Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersDec 28, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 28, 2024· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	0	3		PIT	9	12	4	25
NYI	1	3	2	6		NYI	11	16	8	35

: PIT 45NYI 68
: PIT 2.77NYI 6.03
PP goals: PIT 1NYI 0
Hits: PIT 27NYI 19
Blocks: PIT 15NYI 7
PIM: PIT 4NYI 8
: PIT 45%NYI 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 at home. Anders Lee (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Bunting) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:39 together.

Points
Anders Lee had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:45.Lee
Points
Casey Cizikas had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:13.Cizikas
Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:37.Rakell
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Bunting) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:39 together.Crosby Letang Rakell Grzelcyk Bunting
New line
New look for NYI: Cizikas–Horvat–Holmstrom skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cizikas Horvat Holmstrom
New line
New look for NYI: Fasching–MacLean–Tsyplakov skated 5:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Fasching MacLean Tsyplakov
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Bunting–Beauvillier skated 4:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Bunting Beauvillier
Usage
Mathew Barzal (NYI) played 16:38, −3:51 down on his 20:29 season average over 29 games.Barzal

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 113 of 113 attempts · NYI 68 · PIT 45

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 18% of the game, NYI 45%.

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
	34	65
	1.78	3.19
	1.59	3.08
	6	16
	4	1
	24	18
	−0.046	+0.046
	18%	45%

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 – Rakell
9:3527% CF
L2Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
8:5533% CF
L3Malkin – Bunting – Beauvillier
4:190% CF
L4Glass – Tomasino – O'Connor
3:5729% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
13:4429% CF
D2Karlsson – Grzelcyk
13:2932% CF
D3Graves – Shea
8:1420% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting
3:3986% CF
PP2Malkin – Karlsson – Rust – Glass – Tomasino
2:47100% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
1:57
PK2FGlass – Lizotte
0:37
PK1DLetang – Joseph
2:10
PK2DGraves – Shea
1:37

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Palmieri – Nelson – Duclair
12:3463% CF
L2Lee – Pageau – Barzal
10:0985% CF
L3Cizikas – Horvat – Holmstrom
6:2160% CF
L4Fasching – MacLean – Tsyplakov
5:11100% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
17:4051% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
13:2371% CF
D3Mayfield – George
12:0790% CF

PP1Lee – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson – Holmstrom
1:37100% CF
PP2Palmieri – Nelson – Duclair – Pulock – Tsyplakov
1:06
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
2:53
PK2FPalmieri – Nelson
1:51
PK1DPelech – Pulock
3:12
PK2DMayfield – Romanov
3:09

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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.35	0	1	0	21:26	—	—	23	29
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-4	2	0.29	2	1	0	20:57	—	—	45	50
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	1	2	-2	1	0.12	3	1	0	18:37	—	—	26	29
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:54	—	—	47	50
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	12:47	—	—	39	42
Noel Acciari C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	2	1	0	12:35	—	—	33	45
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.20	1	0	0	19:01	—	—	50	54
Michael Bunting L	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.26	2	0	0	18:02	—	—	39	25
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:16	—	—	11	17
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	2	1	0	13:34	—	—	37	37
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.47	1	1	0	13:26	—	—	22	21
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	1	2	12:33	—	—	21	12
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	2	0	25:04	—	—	24	20
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	20:05	—	—	47	50
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.18	2	1	2	24:18	—	—	36	41
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	31	30
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:29	—	—	39	30
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	25	12

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	33	29	5	.879	3.69	57:21

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.28	1	0	0	19:36	—	—	61	60
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	0	2	18:59	—	—	52	43
Anthony Duclair L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	65	63
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.58	2	0	0	16:38	—	—	75	81
Anders Lee L	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	1.22	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	76	81
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	2.16	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	85	91
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.35	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	27	19
Bo Horvat C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.34	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	40	28
Casey Cizikas C	L3	2	0	2	+2	2	0.16	4	0	2	11:13	—	—	64	65
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	12:39	—	—	50	34
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	7:46	—	—	90	98
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:09	—	—	100	100
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	2	0	23:36	—	—	53	48
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	1	1	0	22:55	—	—	55	47
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	70	75
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.05	2	2	0	19:21	—	—	74	76
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:33	—	—	91	94
Isaiah George D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	3	0	0	13:52	—	—	90	93

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.77	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Noel Acciari (PIT) 2nd 13:49 · assists Matt Nieto, Erik Karlsson · Rebound · 16.6 mph shot.

Noel Acciari · 2nd 13:49 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 16.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 1st 14:47 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 12.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Michael Bunting · 1st 16:03 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Anthony Duclair · 2nd 5:39 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.5 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Anders Lee · 2nd 8:36 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 4
Shot: 3.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Casey Cizikas · 2nd 9:39 · NYI

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 28.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Rickard Rakell · 2nd 19:56 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.4 mph
Distance: 62 ft

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Casey Cizikas · 3rd 14:43 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Anders Lee · 3rd 19:38 · NYI EN

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 8.4 s

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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 IslandersDec 28, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3

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

Noel Acciari · 2nd 13:49 · PIT

Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 1st 14:47 · NYI

Michael Bunting · 1st 16:03 · PIT PP

Anthony Duclair · 2nd 5:39 · NYI

Anders Lee · 2nd 8:36 · NYI

Casey Cizikas · 2nd 9:39 · NYI

Rickard Rakell · 2nd 19:56 · PIT

Casey Cizikas · 3rd 14:43 · NYI

Anders Lee · 3rd 19:38 · NYI EN