New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 31, 2023

FinalSunday, Dec 31, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	1	1		NYI	14	12	12	38
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	11	12	15	38

: NYI 70PIT 87
: NYI 3.39PIT 5.16
PP goals: NYI 0PIT 0
Hits: NYI 27PIT 14
Blocks: NYI 25PIT 18
PIM: NYI 21PIT 11
: NYI 39%PIT 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 3–1 at home. Lars Eller (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NYI: Palmieri–Nelson–Fasching skated 11:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Lars Eller had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:41.Eller
New line
New look for NYI: Palmieri–Nelson–Fasching skated 11:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Nelson Fasching
Goalie
Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +11 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Nedeljkovic
Goalie
Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +4 against a season average of 32.5; the loss.Sorokin
Luck
NYI scored 1 goal on 3.39 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
PIT scored 3 goals on 5.16 expected goals (87 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Clutterbuck–Martin–Cizikas skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clutterbuck Martin Cizikas
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Hinostroza–Acciari skated 5:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Hinostroza Acciari

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 157 of 157 attempts · PIT 87 · NYI 70

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 30% of the game, PIT 28%.

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
	71	84
	3.30	3.13
	3.17	2.92
	18	13
	7	4
	13	11
	−0.081	+0.081
	30%	28%

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

L1Palmieri – Nelson – Fasching
11:2544% CF
L2Lee – Horvat – Barzal
11:1867% CF
L3Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom
8:3819% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
6:0562% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
14:0536% CF
D2Reilly – Aho
10:3758% CF
D3Mayfield – Bolduc
9:1844% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
2:3489% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Reilly – Fasching – Aho
1:1450% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Horvat
1:10
PK2FCizikas – Pageau
1:06
PK1DMayfield – Romanov
2:47
PK2DAho – Dobson
1:13

Current NYI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
12:5460% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – O'Connor
11:4177% CF
L3Carter – Hinostroza – Acciari
5:4442% CF
L4Eller – Harkins – Puustinen
5:1738% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
18:0851% CF
D2Karlsson – Graves
15:5559% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Ludvig
8:1025% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rakell – Guentzel
4:28100% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Karlsson – Puustinen
0:59100% CF
PK1FCarter – Acciari
1:36
PK2FEller – Smith
0:47
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
1:58
PK2DRuhwedel – Graves
1:07

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	-2	6	0.65	3	1	0	18:46	—	—	39	52
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	-2	2	0.14	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	40	48
Hudson Fasching R	L1	0	0	-2	2	0.13	0	1	0	15:11	—	—	43	54
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	1	12	19:58	—	—	55	55
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	6	0.23	0	1	0	18:39	—	—	64	68
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	4	0.49	4	1	0	16:30	—	—	64	73
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:01	—	—	26	11
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	12:58	—	—	21	17
Julien Gauthier R	L3	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	11:06	—	—	29	29
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.12	3	2	0	12:50	—	—	40	49
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	-1	3	0.55	3	0	0	11:41	—	—	60	65
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	3	0.19	1	0	5	8:42	—	—	40	44
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	-2	1	0.38	2	2	0	27:19	—	—	42	40
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	5	2	22:17	—	—	32	29
Sebastian Aho D	D2	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	20:19	—	—	46	57
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	3	0	15:41	—	—	64	74
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	17:58	—	—	47	57
Samuel Bolduc D	D3	1	1	0	1	0.15	1	2	0	12:22	—	—	48	67

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	37	35	2	.946	3.77	59:02

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	1.16	1	1	0	21:56	—	—	60	52
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	2	19:41	—	—	51	36
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	1	0	2	18:10	—	—	65	50
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.65	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	67	63
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.30	1	0	2	18:04	—	—	79	70
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.41	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	66	71
Noel Acciari C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	3	0	12:46	—	—	38	35
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	1	0	12:46	—	—	42	18
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:58	—	—	29	7
Lars Eller C	L4	2	0	2	+1	2	1.00	2	1	0	14:41	—	—	31	32
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	1	0	8:19	—	—	46	51
Valtteri Puustinen R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	7:34	—	—	44	64
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.10	0	2	0	25:18	—	—	59	57
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.23	2	1	0	24:35	—	—	53	54
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.21	0	0	0	25:04	—	—	63	56
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	0	5	0	19:30	—	—	56	60
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	4	1	0	12:01	—	—	48	29
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	5	9:25	—	—	27	6

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	3.39	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Lars Eller (PIT) 1st 2:18 · assists Jansen Harkins, Valtteri Puustinen · Rebound · loose puck · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 55.3 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Lars Eller · 1st 2:18 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 55.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Noel Acciari · 2nd 2:20 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Samuel Bolduc · 3rd 13:51 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.5 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Lars Eller · 3rd 19:17 · PIT EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.3 mph
Distance: 36 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.

New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 31, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Islanders

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Islanders

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Lars Eller · 1st 2:18 · PIT

Noel Acciari · 2nd 2:20 · PIT

Samuel Bolduc · 3rd 13:51 · NYI

Lars Eller · 3rd 19:17 · PIT EN