New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 6, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 6, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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New York IslandersNYI

2

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	0	1	2		NYI	7	4	13	24
PIT	2	3	1	6		PIT	8	13	7	28

: NYI 47PIT 48
: NYI 2.67PIT 2.41
PP goals: NYI 0PIT 1
Hits: NYI 46PIT 39
Blocks: NYI 17PIT 15
PIM: NYI 8PIT 6
: NYI 44%PIT 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout New York Islanders 6–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 6–2 at home. Phil Kessel (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 2A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Sheahan–Pearson skated 10:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Phil Kessel had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 20:13.Kessel
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:19.Crosby
Points
Jake Guentzel had 3 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:47.Guentzel
Points
Kris Letang had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 26:22.Letang
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Sheahan–Pearson skated 10:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Sheahan Pearson
Luck
PIT scored 6 goals on 2.41 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Kessel–Guentzel skated 7:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Kessel Guentzel
Usage
Patric Hornqvist (PIT) played 6:44, −8:52 down on his 15:36 season average over 68 games.Hornqvist

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

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

PIT
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · PIT 48 · NYI 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 33% of the game, PIT 32%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

NYI

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	NYI	PIT
	47	50
	2.37	2.12
	2.32	2.08
	13	8
	4	5
	12	13
	−0.045	+0.045
	33%	32%

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.

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Nelson
9:4325% CF
L2Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier
9:1783% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
8:5275% CF
L4Filppula – Komarov – Kuhnhackl
3:3071% CF
D1Hickey – Pulock
15:1546% CF
D2Boychuk – Leddy
13:4441% CF
D3Mayfield – Pelech
12:2355% CF

PP1Bailey – Eberle – Leddy – Lee – Barzal
2:43100% CF
PP2Filppula – Boychuk – Clutterbuck – Nelson – Pulock
0:57
PK1FFilppula – Komarov
1:49
PK2FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:40
PK1DHickey – Mayfield
3:09
PK2DPelech – Pulock
2:15

Current NYI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Sheahan – Pearson
10:0740% CF
L2Crosby – Kessel – Guentzel
7:1845% CF
L3Brassard – Rust – Aston-Reese
5:0438% CF
L4Hornqvist – Grant – Wilson
0:00
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:1064% CF
D2Oleksiak – Maatta
13:3138% CF
D3Johnson – Pettersson
13:1750% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
4:1150% CF
PP2Brassard – Oleksiak – Pearson – Maatta – Guentzel
1:1667% CF
PK1FSheahan – Aston-Reese
2:00
PK2FCrosby – Rust
0:50
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
2:00
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:30

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:34
PITKris Letang (Derick Brassard, Phil Kessel)wrist0.05 xG
NYI: Kuhnhackl, Mayfield, Pelech, Barzal, BeauvillierPIT: Letang, Brassard, Kessel, Dumoulin, Aston-Reese
NYI 0 – 1 PIT
17:43
NYIBrock NelsonSH (Tom Kuhnhackl, Thomas Hickey)backhand0.24 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Nelson, Kuhnhackl, PelechPIT: Brassard, Oleksiak, Pearson, Maatta, Guentzel
NYI 1 – 1 PIT
19:31
PITKris Letang (Bryan Rust, Brian Dumoulin)snap0.02 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Clutterbuck, Martin, Leddy, CizikasPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
NYI 1 – 2 PIT

2nd period

7:21
PITRiley Sheahan (Evgeni Malkin, Jamie Oleksiak)wrist0.21 xG
NYI: Filppula, Boychuk, Bailey, Leddy, KuhnhacklPIT: Malkin, Sheahan, Oleksiak, Pearson, Maatta
NYI 1 – 3 PIT
12:09
PITPhil KesselPP (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel)snap0.12 xG
NYI: Filppula, Komarov, Pelech, PulockPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Guentzel
NYI 1 – 4 PIT
17:37
PITPhil Kessel (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel)tip-in0.06 xG
NYI: Filppula, Boychuk, Komarov, Leddy, KuhnhacklPIT: Crosby, Johnson, Kessel, Guentzel, Pettersson
NYI 1 – 5 PIT

3rd period

4:23
NYIAnders Lee (Ryan Pulock)backhand0.05 xG
NYI: Hickey, Eberle, Lee, Nelson, PulockPIT: Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, Guentzel
NYI 2 – 5 PIT
13:00
PITSidney Crosby (Phil Kessel, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.02 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Eberle, Leddy, Lee, NelsonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, Guentzel
NYI 2 – 6 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.70	1	3	0	17:08	—	—	26	59
Anders Lee L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	4	1	0	16:29	—	—	21	5
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	27	25
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	2	18:28	—	—	64	68
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.37	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	62	53
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:06	—	—	58	66
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	3	0	2	14:10	—	—	67	95
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	2	0	13:51	—	—	67	37
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	8	0	0	11:26	—	—	71	91
Leo Komarov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:21	—	—	47	83
Valtteri Filppula C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.35	2	1	0	13:03	—	—	50	74
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	1	1	-2	0	0.07	0	2	2	10:47	—	—	39	28
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	4	2	0	23:13	—	—	47	77
Thomas Hickey D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	21:02	—	—	50	56
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	-4	1	0.14	3	3	0	19:46	—	—	42	44
Johnny Boychuk D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.05	4	1	0	16:12	—	—	44	45
Adam Pelech D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	5	0	0	18:49	—	—	50	41
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	0	0	18:20	—	—	56	57

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	21	16	5	.762	2.13	39:43
Christopher Gibson	—	7	6	1	.857	0.28	20:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	1	0	22:03	—	—	50	49
Riley Sheahan C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	1	1	0	16:28	—	—	42	58
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	3	0	0	16:02	—	—	44	47
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	2	3	+2	3	0.26	2	2	0	22:19	—	—	56	35
Phil Kessel R	L2	2	2	4	+2	3	0.18	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	46	25
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	3	3	+1	6	0.25	2	0	0	19:47	—	—	61	57
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	42	21
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	6	0	2	14:25	—	—	58	59
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	1	0	12:16	—	—	47	35
Patric Hornqvist R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:44	—	—	67	3
Derek Grant C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.75	1	0	2	6:37	—	—	63	86
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	6:04	—	—	56	67
Kris Letang D	D1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.17	5	1	0	26:22	—	—	64	59
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:44	—	—	64	59
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	17:47	—	—	36	53
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	17:03	—	—	38	42
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:48	—	—	46	11
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	3	1	2	16:11	—	—	50	16

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.67	60:00

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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.