New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMay 18, 2021

FinalPlayoffsTuesday, May 18, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	1	0	1		NYI	13	15	10	38
PIT	2	0	0	2		PIT	19	10	16	45

: NYI 52PIT 68
: NYI 1.97PIT 2.68
PP goals: NYI 0PIT 0
Hits: NYI 46PIT 37
Blocks: NYI 16PIT 8
PIM: NYI 8PIT 6
: NYI 48%PIT 52%

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. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +14 against a season average of 31.2; the loss.

Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +14 against a season average of 31.2; the loss.Varlamov
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +7 against a season average of 31.2; the win.Jarry
Usage
Jason Zucker (PIT) played 12:03, −4:02 down on his 16:05 season average over 5 games.Zucker
Usage
Noah Dobson (NYI) played 17:32, +3:49 up on his 13:43 season average over 18 games.Dobson
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 10:17, −3:38 down on his 13:55 season average over 5 games.Pettersson
Usage
Ryan Pulock (NYI) played 20:28, −3:00 down on his 23:28 season average over 18 games.Pulock
Shots
Scott Mayfield (NYI) led everyone with 7 shot on goals without scoring.Mayfield
Cats
Adam Pelech (NYI) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Pelech

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 120 of 120 attempts · PIT 68 · NYI 52

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 19% of the game, PIT 42%.

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
	53	77
	2.01	3.02
	1.96	2.91
	17	10
	4	4
	10	17
	−0.028	+0.028
	19%	42%

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

L1Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
11:0918% CF
L2Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
10:4548% CF
L3Palmieri – Pageau – Wahlstrom
10:4137% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
8:1067% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
15:0736% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
12:2942% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
9:4061% CF

PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:44
PK2FKomarov – Pageau
1:13
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:05
PK2DGreene – Mayfield
0:55

Current NYI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:5061% CF
L2Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
10:1868% CF
L3Carter – Kapanen – McCann
10:0665% CF
L4Zucker – Gaudreau – Rodrigues
8:1057% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:2867% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
16:2259% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
9:2560% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
2:200% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Matheson – Kapanen – Marino
1:30100% CF

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:22
PITBryan Rustwrist0.01 xG
NYI: Bailey, Cizikas, Pelech, Pulock, BeauvillierPIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Ceci, Guentzel
NYI 0 – 1 PIT
13:07
PITJeff Carter (Jared McCann, Kasperi Kapanen)wrist0.16 xG
NYI: Martin, Cizikas, Pelech, Pulock, WahlstromPIT: Carter, Kapanen, McCann, Pettersson, Marino
NYI 0 – 2 PIT

2nd period

14:44
NYIJosh Bailey (Brock Nelson)backhand0.05 xG
NYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Mayfield, BeauvillierPIT: Carter, Letang, Matheson, Kapanen, McCann
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
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:22	—	—	27	33
Josh Bailey R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	1	1	0	15:03	—	—	20	24
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	1	0	14:59	—	—	28	31
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	39	32
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	2	0	0	15:53	—	—	45	39
Leo Komarov R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	6	2	0	15:26	—	—	48	44
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	5	1	0	16:12	—	—	40	31
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	6	15:34	—	—	44	34
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:55	—	—	35	25
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	1	0	11:56	—	—	62	63
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	1	0	11:18	—	—	64	62
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	4	0	2	10:19	—	—	62	58
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	6	0	0	22:11	—	—	32	30
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	5	2	0	20:28	—	—	35	38
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	4	1	0	22:34	—	—	33	28
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	7	0.34	0	4	0	19:20	—	—	53	58
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	38	29
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	16:27	—	—	57	67

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	45	43	2	.956	2.68	58:15

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.06	2	0	2	19:22	—	—	63	70
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.28	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	66	70
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	0.57	5	0	0	18:41	—	—	51	61
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	1	2	14:40	—	—	66	76
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	67	77
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	6	0	0	12:02	—	—	68	77
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	2	0	0	17:25	—	—	47	38
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.20	4	0	0	15:24	—	—	50	39
Jared McCann L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	2	0	0	13:10	—	—	65	47
Jason Zucker L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	58	50
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	11:27	—	—	60	59
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	5	0	0	10:31	—	—	60	60
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	2	3	2	26:42	—	—	57	59
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:43	—	—	70	75
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.18	3	0	0	20:38	—	—	62	57
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	53	41
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	15:42	—	—	56	64
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:17	—	—	52	65

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	1.97	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.