Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersMay 26, 2021

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, May 26, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	0	3		PIT	9	16	12	37
NYI	2	3	0	5		NYI	10	9	5	24

: PIT 79NYI 48
: PIT 2.59NYI 2.73
PP goals: PIT 1NYI 0
Hits: PIT 31NYI 30
Blocks: PIT 11NYI 23
PIM: PIT 4NYI 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 5–3

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 at home. Brock Nelson (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:14 together.

Points
Brock Nelson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:21.Nelson
Points
Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:10.Beauvillier
Points
Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:15.Zucker
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:59.Malkin
Points
Jean-Gabriel Pageau had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:24.Pageau
Points
Josh Bailey had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:54.Bailey
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:14 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
Usage
Cody Ceci (PIT) played 16:58, −6:33 down on his 23:31 season average over 5 games.Ceci

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 127 of 127 attempts · NYI 48 · PIT 79

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 42% of the game, NYI 25%.

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
	85	49
	2.62	1.65
	2.47	1.62
	10	6
	6	4
	10	14
	−0.040	+0.040
	42%	25%

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
11:3256% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
10:4252% CF
L3Carter – Gaudreau – McCann
9:0477% CF
L4Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
5:4338% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
19:2257% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
14:1266% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
12:3970% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
3:14100% CF
PK1FCarter – Gaudreau
0:44
PK2FBlueger – Aston-Reese
0:36
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
1:52
PK2DLetang – Matheson
1:27

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
15:0137% CF
L2Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
11:0428% CF
L3Zajac – Palmieri – Pageau
9:1755% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
5:410% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
13:5961% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
13:4129% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
7:3544% CF

PP1Bailey – Palmieri – Leddy – Nelson – Pulock
1:1350% CF
PP2Bailey – Eberle – Leddy – Pulock – Barzal
0:40100% CF
PK1FKomarov – Pageau
1:41
PK2FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:02
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:33
PK2DGreene – Pulock
0:31

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:27
PITJeff Carter (Kasperi Kapanen, Jason Zucker)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Carter, Zucker, Kapanen, Pettersson, MarinoNYI: Greene, Eberle, Barzal, Beauvillier, Dobson
PIT 1 – 0 NYI
5:16
NYIAnthony Beauvillier (Brock Nelson, Josh Bailey)backhand0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock, Beauvillier
PIT 1 – 1 NYI
11:12
PITJake GuentzelPP (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)snap0.19 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelNYI: Greene, Clutterbuck, Pageau, Pulock
PIT 2 – 1 NYI
12:25
NYIKyle Palmieri (Jean-Gabriel Pageau)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Ceci, GuentzelNYI: Zajac, Palmieri, Pageau, Pelech, Pulock
PIT 2 – 2 NYI

2nd period

1:53
PITJason Zucker (Cody Ceci, Evgeni Malkin)tip-in0.04 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Matheson, Ceci, KapanenNYI: Greene, Komarov, Eberle, Pulock, Barzal
PIT 3 – 2 NYI
8:35
NYIBrock Nelson (Josh Bailey, Anthony Beauvillier)tip-in0.03 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Ceci, GuentzelNYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock, Beauvillier
PIT 3 – 3 NYI
8:48
NYIRyan Pulock (Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Travis Zajac)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Tanev, Aston-ReeseNYI: Zajac, Greene, Palmieri, Pageau, Pulock
PIT 3 – 4 NYI
11:34
NYIBrock Nelson (Anthony Beauvillier)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Matheson, Ceci, Blueger, Guentzel, TanevNYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock, Beauvillier
PIT 3 – 5 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
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.20	3	0	0	20:59	—	—	68	59
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.13	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	58	53
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.30	5	1	0	15:15	—	—	59	54
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.42	1	0	0	20:58	—	—	56	69
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.42	2	2	0	19:48	—	—	61	75
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	0	1	-4	1	0.20	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	60	72
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.23	1	0	0	18:00	—	—	82	72
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	86	67
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	1	0	10:32	—	—	82	52
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	4	0	0	10:06	—	—	59	28
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:24	—	—	40	11
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:20	—	—	42	11
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.19	5	1	0	28:47	—	—	61	63
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	1	0	23:12	—	—	55	56
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	2	0	18:16	—	—	63	58
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.15	2	1	0	16:58	—	—	63	56
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	0	4	16:20	—	—	74	67
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	1	0	0	13:05	—	—	71	70

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	1.82	58:46

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Bailey R	L1	0	2	2	+3	3	0.19	0	2	0	20:54	—	—	37	33
Brock Nelson C	L1	2	1	3	+3	4	1.49	3	0	0	19:21	—	—	38	35
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.07	1	2	0	19:10	—	—	36	32
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.40	0	2	0	16:43	—	—	32	49
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	2	0	0	15:10	—	—	33	54
Leo Komarov R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	14:53	—	—	25	43
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.22	3	2	0	15:24	—	—	46	43
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.06	2	0	0	11:59	—	—	50	56
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	1	0	11:55	—	—	50	60
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	15	9
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	0	10:06	—	—	31	29
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:51	—	—	31	34
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+4	0	0.00	2	3	0	24:55	—	—	46	36
Ryan Pulock D	D1	1	0	1	+4	2	0.08	1	3	2	23:56	—	—	52	51
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	23:34	—	—	23	22
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	4	2	20:39	—	—	19	23
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	30	42
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:13	—	—	44	62

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	2.59	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.