Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersMay 20, 2021

FinalPlayoffsThursday, May 20, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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New York IslandersNYI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	2	5		PIT	12	6	9	27
NYI	0	1	3	4		NYI	10	7	13	30

: PIT 52NYI 59
: PIT 3.01NYI 3.42
PP goals: PIT 1NYI 1
Hits: PIT 29NYI 47
Blocks: PIT 19NYI 17
PIM: PIT 18NYI 16
: PIT 47%NYI 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New York Islanders 5–4

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 5–4 at NYI. Scott Mayfield (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for PIT: Carter–Gaudreau–McCann skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kris Letang had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 24:20.Letang
Points
Scott Mayfield had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:26.Mayfield
Points
Cal Clutterbuck had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:55.Clutterbuck
Points
Jeff Carter had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:51.Carter
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:10.Malkin
Points
Mathew Barzal had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:25.Barzal
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Gaudreau–McCann skated 10:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Gaudreau McCann
Usage
Jason Zucker (PIT) played 10:35, −5:48 down on his 16:23 season average over 5 games.Zucker

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 111 of 111 attempts · NYI 59 · PIT 52

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 31% of the game, NYI 36%.

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
	53	53
	3.03	3.03
	2.97	2.73
	12	17
	1	7
	16	5
	−0.042	+0.042
	31%	36%

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
13:0147% CF
L2Carter – Gaudreau – McCann
10:0858% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
9:0056% CF
L4Malkin – Zucker – Kapanen
7:2831% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:5247% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
15:2444% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
8:5659% CF

PP1Carter – Zucker – Kapanen – McCann – Marino
0:57100% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
0:56100% CF
PK1FCarter – Aston-Reese
3:35
PK2FBlueger – Tanev
1:57
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
3:11
PK2DLetang – Marino
2:25

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
12:1743% CF
L2Palmieri – Pageau – Wahlstrom
9:1740% CF
L3Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
9:0965% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
8:4358% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
14:4661% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
11:5955% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
8:0333% CF

PP1Eberle – Pageau – Barzal – Beauvillier – Dobson
3:08100% CF
PP2Bailey – Palmieri – Leddy – Nelson – Wahlstrom
2:09100% CF
PK1FBailey – Nelson
0:56
PK2FClutterbuck – Cizikas
0:38
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:23
PK2DGreene – Pulock
0:37

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:01
PITKris Letangslap0.02 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, Tanev, Aston-ReeseNYI: Komarov, Eberle, Pageau, Pulock, Dobson
PIT 1 – 0 NYI

2nd period

11:03
NYIScott Mayfield (Mathew Barzal, Jordan Eberle)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, Tanev, Aston-ReeseNYI: Komarov, Eberle, Mayfield, Pelech, Barzal
PIT 1 – 1 NYI
13:33
PITJeff Carter (Frederick Gaudreau, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Gaudreau, McCann, PetterssonNYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Mayfield, Beauvillier
PIT 2 – 1 NYI
18:03
PITJason Zucker (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, KapanenNYI: Komarov, Eberle, Leddy, Mayfield, Barzal
PIT 3 – 1 NYI

3rd period

3:46
NYICal Clutterbuck (Casey Cizikas, Scott Mayfield)wrist0.43 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Ceci, Kapanen, PetterssonNYI: Clutterbuck, Martin, Leddy, Cizikas, Mayfield
PIT 3 – 2 NYI
5:54
NYIAnthony BeauvillierPP (Mathew Barzal, Noah Dobson)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Carter, Ceci, Marino, Aston-ReeseNYI: Eberle, Nelson, Barzal, Beauvillier, Dobson
PIT 3 – 3 NYI
7:00
PITJeff CarterPP (Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Carter, Malkin, Crosby, Kapanen, MarinoNYI: Greene, Komarov, Cizikas, Pelech
PIT 4 – 3 NYI
14:17
NYICal Clutterbuck (Scott Mayfield)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Matheson, Ceci, KapanenNYI: Greene, Clutterbuck, Martin, Cizikas, Mayfield
PIT 4 – 4 NYI
16:24
PITBrandon Tanev (Kris Letang, Zachary Aston-Reese)wrist0.18 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, Tanev, Aston-ReeseNYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, Beauvillier, Dobson
PIT 5 – 4 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	0	0	0	0	2	0.59	2	1	2	17:10	—	—	57	53
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	1	1	4	16:19	—	—	48	50
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:48	—	—	47	36
Jeff Carter C	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.30	1	1	0	19:51	—	—	48	45
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	2	1	0	13:58	—	—	48	45
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	2	2	12:44	—	—	58	50
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	1	2	0	16:19	—	—	55	66
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	2	13:56	—	—	57	68
Brandon Tanev L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	8	0	0	13:26	—	—	56	68
Evgeni Malkin C	L4	0	2	2	-1	2	0.35	1	2	0	12:10	—	—	33	38
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	47	52
Jason Zucker L	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	10:35	—	—	29	37
Kris Letang D	D1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.05	3	0	2	24:20	—	—	53	56
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	2	2	23:44	—	—	47	43
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	0	22:48	—	—	43	29
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	2	0	17:37	—	—	41	39
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	1	2	18:37	—	—	64	81
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	2	2	0	10:47	—	—	55	57

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	30	26	4	.867	3.42	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.45	1	0	0	20:53	—	—	50	28
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.46	4	1	0	19:45	—	—	45	23
Josh Bailey R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	1	0	19:36	—	—	46	23
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.76	2	1	4	15:53	—	—	40	54
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	15:14	—	—	25	50
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	13:45	—	—	31	85
Mathew Barzal C	L3	0	2	2	0	5	0.29	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	63	68
Jordan Eberle R	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	56	56
Leo Komarov R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	11:49	—	—	59	60
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:04	—	—	58	87
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	2	0	2	+2	2	0.63	4	0	2	10:55	—	—	62	87
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.09	5	0	2	10:18	—	—	67	88
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	8	3	0	22:15	—	—	49	26
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	4	2	0	21:55	—	—	54	34
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	2	2	20:43	—	—	52	61
Scott Mayfield D	D2	1	2	3	+1	2	0.10	2	1	2	17:26	—	—	66	74
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.09	1	2	0	17:17	—	—	30	22
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	2	0	13:58	—	—	44	51

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	3.01	58:05

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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.