Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersMay 22, 2021

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, May 22, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	8	12	10	30
NYI	0	2	2	4		NYI	8	9	10	27

: PIT 60NYI 44
: PIT 2.40NYI 2.48
PP goals: PIT 0NYI 2
Hits: PIT 34NYI 31
Blocks: PIT 11NYI 14
PIM: PIT 12NYI 4
: PIT 34%NYI 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at home. Oliver Wahlstrom (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Kris Letang (PIT) played 22:37, −7:18 down on his 29:55 season average over 5 games.

Points
Oliver Wahlstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:22.Wahlstrom
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 22:37, −7:18 down on his 29:55 season average over 5 games.Letang
Usage
Zachary Aston-Reese (PIT) played 10:00, −5:00 down on his 15:00 season average over 5 games.Aston-Reese
Usage
Brian Dumoulin (PIT) played 22:47, −3:48 down on his 26:35 season average over 5 games.Dumoulin
Usage
Frederick Gaudreau (PIT) played 10:10, −3:57 down on his 14:07 season average over 5 games.Gaudreau
Luck
NYI scored 4 goals on 2.48 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 14:47, −6:07 down on his 20:54 season average over 5 games.Rust
Usage
Sidney Crosby (PIT) played 16:15, −4:37 down on his 20:52 season average over 5 games.Crosby

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 104 of 104 attempts · NYI 44 · PIT 60

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 32% of the game, NYI 31%.

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
	66	41
	2.63	1.84
	2.58	1.78
	7	13
	6	2
	13	11
	−0.121	+0.121
	32%	31%

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

L1Malkin – Zucker – Kapanen
13:4852% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:2968% CF
L3Carter – Gaudreau – McCann
8:1450% CF
L4Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
5:4886% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
16:1076% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
14:0268% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
11:5750% CF

PP1Carter – Zucker – Kapanen – McCann – Marino
0:30
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
2:53
PK2FCarter – Aston-Reese
2:28
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
3:02
PK2DLetang – Marino
1:53

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
11:0222% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
10:2924% CF
L3Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
9:4435% CF
L4Palmieri – Pageau – Wahlstrom
7:4831% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
14:1928% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
11:5848% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
8:0544% CF

PP1Eberle – Pageau – Barzal – Beauvillier – Dobson
2:3350% CF
PP2Bailey – Palmieri – Leddy – Nelson – Wahlstrom
1:38100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
0:30
PK1DGreene – Pelech
0:30

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:07
NYIJosh Bailey (Brock Nelson, Anthony Beauvillier)backhand0.10 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNYI: Greene, Bailey, Nelson, Pulock, Beauvillier
PIT 0 – 1 NYI
14:51
NYIRyan Pulock (Oliver Wahlstrom, Nick Leddy)snap0.18 xG
PIT: Zucker, Ceci, Blueger, Kapanen, PetterssonNYI: Martin, Leddy, Pageau, Pulock, Wahlstrom
PIT 0 – 2 NYI

3rd period

6:04
NYIOliver WahlstromPPbackhand0.10 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Blueger, Aston-ReeseNYI: Nelson, Pulock, Barzal, Wahlstrom
PIT 0 – 3 NYI
6:28
NYIJordan EberlePP (Mathew Barzal, Jean-Gabriel Pageau)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Carter, Ceci, Marino, TanevNYI: Eberle, Pageau, Pulock, Barzal, Dobson
PIT 0 – 4 NYI
17:25
PITZachary Aston-ReeseSH (Brian Dumoulin, Frederick Gaudreau)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Ceci, Gaudreau, Aston-ReeseNYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Pelech, Beauvillier
PIT 1 – 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
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	46	47
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	6	16:30	—	—	55	54
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	6	0	2	16:27	—	—	52	48
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.23	1	1	2	16:57	—	—	69	64
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	71	67
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.49	3	0	0	14:47	—	—	73	68
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	16:10	—	—	55	51
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	3	1	0	12:18	—	—	64	58
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	1	1	0	10:10	—	—	56	47
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	12:09	—	—	58	53
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	6	0	0	10:50	—	—	78	86
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	3	0	0	10:00	—	—	75	96
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:47	—	—	70	74
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	5	0	2	22:37	—	—	78	80
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	2	0	19:59	—	—	62	61
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	19:53	—	—	64	69
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	2	0	18:49	—	—	42	21
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	54	26

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.48	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cal Clutterbuck R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	0	2	15:02	—	—	38	34
Casey Cizikas C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:02	—	—	23	2
Matt Martin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:25	—	—	46	37
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	1	1	0	6	0.70	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	38	52
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	34	46
Josh Bailey R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.14	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	36	40
Mathew Barzal C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.41	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	50	58
Jordan Eberle R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	15:37	—	—	41	51
Leo Komarov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	6	0	0	11:57	—	—	35	42
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	2	0	0	14:38	—	—	33	28
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	1	1	2	+1	3	0.16	2	1	0	12:22	—	—	44	39
Kyle Palmieri C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	39	18
Ryan Pulock D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.35	1	3	0	21:52	—	—	32	44
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	3	1	0	21:21	—	—	33	29
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	21:03	—	—	50	47
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	20:58	—	—	42	36
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:42	—	—	31	40
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:35	—	—	41	57

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.40	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.