New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 29, 2024

FinalSunday, Dec 29, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	2	2		NYI	6	15	10	31
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	6	20	15	41

: NYI 66PIT 71
: NYI 2.73PIT 3.09
PP goals: NYI 0PIT 2
Hits: NYI 12PIT 12
Blocks: NYI 15PIT 21
PIM: NYI 4PIT 4
: NYI 51%PIT 49%

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. Michael Bunting (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Karlsson, Glass, Tomasino and O'Connor) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 1:37 together.

Points
Michael Bunting had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:32.Bunting
Points
Philip Tomasino had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:57.Tomasino
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Karlsson, Glass, Tomasino and O'Connor) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 1:37 together.Malkin Karlsson Glass Tomasino O'Connor
Goalie
Marcus Hogberg (NYI) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +19 against a season average of 22.3; the loss.Hogberg
Usage
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 24:14, +9:10 up on his 15:04 season average over 46 games.Joseph
Usage
Ryan Graves (PIT) played 21:56, +7:04 up on his 14:52 season average over 60 games.Graves
Usage
Kyle MacLean (NYI) played 6:15, −3:46 down on his 10:01 season average over 80 games.MacLean
Usage
Ryan Shea (PIT) played 12:47, −4:03 down on his 16:50 season average over 38 games.Shea

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 137 of 137 attempts · PIT 71 · NYI 66

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 27% 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
	59	67
	1.76	2.40
	1.70	2.36
	14	14
	2	5
	17	22
	+0.040	−0.040
	27%	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

L1Lee – Pageau – Barzal
12:2939% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Duclair
8:2755% CF
L3Cizikas – Horvat – Holmstrom
6:0223% CF
L4Fasching – MacLean – Tsyplakov
2:3940% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
15:0042% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
12:5738% CF
D3Mayfield – George
10:5737% CF

PP1Lee – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson – Holmstrom
2:3580% CF
PP2Palmieri – Nelson – Duclair – Pulock – Tsyplakov
1:19100% CF
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
1:22
PK2FPalmieri – Nelson
1:21
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:49
PK2DMayfield – Romanov
0:52

Current NYI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
14:4555% CF
L2Malkin – Bunting – Beauvillier
9:5460% CF
L3Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
8:4940% CF
L4Glass – Tomasino – O'Connor
7:4192% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
17:1736% CF
D2Graves – Joseph
16:1852% CF
D3Shea – Clurman
10:0377% CF

PP1Malkin – Karlsson – Glass – Tomasino – O'Connor
1:37100% CF
PP2Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting
1:06100% CF
PK1FRust – Lizotte
1:48
PK2FNieto – Acciari
1:19
PK1DKarlsson – Joseph
2:35
PK2DGraves – Shea
1:18

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	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.29	2	1	0	20:31	—	—	44	50
Anders Lee L	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.56	2	0	0	19:16	—	—	36	39
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:48	—	—	48	42
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	60	64
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	63	71
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	1	0	0	16:04	—	—	49	31
Bo Horvat C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	33	14
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	15:20	—	—	23	11
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	39	25
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	63	77
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:31	—	—	39	44
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	2	6:15	—	—	42	53
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.27	0	2	2	22:55	—	—	52	41
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	21:56	—	—	44	28
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.10	0	1	0	22:39	—	—	54	65
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	0	4	0	18:48	—	—	40	36
Isaiah George D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	2	0	16:03	—	—	42	40
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:41	—	—	43	36

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marcus Hogberg(start)	L	41	38	3	.927	3.09	57:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.43	1	2	0	21:32	—	—	52	64
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.60	3	0	0	21:26	—	—	50	63
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	1	2	20:14	—	—	47	59
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	1	0	15:03	—	—	47	60
Michael Bunting L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	50	63
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.59	2	0	0	10:47	—	—	61	77
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	4	0	12:57	—	—	47	37
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:51	—	—	33	13
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	50	46
Cody Glass C	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	68	67
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	75	53
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	2	2	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:57	—	—	74	48
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	0	5	0	26:51	—	—	38	30
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.02	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	38	39
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	2	0	24:14	—	—	47	35
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	21:56	—	—	57	72
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:47	—	—	79	93
Nathan Clurman D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	1	0	2	11:05	—	—	78	93

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.73	59:22

Goal anatomy

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

Anthony Beauvillier (PIT) 1st 3:54 · assists Michael Bunting, Matt Grzelcyk · Rebound · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 26.5 mph shot · 3.4 s from entry to goal.

Anthony Beauvillier · 1st 3:54 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 26.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Michael Bunting · 2nd 1:36 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.2 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 6:57 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: one-timer

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Anders Lee · 3rd 12:59 · NYI

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 53.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection, rebound

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Bo Horvat · 3rd 16:10 · NYI

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 26.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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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.

New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 29, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New York Islanders 3–2

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

Anthony Beauvillier · 1st 3:54 · PIT

Michael Bunting · 2nd 1:36 · PIT PP

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 6:57 · PIT PP

Anders Lee · 3rd 12:59 · NYI

Bo Horvat · 3rd 16:10 · NYI