
1st Round	Philadelphia Flyers	Won 4-2
2nd Round	Washington Capitals	Lost 2-4

Value for money

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	CF%	xGF%	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Evgeni Malkin	C	78	42	56	98	16	87	239	48	52.7	52.6	+11.4	$9.5M	-$1.6M
Phil Kessel	R	82	34	58	92	-4	36	261	10	50.4	48.9	+4.6	$8M	-$4.5M
Sidney Crosby	C	82	29	60	89	0	46	247	75	55.5	57.1	+12.6	$8.7M	-$81K
Kris Letang	D	79	9	42	51	-9	56	222	109	55.0	56.5	+9.9	$7.25M	-$309K
Patric Hornqvist	R	70	29	20	49	2	58	247	137	53.5	57.5	+10.9	$4.25M	+$3.3M
Jake Guentzel	C	82	22	26	48	-9	42	171	142	53.6	51.6	+4.1	$734K	+$2.5M
Bryan Rust	R	69	13	25	38	11	26	123	97	56.3	55.8	+9.6	$640K	+$6.1M
Riley Sheahan	C	73	11	21	32	4	4	104	46	49.1	48.7	+2.7	$2.075M	+$264K
Carl Hagelin	L	81	10	21	31	8	28	169	112	54.1	56.0	+8.5	$4M	+$2M
Conor Sheary	L	79	18	12	30	2	10	142	29	52.2	53.1	+3.5	$3M	-$185K
Olli Maatta	D	82	7	22	29	-1	28	164	131	51.8	51.1	+0.7	$4.083M	-$3M
Justin Schultz	D	63	4	23	27	22	14	109	36	49.9	52.6	+1.5	$5.5M	-$4M
Brian Dumoulin	D	80	5	13	18	-5	30	102	101	53.7	55.6	+7.0	$4.1M	+$943K
Jamie Oleksiak	D	47	4	10	14	13	69	64	138	50.4	52.6	-0.4	$965K	-$618K
Ian Cole	D	47	3	10	13	3	52	63	69	51.5	50.4	+1.7	$2.1M	-$434K
Dominik Simon	C	33	4	8	12	2	16	36	37	54.6	53.3	+0.3	$693K	+$95K
Matt Hunwick	D	42	4	6	10	-4	21	52	51	48.8	48.3	-0.3	$2.25M	-$1.8M
Derick Brassard	C	14	3	5	8	1	4	33	18	50.1	50.1	+3.7	$5M	-$2M
Ryan Reaves	R	58	4	4	8	-9	84	34	161	47.4	49.4	-0.7	$1.125M	-$954K
Tom Kuhnhackl	R	69	2	6	8	-6	6	63	139	43.8	44.3	+0.2	$625K	+$119K
Zachary Aston-Reese	L	16	4	2	6	2	2	20	55	49.3	49.4	+0.9	$925K
Carter Rowney	C	44	2	3	5	-13	4	21	74	47.3	48.4	+0.2	$613K	+$112K
Chad Ruhwedel	D	44	2	3	5	-8	16	67	67	52.9	51.5	-0.7	$650K	-$455K
Greg McKegg	C	26	2	2	4	-4	8	21	19	46.9	51.6	+0.2	$650K	+$98K
Daniel Sprong	R	8	2	1	3	2	0	22	9	62.8	77.4	+2.4	$693K
Jean-Sebastien Dea	C	5	1	0	1	1	2	1	9	31.8	51.0	+0.2	$650K
Frank Corrado	D	5	0	0	0	-1	2	6	5	49.0	60.2	+0.4	$650K
Josh Archibald	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	47.3	43.7	+0.0	$675K	-$49K
Josh Jooris	R	9	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	50.2	47.3	-0.6	$775K	-$575K
Scott Wilson	C	3	0	0	0	-2	0	3	13	46.4	43.9	+0.6	$625K	+$399K
Zach Trotman	D	3	0	0	0	-3	0	6	1	53.2	49.5	0.0	$650K

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Matt Murray	49	27	16	3	1	1423	1290	133	2.92	0.907	-6.3	+6.7	$3.75M	-$1.6M
Tristan Jarry	26	14	6	2	2	687	624	63	2.77	0.908	-1.1	+5.2	$631K	+$1.2M
Casey DeSmith	14	6	4	1	1	356	328	28	2.40	0.921	+5.2	+8.6	$675K
Antti Niemi	3	0	3	0	0	79	63	16	7.49	0.797	+4.5	+11.4	$700K	+$2.5M

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