Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersApr 17, 2024

FinalWednesday, Apr 17, 2024· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	1	4		PIT	15	13	16	44
NYI	1	2	2	5		NYI	12	11	9	32

: PIT 87NYI 60
: PIT 4.12NYI 4.01
PP goals: PIT 2NYI 2
Hits: PIT 13NYI 8
Blocks: PIT 12NYI 26
PIM: PIT 4NYI 4
: PIT 59%NYI 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Nelson, Reilly, Horvat and Wahlstrom) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:19 together.

Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:59.Nelson
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:31.Malkin
Points
Samuel Bolduc had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:41.Bolduc
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Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:49.Holmstrom
Points
Michael Bunting had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:16.Bunting
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:47.Crosby
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Nelson, Reilly, Horvat and Wahlstrom) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:19 together.Palmieri Nelson Reilly Horvat Wahlstrom
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Carter, Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson and Bunting) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:11 together.Carter Malkin Crosby Karlsson Bunting

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 147 of 147 attempts · NYI 60 · PIT 87

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 39% of the game, NYI 38%.

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	60
	3.20	3.35
	3.03	3.24
	17	13
	8	6
	16	29
	+0.074	−0.074
	39%	38%

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 – Rakell – Bunting
12:2660% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – O'Connor
11:5552% CF
L3Carter – Harkins – Puljujarvi
9:0473% CF
L4Eller – Smith – Puustinen
8:4072% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
17:3651% CF
D2Karlsson – Pettersson
14:5274% CF
D3Shea – St. Ivany
9:3338% CF

PP1Carter – Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Bunting
2:11100% CF
PK1FEller – O'Connor
2:19
PK2FCarter – Rust
1:37
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:33
PK2DShea – St. Ivany
1:51

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Clutterbuck – Martin – MacLean
10:2225% CF
L2Cizikas – Horvat – Wahlstrom
10:2250% CF
L3Palmieri – Nelson – Holmstrom
6:1950% CF
D1Romanov – Bolduc
13:2226% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
11:2168% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Reilly
9:2431% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Reilly – Horvat – Wahlstrom
3:19100% CF
PP2Pageau – Pulock – Iskhakov – Bolduc – Holmstrom
1:28
PK1FPalmieri – Nelson
1:17
PK2FClutterbuck – MacLean
0:32
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:21
PK2DAho – Romanov
0:50

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	1	1	2	0	5	0.54	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	54	42
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	2	2	0	4	0.58	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	60	43
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	1	1	0	14:26	—	—	54	42
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	2	2	-1	3	0.63	3	0	0	19:47	—	—	55	39
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	0	2	2	19:22	—	—	45	37
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	46	41
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.61	1	1	0	14:50	—	—	59	55
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	2	1	0	11:22	—	—	68	72
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:07	—	—	59	56
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	73	69
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	1	0	11:09	—	—	74	68
Valtteri Puustinen R	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	9:53	—	—	76	65
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	2	0	25:42	—	—	51	44
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	0	21:01	—	—	51	38
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.12	0	0	0	23:16	—	—	77	63
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	22:26	—	—	67	52
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	2	12:42	—	—	41	41
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:41	—	—	46	55

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	3.59	57:34

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle MacLean C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:06	—	—	29	35
Cal Clutterbuck R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	2	1	0	14:42	—	—	38	27
Matt Martin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	31	24
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.73	0	1	0	19:55	—	—	49	61
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	1	0	16:46	—	—	44	58
Casey Cizikas C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.37	0	3	0	16:00	—	—	49	48
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	1	0	1	+1	7	1.01	0	0	0	21:05	—	—	46	63
Brock Nelson C	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.33	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	47	62
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.23	1	1	0	15:49	—	—	46	67
Samuel Bolduc D	D1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.10	1	4	0	19:41	—	—	29	38
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	3	0	19:16	—	—	34	39
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	0	3	0	22:02	—	—	64	72
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.42	0	2	0	18:51	—	—	54	73
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.08	0	2	0	20:02	—	—	43	43
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	5	2	13:12	—	—	34	41
Ruslan Iskhakov C	—	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	30	47
Sebastian Aho D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:28	—	—	47	69
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	2:36	—	—	14	46

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	44	40	4	.909	4.12	59:53

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brock Nelson (NYI) 1st 4:56 · assists Simon Holmstrom · Rush · carried in · 23.8 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Brock Nelson · 1st 4:56 · NYI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Rickard Rakell · 1st 18:29 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 53.8 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 6:14 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Casey Cizikas · 2nd 13:19 · NYI

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 22.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Valtteri Puustinen · 2nd 14:37 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Kyle Palmieri · 2nd 19:44 · NYI PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 67.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: one-timer

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Samuel Bolduc · 3rd 1:36 · NYI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 42.1 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jeff Carter · 3rd 10:56 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 7.0 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Type: rebound

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Simon Holmstrom · 3rd 14:27 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 50.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersApr 17, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders edge Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

New York Islanders

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

New York Islanders

Goal anatomy

Brock Nelson · 1st 4:56 · NYI

Rickard Rakell · 1st 18:29 · PIT

Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 6:14 · PIT PP

Casey Cizikas · 2nd 13:19 · NYI

Valtteri Puustinen · 2nd 14:37 · PIT

Kyle Palmieri · 2nd 19:44 · NYI PP

Samuel Bolduc · 3rd 1:36 · NYI PP

Jeff Carter · 3rd 10:56 · PIT PP

Simon Holmstrom · 3rd 14:27 · NYI