Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersJan 5, 2018

FinalFriday, Jan 5, 2018· Barclays Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	1	4		PIT	13	19	6	38
NYI	0	0	0	0		NYI	8	9	14	31

: PIT 61NYI 54
: PIT 3.70NYI 2.87
PP goals: PIT 1NYI 0
Hits: PIT 13NYI 20
Blocks: PIT 12NYI 9
PIM: PIT 8NYI 6
: PIT 44%NYI 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout New York Islanders 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 4–0 at NYI. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 3A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:02 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 19:22.Crosby
Points
Daniel Sprong had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 15:49.Sprong
Points
Dominik Simon had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:55.Simon
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:02 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel
Usage
Josh Bailey (NYI) played 2:52, −15:13 down on his 18:05 season average over 75 games.Bailey
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Sprong–Simon skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (92% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Sprong Simon
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New look for NYI: Tavares–Lee–Prince skated 4:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tavares Lee Prince
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Hornqvist–Hagelin skated 10:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Hornqvist Hagelin

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

← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · NYI 54 · PIT 61

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI pressure
PIT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 37% of the game, NYI 32%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYI

PIT

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	PIT	NYI
	62	52
	3.82	2.08
	3.73	2.04
	12	8
	4	4
	20	11
	−0.051	+0.051
	37%	32%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Sprong – Simon
11:1692% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
10:2453% CF
L3Reaves – Sheahan – Kuhnhackl
8:1033% CF
L4Kessel – Guentzel – Sheary
4:5644% CF
D1Letang – Maatta
16:2472% CF
D2Cole – Schultz
13:3538% CF
D3Hunwick – Oleksiak
13:1344% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
4:02100% CF
PP2Schultz – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary – Sprong
0:46
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
2:17
PK2FKuhnhackl – Guentzel
1:15
PK1DHunwick – Letang
3:09
PK2DOleksiak – Maatta
1:11

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Ladd – Eberle – Barzal
6:4138% CF
L2Tavares – Lee – Prince
4:1580% CF
L3Chimera – Nelson – Quine
3:280% CF
D1Mayfield – Pelech
13:5546% CF
D2Seidenberg – Leddy
13:2428% CF
D3Hickey – Pulock
7:2356% CF

PP1Tavares – Leddy – Lee – Nelson – Barzal
4:33100% CF
PP2Ladd – Eberle – Nelson – Prince – Pulock
0:50100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
2:12
PK2FLadd – Tavares
0:40
PK1DSeidenberg – Hickey
3:27
PK2DMayfield – Pelech
1:12

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:41
PITDaniel Sprong (Sidney Crosby, Dominik Simon)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Maatta, Sprong, SimonNYI: Seidenberg, Ladd, Eberle, Leddy, Barzal
PIT 1 – 0 NYI
3:30
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel)snap0.14 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselNYI: Seidenberg, Clutterbuck, Hickey, Cizikas
PIT 2 – 0 NYI
15:50
PITSidney Crosby (Daniel Sprong, Dominik Simon)backhand0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Maatta, Sprong, SimonNYI: Seidenberg, Eberle, Tavares, Leddy, Lee
PIT 3 – 0 NYI

3rd period

13:28
PITDaniel Sprong (Justin Schultz, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Cole, Schultz, Sprong, SimonNYI: Chimera, Clutterbuck, Hickey, Cizikas, Pelech
PIT 4 – 0 NYI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	3	4	+3	2	0.33	0	0	0	19:22	—	—	84	96
Daniel Sprong R	L1	2	1	3	+3	6	0.68	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	85	91
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.18	1	1	0	12:55	—	—	79	89
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	48	55
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	2	17:22	—	—	50	51
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	57	77
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	35	22
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:16	—	—	41	26
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	9:13	—	—	29	25
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	0	0	2	15:19	—	—	33	49
Jake Guentzel C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.83	0	1	0	10:56	—	—	42	59
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	2	10:11	—	—	29	52
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.56	0	0	0	25:14	—	—	74	93
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	1	0	0	20:06	—	—	70	83
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.16	1	4	2	17:38	—	—	46	59
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	17:14	—	—	40	56
Matt Hunwick D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	43	43
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	16:06	—	—	47	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	31	31	0	.1000	2.87	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	-1	2	0.20	0	1	0	21:11	—	—	52	50
Jordan Eberle R	L1	-2	4	0.15	2	0	2	19:21	—	—	49	43
Andrew Ladd L	L1	-1	0	0.08	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	30	35
John Tavares C	L2	-1	7	0.88	0	0	0	21:08	—	—	41	26
Anders Lee L	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	46	28
Shane Prince L	L2	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	45	52
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	2	0.41	2	0	0	17:46	—	—	52	36
Jason Chimera L	L3	-1	0	0.01	4	0	0	15:01	—	—	42	33
Alan Quine C	L3	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	12:11	—	—	38	30
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	1	0.04	3	1	2	20:36	—	—	46	45
Adam Pelech D	D1	-1	3	0.07	1	1	0	19:17	—	—	56	58
Nick Leddy D	D2	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:19	—	—	35	20
Dennis Seidenberg D	D2	-2	0	0.14	2	1	0	20:38	—	—	31	17
Thomas Hickey D	D3	-1	3	0.08	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	67	55
Ryan Pulock D	D3	0	2	0.33	1	0	2	12:38	—	—	44	36
Cal Clutterbuck R	—	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	13:19	—	—	47	18
Casey Cizikas C	—	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	11:49	—	—	50	33
Josh Bailey R	—	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	2:52	—	—	75	51

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	3.70	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.