New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 9, 2025

FinalThursday, Oct 9, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	2	0	3		NYI	12	13	12	37
PIT	1	2	1	4		PIT	11	9	8	28

: NYI 69PIT 56
: NYI 3.28PIT 3.40
PP goals: NYI 0PIT 2
Hits: NYI 22PIT 23
Blocks: NYI 13PIT 12
PIM: NYI 25PIT 8
: NYI 58%PIT 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New York Islanders 4–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 4–3 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 3A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Karlsson and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:23 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:11.Malkin
Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:01.Rakell
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:30.Crosby
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Karlsson and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:23 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Karlsson Rakell
Usage
Matthew Schaefer (NYI) played 17:15, −7:31 down on his 24:46 season average over 81 games.Schaefer
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +12 against a season average of 25.2; the win.Jarry
New line
New look for PIT: Novak–Hallander–Kindel skated 5:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Hallander Kindel
Usage
Simon Holmstrom (NYI) played 11:50, −4:57 down on his 16:47 season average over 78 games.Holmstrom

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 125 of 125 attempts · PIT 56 · NYI 69

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 33% 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

Head-to-head matchups

PIT skaters (rows) against NYI skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the PIT side.

Matchup matrix

PIT xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYI	PIT
	55	55
	2.43	2.40
	2.40	2.29
	7	17
	5	4
	26	22
	+0.077	−0.077
	33%	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 – Lee – Barzal
10:3965% CF
L2Drouin – Horvat – Heineman
10:2658% CF
L3Cizikas – Duclair – Tsyplakov
8:1645% CF
L4Pageau – Holmstrom – Shabanov
7:0733% CF
D1DeAngelo – Romanov
14:3043% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
12:4061% CF
D3Mayfield – Schaefer
11:2652% CF

PP1Palmieri – Drouin – Horvat – DeAngelo – Barzal
4:30100% CF
PP2Lee – Duclair – Heineman – Schaefer – Shabanov
0:25
PK1FPalmieri – Horvat
1:38
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
0:52
PK1DPelech – Pulock
2:33
PK2DMayfield – Romanov
1:28

Current NYI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Mantha – Brazeau
8:4150% CF
L2Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
8:1844% CF
L3Crosby – Rakell – Koivunen
6:1250% CF
L4Novak – Hallander – Kindel
5:4453% CF
D1Letang – Shea
12:0943% CF
D2Karlsson – Wotherspoon
11:0045% CF
D3Jones – Brunicke
9:0561% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Karlsson – Rakell
3:2382% CF
PP2Mantha – Brazeau – Koivunen – Brunicke – Kindel
0:290% CF
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
3:17
PK2FRakell – Hallander
1:17
PK1DWotherspoon – Shea
2:16
PK2DLetang – Jones
0:49

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	1	1	0	4	0.24	0	1	2	21:01	—	—	67	80
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	1	0	1	0	8	0.52	0	0	2	20:39	—	—	60	74
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.73	3	1	0	16:47	—	—	68	81
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	+1	7	0.57	2	0	2	21:16	—	—	60	64
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.30	0	0	15	19:47	—	—	52	55
Emil Heineman L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.16	2	1	0	13:12	—	—	61	62
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	2	0	12:33	—	—	39	21
Anthony Duclair L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	2	0	11:19	—	—	44	25
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	10:59	—	—	36	18
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	3	1	0	13:21	—	—	32	31
Simon Holmstrom R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:50	—	—	28	28
Max Shabanov R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	41	34
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	2	0	23:35	—	—	46	30
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	5	2	2	20:24	—	—	39	29
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	61	53
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:04	—	—	60	52
Matthew Schaefer D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	52	67
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	47	63

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.40	57:45

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	3	3	0	4	0.70	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	48	51
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	55	59
Justin Brazeau R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	2	1	0	11:22	—	—	44	46
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	16:12	—	—	45	31
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	1	0	13:27	—	—	50	35
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:10	—	—	54	41
Rickard Rakell R	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.52	2	2	0	20:01	—	—	45	60
Sidney Crosby C	L3	1	1	2	-1	1	0.68	2	2	0	19:30	—	—	45	47
Ville Koivunen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	55	93
Ben Kindel C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	2	13:06	—	—	58	59
Filip Hallander C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	43	36
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.41	2	1	0	10:04	—	—	61	57
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	4	0	0	26:50	—	—	55	63
Ryan Shea D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	22:45	—	—	38	49
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	2	20:53	—	—	44	29
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	2	20:34	—	—	50	33
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.11	2	1	0	15:21	—	—	61	70
Harrison Brunicke D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	60	63

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	3.28	59:24

Goal anatomy

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

Rickard Rakell (PIT PP) 1st 3:23 · assists Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Odd-man rush · carried in · 5-on-4 at the blue line · 2.0 mph shot · 7.5 s from entry to goal.

Rickard Rakell · 1st 3:23 · PIT PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 2.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s

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Sidney Crosby · 2nd 8:58 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 17.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Justin Brazeau · 3rd 14:21 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 30.1 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Jonathan Drouin · 1st 12:02 · NYI

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 36.6 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: deflection

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Kyle Palmieri · 2nd 4:04 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.2 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Harrison Brunicke · 2nd 5:41 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.0 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Max Shabanov · 2nd 19:19 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 73.2 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: one-timer

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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 PenguinsOct 9, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New York Islanders 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

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

Rickard Rakell · 1st 3:23 · PIT PP

Sidney Crosby · 2nd 8:58 · PIT PP

Justin Brazeau · 3rd 14:21 · PIT

Jonathan Drouin · 1st 12:02 · NYI

Kyle Palmieri · 2nd 4:04 · NYI

Harrison Brunicke · 2nd 5:41 · PIT

Max Shabanov · 2nd 19:19 · NYI