New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 29, 2021

FinalMonday, Mar 29, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	1	0	1		NYI	5	14	6	25
PIT	2	0	0	2		PIT	9	6	7	22

: NYI 43PIT 41
: NYI 1.64PIT 1.91
PP goals: NYI 1PIT 1
Hits: NYI 52PIT 23
Blocks: NYI 9PIT 14
PIM: NYI 6PIT 8
: NYI 44%PIT 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New York Islanders 2–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 2–1 at home. Mike Matheson (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NYI's first power-play unit (Eberle, Martin, Leddy, Barzal and Beauvillier) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:21 together.

Points
John Marino had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:54.Marino
Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:37.Matheson
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Eberle, Martin, Leddy, Barzal and Beauvillier) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:21 together.Eberle Martin Leddy Barzal Beauvillier
New line
New look for PIT: Gaudreau–Lafferty–Aston-Reese skated 10:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Lafferty Aston-Reese
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Johnston–Wahlstrom skated 8:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Johnston Wahlstrom
New line
New look for PIT: Sceviour–Jankowski–Angello skated 7:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sceviour Jankowski Angello
New line
New look for PIT: Zucker–McCann–Rodrigues skated 8:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker McCann Rodrigues
Usage
Frederick Gaudreau (PIT) played 18:09, +5:22 up on his 12:47 season average over 18 games.Gaudreau

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 84 of 84 attempts · PIT 41 · NYI 43

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 37% 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
	42	44
	1.35	1.82
	1.31	1.78
	12	6
	2	2
	10	6
	−0.008	+0.008
	37%	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

L1Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
10:4243% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
10:1243% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
8:1240% CF
L4Pageau – Johnston – Wahlstrom
8:1057% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
15:4061% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
11:5136% CF
D3Greene – Hickey
9:3050% CF

PP1Eberle – Martin – Leddy – Barzal – Beauvillier
2:21100% CF
PP2Bailey – Nelson – Pageau – Pulock – Wahlstrom
1:32100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:55
PK2FBailey – Nelson
0:30
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:47
PK2DGreene – Pulock
0:40

Current NYI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
15:1756% CF
L2Gaudreau – Lafferty – Aston-Reese
10:4360% CF
L3Zucker – McCann – Rodrigues
8:1953% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Angello
7:0736% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
19:0355% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
12:5444% CF
D3Matheson – Ceci
10:5546% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
1:59100% CF
PP2Zucker – Matheson – Angello – Marino – Rodrigues
0:3850% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Aston-Reese
3:09
PK2FSceviour – Jankowski
0:47
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
3:31
PK2DLetang – Marino
0:25

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:24
PITAnthony AngelloPP (John Marino, Mike Matheson)backhand0.17 xG
NYI: Nelson, Pageau, Mayfield, PelechPIT: Zucker, Matheson, Angello, Marino, Rodrigues
NYI 0 – 1 PIT
18:28
PITJared McCann (John Marino, Mike Matheson)tip-in0.08 xG
NYI: Eberle, Leddy, Pelech, BarzalPIT: Zucker, Matheson, McCann, Marino
NYI 0 – 2 PIT

2nd period

9:22
NYIMatt MartinPP (Mathew Barzal, Nick Leddy)tip-in0.16 xG
NYI: Eberle, Martin, Leddy, Barzal, BeauvillierPIT: Dumoulin, Ceci, Gaudreau, Aston-Reese
NYI 1 – 2 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	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	47	38
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	3	0	0	18:36	—	—	53	51
Leo Komarov R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	13:31	—	—	39	30
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	48	38
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	44	39
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	41	34
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	1	0	15:53	—	—	50	52
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	8	1	0	12:59	—	—	50	58
Matt Martin L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	6	1	0	12:12	—	—	50	67
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	5	2	2	15:02	—	—	55	44
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	2	0	0	13:52	—	—	50	45
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	6	0	2	10:50	—	—	59	51
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	22:58	—	—	67	57
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	2	0	0	22:36	—	—	68	57
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	23:35	—	—	35	29
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	1	0	18:03	—	—	41	30
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	3	2	0	15:26	—	—	47	58
Thomas Hickey D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	13:35	—	—	39	45

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	1.91	58:51

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	1	0	20:52	—	—	57	59
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	20:40	—	—	44	43
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	55	62
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	52	58
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	0	0	17:08	—	—	61	56
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	5	0	0	13:39	—	—	55	61
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	2	0	0	13:04	—	—	56	67
Jared McCann L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.23	1	1	0	12:21	—	—	50	57
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	0	0	0	11:28	—	—	58	60
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:40	—	—	42	46
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	42	46
Anthony Angello C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	2	0	0	8:23	—	—	36	46
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	3	0	24:46	—	—	56	65
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	3	2	4	24:30	—	—	56	68
John Marino D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	48	43
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:41	—	—	44	44
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	17:37	—	—	52	62
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	2	0	17:23	—	—	48	55

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith	—	20	19	1	.950	1.39	40:00
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	5	5	0	.1000	0.25	20:00

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.