New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 18, 2025

FinalTuesday, Mar 18, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	4	4		NYI	12	13	13	38
PIT	2	0	0	2		PIT	9	8	4	21

: NYI 70PIT 65
: NYI 3.32PIT 2.14
PP goals: NYI 0PIT 0
Hits: NYI 19PIT 18
Blocks: NYI 23PIT 15
PIM: NYI 4PIT 2
: NYI 45%PIT 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 at PIT. Kyle Palmieri (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Dewar–Tomasino skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kyle Palmieri had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:57.Palmieri
Points
Noah Dobson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:03.Dobson
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Dewar–Tomasino skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Dewar Tomasino
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +10 against a season average of 27.0; the loss.Jarry
New line
New look for PIT: Acciari–Koppanen–Lizotte skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Acciari Koppanen Lizotte
Usage
Ryan Graves (PIT) played 19:00, +4:05 up on his 14:55 season average over 60 games.Graves
Usage
Simon Holmstrom (NYI) played 20:38, +3:49 up on his 16:49 season average over 74 games.Holmstrom
Usage
Hudson Fasching (NYI) played 14:10, +3:10 up on his 11:01 season average over 42 games.Fasching

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 135 of 135 attempts · PIT 65 · 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 43% of the game, PIT 29%.

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
	78	67
	3.18	2.10
	3.06	2.02
	13	12
	7	7
	19	23
	−0.036	+0.036
	43%	29%

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 – Horvat – Holmstrom
12:5143% CF
L2Cizikas – Fasching – Engvall
10:2162% CF
L3Lee – Pageau – Duclair
9:4667% CF
L4MacLean – Gatcomb – Tsyplakov
8:3260% CF
D1Pelech – DeAngelo
16:2867% CF
D2Pulock – Dobson
14:5549% CF
D3Reilly – Mayfield
7:2441% CF

PP1Palmieri – Horvat – DeAngelo – Dobson – Holmstrom
1:30100% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Reilly – Duclair – Pulock
0:15
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
3:15
PK2FPalmieri – Horvat
0:43
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:50
PK2DPulock – Dobson
0:29

Current NYI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
12:4446% CF
L2Malkin – Dewar – Tomasino
8:4161% CF
L3Acciari – Koppanen – Lizotte
6:3040% CF
L4Hayes – Heinen – Imama
3:4550% CF
D1Graves – Timmins
14:4459% CF
D2Karlsson – Grzelcyk
12:4248% CF
D3Letang – Kolyachonok
12:0432% CF

PP1Crosby – Hayes – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk
3:1467% CF
PP2Malkin – Letang – Karlsson – Heinen – Tomasino
1:55100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Koppanen
1:00
PK2FDewar – Lizotte
0:32
PK1DLetang – Kolyachonok
1:00
PK2DGraves – Timmins
0:53

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:40
PITJoona Koppanen (Vladislav Kolyachonok, Kris Letang)tip-in0.04 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Pelech, Fasching, DeAngelo, EngvallPIT: Letang, Hayes, Imama, Koppanen, Kolyachonok
NYI 0 – 1 PIT
19:45
PITSidney Crosby (Conor Timmins, Ryan Graves)wrist0.06 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Reilly, Mayfield, Horvat, HolmstromPIT: Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Graves, Timmins
NYI 0 – 2 PIT

3rd period

0:17
NYIKyle Palmieriwrist0.18 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Pelech, Horvat, DeAngelo, HolmstromPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Kolyachonok
NYI 1 – 2 PIT
5:34
NYINoah Dobson (Bo Horvat, Kyle Palmieri)backhand0.34 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Horvat, Pulock, Dobson, HolmstromPIT: Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk, Timmins
NYI 2 – 2 PIT
13:08
NYIPierre Engvall (Noah Dobson, Hudson Fasching)deflected0.06 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Fasching, Pulock, Engvall, DobsonPIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Graves, Dewar, Tomasino
NYI 3 – 2 PIT
18:28
NYISimon HolmstromEN (Kyle Palmieri)wrist0.41 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Pelech, Horvat, DeAngelo, HolmstromPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Hayes, Rust, Rakell
NYI 4 – 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
Simon Holmstrom R	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.63	0	1	0	20:38	—	—	42	53
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.38	1	0	2	19:27	—	—	49	58
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.38	1	0	0	18:57	—	—	49	64
Hudson Fasching R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:10	—	—	53	55
Pierre Engvall L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.18	1	1	0	13:00	—	—	58	78
Casey Cizikas C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	2	0	13:00	—	—	53	51
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	56	58
Anders Lee L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.39	1	1	0	13:37	—	—	54	63
Anthony Duclair L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:28	—	—	62	77
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:30	—	—	53	54
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	2	0	0	10:28	—	—	67	75
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	9:49	—	—	58	45
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.12	0	1	0	26:00	—	—	68	77
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	2	0	24:05	—	—	56	67
Noah Dobson D	D2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.42	1	4	0	24:03	—	—	51	57
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	5	2	2	22:38	—	—	48	55
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	2	0	12:27	—	—	47	51
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	0	2	0	10:54	—	—	48	55

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.14	59:52

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	-2	5	0.25	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	51	45
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	1	0	20:47	—	—	51	44
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.73	0	0	0	19:43	—	—	47	44
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.14	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	49	32
Philip Tomasino R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	1	0	17:43	—	—	41	26
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	0	0	15:52	—	—	60	40
Joona Koppanen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	3	0	0	12:56	—	—	40	27
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	12:44	—	—	39	28
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:37	—	—	50	46
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	50	69
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:01	—	—	40	36
Bokondji Imama L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	3	0	0	6:06	—	—	42	64
Conor Timmins D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	19:26	—	—	64	63
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	3	0	19:00	—	—	51	76
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	2	21:26	—	—	39	21
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	0	1	0	20:29	—	—	46	21
Kris Letang D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	4	0	21:34	—	—	37	28
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	13:53	—	—	32	19

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	2.91	59:15

Goal anatomy

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

Joona Koppanen (PIT) 1st 4:40 · assists Vladislav Kolyachonok, Kris Letang · Deflection · dumped in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 28.4 mph shot · 8.9 s from entry to goal.

Joona Koppanen · 1st 4:40 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 28.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 8.9 s
Type: deflection

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Sidney Crosby · 1st 19:45 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Kyle Palmieri · 3rd 0:17 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Noah Dobson · 3rd 5:34 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 10.9 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Pierre Engvall · 3rd 13:08 · NYI

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.3 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Simon Holmstrom · 3rd 18:28 · NYI EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 72.3 mph
Distance: 73 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.