New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Feb 20, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	1	1	2		NYI	16	10	9	35
PIT	0	1	2	3		PIT	4	8	6	18

: NYI 61PIT 41
: NYI 2.65PIT 1.96
PP goals: NYI 0PIT 1
Hits: NYI 53PIT 30
Blocks: NYI 16PIT 18
PIM: NYI 2PIT 2
: NYI 60%PIT 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New York Islanders 3–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 3–2 at home. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Beauvillier skated 13:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kris Letang had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:49.Letang
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:48.Crosby
New line
New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Beauvillier skated 13:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bailey Nelson Beauvillier
Usage
Mike Matheson (PIT) played 24:19, +5:49 up on his 18:30 season average over 43 games.Matheson
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +7 against a season average of 28.2; the win.Jarry
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 13:14, −4:39 down on his 17:53 season average over 32 games.Malkin
Usage
Jordan Eberle (NYI) played 20:38, +3:57 up on his 16:41 season average over 54 games.Eberle
Usage
John Marino (PIT) played 24:55, +4:16 up on his 20:39 season average over 51 games.Marino

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 102 of 102 attempts · PIT 41 · NYI 61

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 32% of the game, PIT 24%.

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
	62	46
	2.82	2.19
	2.66	2.19
	16	7
	5	4
	19	29
	+0.056	−0.056
	32%	24%

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 – Barzal
16:4863% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
13:5662% CF
L3Komarov – Pageau – Wahlstrom
7:5940% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
7:3960% CF
D1Leddy – Mayfield
16:1765% CF
D2Greene – Dobson
11:4547% CF
D3Pelech – Pulock
11:3055% CF

PP1Bailey – Leddy – Nelson – Pageau – Beauvillier
1:04100% CF
PP2Eberle – Lee – Pulock – Barzal – Dobson
0:56100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
0:12
PK1DPelech – Pulock
0:12

Current NYI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Zucker – Rust
12:0636% CF
L2Crosby – Guentzel – Kapanen
7:4460% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
6:3717% CF
L4Jankowski – Lafferty – O'Connor
4:2563% CF
D1Matheson – Marino
22:3346% CF
D2Letang – Joseph
13:0729% CF
D3Ceci – Pettersson
11:2954% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
0:12100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
1:31
PK2FJankowski – Aston-Reese
0:23
PK1DCeci – Pettersson
1:08
PK2DLetang – Marino
0:46

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:35
PITKris LetangPP (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby)slap0.07 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Pelech, PulockPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
NYI 0 – 1 PIT
15:28
NYIJordan Eberle (Anthony Beauvillier)backhand0.12 xG
NYI: Greene, Eberle, Barzal, Beauvillier, DobsonPIT: Malkin, Zucker, Rust, Matheson, Joseph
NYI 1 – 1 PIT

3rd period

0:53
NYIBrock Nelson (Scott Mayfield)wrist0.01 xG
NYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Mayfield, BeauvillierPIT: Malkin, Letang, Zucker, Rust, Joseph
NYI 2 – 1 PIT
7:35
PITMike Matheson (Teddy Blueger, Sam Lafferty)wrist0.14 xG
NYI: Greene, Eberle, Lee, Barzal, DobsonPIT: Matheson, Blueger, Lafferty, Marino, Aston-Reese
NYI 2 – 2 PIT
13:34
PITKris Letang (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.02 xG
NYI: Bailey, Leddy, Lee, Pelech, BarzalPIT: Crosby, Letang, Ceci, Guentzel, Tanev
NYI 2 – 3 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
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.90	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	63	71
Jordan Eberle R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	20:38	—	—	60	69
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	5	0	0	19:02	—	—	61	68
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	2	1	2	18:54	—	—	62	60
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	18:19	—	—	61	51
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.05	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	56	40
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	5	0	0	13:41	—	—	52	45
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	0	10:14	—	—	39	30
Leo Komarov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	3	0	0	9:27	—	—	44	34
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	6	1	0	12:10	—	—	62	54
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	8	0	0	11:54	—	—	71	56
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	0	0	9:29	—	—	53	47
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.21	3	1	0	22:58	—	—	69	79
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	3	0	19:41	—	—	62	60
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	17:58	—	—	54	43
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	17:56	—	—	48	52
Ryan Pulock D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	4	2	0	21:11	—	—	58	38
Adam Pelech D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:12	—	—	52	53

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	1.96	58:24

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	36	33
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.34	3	0	2	16:42	—	—	39	45
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.15	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	39	43
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.15	1	0	0	20:48	—	—	50	45
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:41	—	—	53	51
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	11:42	—	—	50	55
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	3	0	16:53	—	—	33	33
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:44	—	—	15	19
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:03	—	—	22	27
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.32	4	1	0	12:08	—	—	50	64
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	50	66
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	6:50	—	—	54	67
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	24:55	—	—	47	67
Mike Matheson D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	1	1	0	24:19	—	—	44	57
Kris Letang D	D2	2	0	2	0	2	0.11	5	1	0	21:49	—	—	37	16
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:06	—	—	27	11
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	17:40	—	—	50	41
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	3	0	15:59	—	—	50	51

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.65	60:00

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.