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Pittsburgh Penguins, 2018-19

Be the GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins Take over the 2018-19 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

2018-19 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
9 82 44-26-12 100 0.610 273 241 +32 23-14-4 21-12-8

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

49.7Corsi for %15th of 31 · 3,919 attempts for, 3,961 against
50.1Fenwick for %13th of 31 · unblocked attempts
50.3Shots for %14th of 31 · shots on goal
52.1Expected goals for %10th of 31 · 183.9 expected for, 169.2 against
54.8Goals for %6th of 31 · 182 for, 150 against
101.4PDO8.3% shooting + 93.1% saves

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

40%45%50%55%60%Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

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.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel47460:5251.953.226-13
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Dominik Simon31202:4661.364.918-9
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Zachary Aston-Reese21158:3352.958.47-5
Patric Hornqvist · Nick Bjugstad · Dominik Simon18147:3661.167.15-2
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Carl Hagelin15144:3753.152.311-7
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Jared McCann11119:2954.461.57-5
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin63897:3154.755.655-32
Jack Johnson · Justin Schultz28382:5244.844.916-11
Jack Johnson · Marcus Pettersson39369:5347.648.114-14
Olli Maatta · Juuso Riikola30357:1245.750.114-12
Jamie Oleksiak · Olli Maatta33319:0045.651.620-12

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

Shots for
Shots against

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 New York Islanders Lost 0-4

Value for money

$82.2MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 31 ranked players
$91.5MWorth at the going rate133.8 goals above replacement
+$9.3MValue13th of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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
Sidney Crosby C 79 35 65 100 18 36 220 85 54.5 56.8 +24.8 $8.7M+$9M
Phil Kessel R 82 27 55 82 -19 28 215 12 46.7 48.8 +3.9 $8M-$4.7M
Jake Guentzel C 82 40 36 76 13 26 227 105 53.0 55.8 +15.0 $734K+$10.2M
Evgeni Malkin C 68 21 51 72 -25 89 187 54 50.1 52.1 +11.0 $9.5M-$1.3M
Kris Letang D 65 16 40 56 13 48 206 116 53.9 54.8 +16.2 $7.25M+$4.5M
Patric Hornqvist R 69 18 19 37 -3 26 197 150 50.7 54.3 +7.0 $5.3M+$123K
Bryan Rust R 72 18 17 35 10 24 141 119 50.3 49.8 +4.2 $3.5M+$21K
Dominik Simon C 71 8 20 28 8 18 121 89 55.8 59.7 +9.6 $750K+$6.5M
Brian Dumoulin D 76 3 20 23 31 20 99 141 52.7 55.2 +7.9 $4.1M+$2M
Matt Cullen C 71 7 13 20 6 14 87 32 42.7 47.0 +0.5 $650K+$350K
Marcus Pettersson D 57 2 17 19 13 49 72 85 50.0 52.1 +4.5 $794K+$2.9M
Jared McCann L 32 11 6 17 8 13 72 32 49.5 48.9 +4.2 $1.25M+$2.2M
Zachary Aston-Reese L 43 8 9 17 12 26 76 138 48.1 52.1 +2.5 $925K+$1.4M
Derick Brassard C 40 9 6 15 -6 29 62 69 44.9 42.1 -8.3 $5M-$10.1M
Justin Schultz D 29 2 13 15 0 4 47 25 45.1 45.3 -3.0 $5.5M-$6.9M
Nick Bjugstad C 32 9 5 14 4 14 94 82 51.7 52.6 +2.8 $4.1M-$1.6M
Olli Maatta D 60 1 13 14 9 12 74 97 46.6 52.0 +3.3 $4.083M-$1.2M
Tanner Pearson L 44 9 5 14 -6 13 81 82 47.6 47.5 +0.2 $3.75M-$3M
Jack Johnson D 82 1 12 13 -4 41 86 233 46.0 45.7 -9.4 $3.25M-$9.1M
Jamie Oleksiak D 36 4 7 11 5 37 35 97 49.2 52.6 +2.5 $2.138M+$181K
Teddy Blueger C 28 6 4 10 7 15 33 52 47.9 48.4 +0.2 $650K+$107K
Riley Sheahan C 49 7 2 9 -7 13 60 50 45.5 48.9 +3.9 $2.1M+$1.2M
Garrett Wilson L 50 2 6 8 2 18 54 114 47.8 52.7 +2.0 $650K+$1.3M
Derek Grant C 25 2 3 5 3 6 26 42 48.2 49.9 +1.1 $650K+$761K
Juuso Riikola D 37 2 3 5 3 10 43 86 45.3 48.2 -0.4 $925K-$606K
Daniel Sprong R 16 0 4 4 -7 0 16 12 47.8 46.4 +0.8 $750K+$421K
Carl Hagelin L 16 1 2 3 2 12 28 33 54.2 54.0 +4.9 $4M-$45K
Adam Johnson C 6 0 2 2 2 0 3 11 48.3 50.4 +0.4
Chad Ruhwedel D 18 1 1 2 -9 4 22 40 52.5 57.3 +1.5 $650K
Erik Gudbranson D 19 0 2 2 7 4 22 52 46.3 45.1 -6.7 $4M-$8M
Jean-Sebastien Dea C 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 48.9 56.3 +1.7 $650K+$1.2M
Zach Trotman D 13 0 1 1 4 4 16 20 48.8 54.4 -0.3 $650K
Joseph Blandisi C 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 42.4 39.7 -0.8 $680K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Matt Murray 50 291464 1594 1465 129 2.69 0.919 +6.4 +20.2 $3.75M+$1.1M
Casey DeSmith 36 151153 1060 971 89 2.75 0.916 +2.8 +12.2 $675K+$2.5M
Tristan Jarry 2 0110 62 55 7 3.50 0.887 -3.9 -3.6 $675K

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 6, 2019 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 39 30
Apr 4, 2019 vs DET W 4-1 47 34
Apr 2, 2019 @ DET L 1-4 39 26
Mar 31, 2019 vs CAR W 3-1 28 38
Mar 29, 2019 vs NSH L 1-3 43 26
Mar 25, 2019 @ NYR W 5-2 36 35
Mar 23, 2019 @ DAL W 3-2 30 31
Mar 21, 2019 @ NSH W 2-1 (SO) 33 29
Mar 19, 2019 @ CAR L 2-3 (SO) 38 39
Mar 17, 2019 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) 42 38
Mar 16, 2019 vs STL L 1-5 41 26
Mar 14, 2019 @ BUF W 5-0 28 26
Mar 12, 2019 vs WSH W 5-3 30 41
Mar 10, 2019 vs BOS W 4-2 37 41
Mar 9, 2019 @ CBJ L 1-4 29 33
Mar 7, 2019 vs CBJ W 3-0 31 25
Mar 5, 2019 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 37 34
Mar 2, 2019 @ MTL W 5-1 25 37
Mar 1, 2019 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 44 30
Feb 26, 2019 @ CBJ W 5-2 27 23
Feb 23, 2019 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 43 37
Feb 21, 2019 vs SJS L 0-4 26 33
Feb 19, 2019 @ NJD W 4-3 28 36
Feb 17, 2019 vs NYR W 6-5 41 44
Feb 16, 2019 vs CGY L 4-5 38 31
Feb 13, 2019 vs EDM W 3-1 34 39
Feb 11, 2019 @ PHI W 4-1 28 51
Feb 9, 2019 @ TBL L 4-5 32 34
Feb 7, 2019 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 31 42
Feb 5, 2019 vs CAR L 0-4 23 32
Feb 2, 2019 @ TOR L 2-3 30 33
Feb 1, 2019 vs OTT W 5-3 40 40
Jan 30, 2019 vs TBL W 4-2 22 35
Jan 28, 2019 vs NJD L 3-6 40 32
Jan 19, 2019 @ VGK L 3-7 37 35
Jan 18, 2019 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 35 33
Jan 15, 2019 @ SJS L 2-5 24 29
Jan 12, 2019 @ LAK L 2-5 40 25
Jan 11, 2019 @ ANA W 7-4 36 25
Jan 8, 2019 vs FLA W 5-1 31 37
Jan 6, 2019 vs CHI L 3-5 34 31
Jan 4, 2019 vs WPG W 4-0 33 33
Jan 2, 2019 @ NYR W 7-2 25 30
Dec 31, 2018 @ MIN W 3-2 32 33
Dec 29, 2018 @ STL W 6-1 30 31
Dec 27, 2018 vs DET W 5-2 40 29
Dec 22, 2018 @ CAR W 3-0 32 39
Dec 20, 2018 vs MIN W 2-1 37 41
Dec 19, 2018 @ WSH W 2-1 30 32
Dec 17, 2018 vs ANA L 2-4 30 36
Dec 15, 2018 vs LAK W 4-3 (OT) 36 41
Dec 14, 2018 vs BOS W 5-3 28 51
Dec 12, 2018 @ CHI L 3-6 43 29
Dec 10, 2018 @ NYI W 2-1 (SO) 24 26
Dec 8, 2018 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 36 29
Dec 6, 2018 vs NYI W 6-2 28 24
Dec 4, 2018 vs COL W 6-3 32 45
Dec 1, 2018 vs PHI L 2-4 32 26
Nov 28, 2018 @ COL L 3-6 25 26
Nov 27, 2018 @ WPG W 4-3 30 27
Nov 24, 2018 vs CBJ W 4-2 36 39
Nov 23, 2018 @ BOS L 1-2 (OT) 37 37
Nov 21, 2018 vs DAL W 5-1 30 19
Nov 19, 2018 vs BUF L 4-5 (OT) 40 40
Nov 17, 2018 @ OTT L 4-6 35 25
Nov 15, 2018 vs TBL L 3-4 31 26
Nov 13, 2018 @ NJD L 2-4 31 35
Nov 10, 2018 vs ARI W 4-0 32 39
Nov 7, 2018 @ WSH L 1-2 42 22
Nov 5, 2018 vs NJD L 1-5 36 39
Nov 3, 2018 vs TOR L 0-5 31 33
Nov 1, 2018 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 31 26
Oct 30, 2018 vs NYI L 3-6 38 25
Oct 27, 2018 @ VAN W 5-0 35 29
Oct 25, 2018 @ CGY W 9-1 36 39
Oct 23, 2018 @ EDM W 6-5 (OT) 31 46
Oct 18, 2018 @ TOR W 3-0 38 38
Oct 16, 2018 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 28 26
Oct 13, 2018 @ MTL L 3-4 (SO) 28 40
Oct 11, 2018 vs VGK W 4-2 22 37
Oct 6, 2018 vs MTL L 1-5 22 29
Oct 4, 2018 vs WSH W 7-6 (OT) 41 36