Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersFeb 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Feb 28, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	2	8	10	20
NYI	1	1	0	2		NYI	9	16	5	30

: PIT 41NYI 51
: PIT 1.92NYI 3.67
PP goals: PIT 0NYI 2
Hits: PIT 24NYI 31
Blocks: PIT 11NYI 10
PIM: PIT 10NYI 4
: PIT 44%NYI 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0 at home. Oliver Wahlstrom (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Guentzel skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Oliver Wahlstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 9:53.Wahlstrom
Points
Josh Bailey had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:09.Bailey
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Guentzel skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Guentzel
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–McCann–Tanev skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin McCann Tanev
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 1.92 expected goals (41 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 23:08, +6:48 up on his 16:20 season average over 46 games.Pettersson
Luck
NYI scored 2 goals on 3.67 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Josh Bailey (NYI) played 21:09, +3:43 up on his 17:26 season average over 53 games.Bailey

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 92 of 92 attempts · NYI 51 · PIT 41

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 27% of the game, NYI 40%.

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
	37	42
	1.28	2.21
	1.27	1.95
	6	13
	0	5
	10	10
	−0.073	+0.073
	27%	40%

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 – Rust – Guentzel
9:3643% CF
L2Malkin – McCann – Tanev
6:3569% CF
L3Sceviour – Lafferty – Angello
4:2333% CF
L4Blueger – Kapanen – Aston-Reese
3:4429% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
14:0520% CF
D2Matheson – Marino
11:4748% CF
D3Ceci – Joseph
7:0163% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
2:2580% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Guentzel – Kapanen – Marino
0:48100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
3:35
PK2FSceviour – Aston-Reese
1:59
PK1DPettersson – Marino
3:27
PK2DCeci – Joseph
1:59

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
12:3158% CF
L2Eberle – Lee – Barzal
9:3062% CF
L3Pageau – Dal Colle – Wahlstrom
5:5625% CF
L4Komarov – Martin – Cizikas
3:5050% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
15:5964% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
13:0317% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
7:5490% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Barzal – Beauvillier – Dobson
4:39100% CF
PP2Bailey – Leddy – Nelson – Pageau – Wahlstrom
3:27100% CF
PK1FKomarov – Cizikas
1:15
PK2FBailey – Nelson
1:02
PK1DGreene – Mayfield
1:22
PK2DPelech – Pulock
0:38

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:20
NYIOliver WahlstromPP (Nick Leddy, Josh Bailey)slap0.17 xG
PIT: Letang, Blueger, Aston-Reese, JosephNYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Pageau, Wahlstrom
PIT 0 – 1 NYI

2nd period

14:56
NYIJean-Gabriel PageauPP (Josh Bailey, Oliver Wahlstrom)snap0.22 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, CeciNYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Pageau, Wahlstrom
PIT 0 – 2 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			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0.13	2	0	2	22:06	—	—	38	28
Sidney Crosby C	L1	3	0.27	2	0	0	21:26	—	—	38	28
Bryan Rust R	L1	3	0.34	4	1	2	20:13	—	—	61	36
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0.03	0	0	2	18:07	—	—	78	50
Brandon Tanev L	L2	4	0.33	4	2	0	17:50	—	—	58	43
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0.15	0	0	2	13:43	—	—	76	48
Colton Sceviour C	L3	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:20	—	—	38	31
Anthony Angello C	L3	1	0.01	1	0	0	6:57	—	—	29	10
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0.00	2	1	0	6:03	—	—	33	11
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:55	—	—	21	27
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	1	0.14	2	0	0	14:39	—	—	24	31
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0.07	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	23	29
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	1	0.12	0	1	2	23:08	—	—	36	30
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0.00	1	1	0	22:02	—	—	27	18
John Marino D	D2	1	0.14	0	2	0	22:04	—	—	52	52
Mike Matheson D	D2	1	0.07	1	2	0	18:53	—	—	52	55
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:49	—	—	62	19
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	2	0.12	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	60	33

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	3.18	58:24

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Bailey R	L1	0	2	2	2	0.18	1	1	0	21:09	—	—	59	68
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	2	0.43	1	0	2	20:11	—	—	57	69
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	0	4	0.33	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	58	65
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	67	83
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	0	0	19:03	—	—	65	76
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	2	16:05	—	—	64	82
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	1	0	1	2	1.06	3	0	0	19:58	—	—	39	42
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	1	1	2	2	0.25	1	2	0	9:53	—	—	33	40
Michael Dal Colle L	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:28	—	—	33	45
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	2	0.26	2	0	0	12:35	—	—	50	51
Leo Komarov R	L4	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	10:54	—	—	44	53
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	7:12	—	—	67	50
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	22:49	—	—	64	74
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	21:54	—	—	66	78
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	1	1	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:22	—	—	26	41
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.03	5	2	0	18:02	—	—	24	23
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	15:08	—	—	79	97
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	1	0	14:16	—	—	77	95

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	20	20	0	.1000	1.92	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.