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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York IslandersMar 30, 2026

Final· UBS Arena
away
PIT
8
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home
NYI
3
Goals123TShots123T
PIT0538PIT1113832
NYI0303NYI78823
PIT 64NYI 53
PIT 5.58NYI 2.14
PP goals
PIT 0NYI 1
Hits
PIT 16NYI 16
Blocks
PIT 17NYI 14
PIM
PIT 11NYI 9
PIT 32%NYI 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout New York Islanders 8–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Islanders 8–3 at NYI. Anthony Mantha (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

  1. Points
    Anthony Mantha had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:13.Mantha
  2. Points
    Justin Brazeau had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:23.Brazeau
  3. Points
    Rickard Rakell had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:28.Rakell
  4. Points
    Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:41.Rust
  5. Points
    Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:21.Barzal
  6. Points
    Adam Boqvist had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:48.Boqvist
  7. Points
    Calum Ritchie had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:57.Ritchie
  8. Points
    Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:43.Letang

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.

Shot map, PIT at NYI: 117 attempts, 55 on goal, 11 goals, 7.71 expected goals; best chance Connor Dewar at 0.43 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NYI
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · NYI 53 · PIT 64

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at NYI: expected goals 2.14 to 5.58 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 53 to 64, 11 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdNYIPITLBSSRSMMHRRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYI
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYIPITcontrol2nd3rdLee · 2nd 1:27Barzal · 2nd 2:56Soderblom · 2nd 6:41Schenn · 2nd 9:17Rakell · 2nd 11:01Shea · 2nd 13:29Mantha · 2nd 14:35Mantha · 2nd 17:18Hayes · 3rd 6:06Rakell · 3rd 7:54Rust · 3rd 16:16
  • 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 46% of the game, NYI 23%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, PIT at NYI: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Ilya Sorokin (47:54) for NYI and Arturs Silovs (60:00) for PIT, 11 goals.

NYI
PIT
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NYI skaters (rows) against PIT skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYI side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, NYI rows versus PIT columns: 250 matchups; most common Soucy vs Mantha, 10:50 at 20% xGF.

NYI ↓ · PIT →RustCrosbyChinakhovManthaRakellBrazeauDewarAcciariSoderblomKindelNovakHayesGirardLetangSheaCliftonWotherspoonKarlssonL1 HorvatL1 HeinemanL1 LeeL2 BarzalL2 SchennL2 RitchieL3 MacLeanL3 CizikasL3 GatcombL4 HolmstromL4 PageauL4 PalatD1 PelechD1 SoucyD2 SchaeferD2 PulockD3 BoqvistD3 Mayfield
NYI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatPITNYI
7260
6.132.20
5.202.03
288
62
2223
−0.122+0.122
46%23%

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

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Islanders

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 1:27
    NYIAnders LeePP (Adam Boqvist, Jean-Gabriel Pageau)backhand0.12 xG
    PIT: Letang, Acciari, Girard, DewarNYI: Lee, Pageau, Barzal, Boqvist, Heineman
    PIT 0 – 1 NYI
  2. 2:56
    NYIMathew Barzal (Calum Ritchie, Adam Boqvist)snap0.14 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Wotherspoon, ChinakhovNYI: Schenn, Mayfield, Barzal, Boqvist, Ritchie
    PIT 0 – 2 NYI
  3. 6:41
    PITElmer Soderblom (Connor Dewar, Noel Acciari)snap0.35 xG
    PIT: Karlsson, Wotherspoon, Acciari, Dewar, SoderblomNYI: Schenn, Mayfield, Barzal, Ritchie, Schaefer
    PIT 1 – 2 NYI
  4. 9:17
    NYIBrayden Schenn (Mathew Barzal, Calum Ritchie)snap0.36 xG
    PIT: Karlsson, Rust, Shea, Dewar, SoderblomNYI: Schenn, Mayfield, Soucy, Barzal, Ritchie
    PIT 1 – 3 NYI
  5. 11:01
    PITRickard RakellSH (Bryan Rust, Parker Wotherspoon)deflected0.38 xG
    PIT: Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, WotherspoonNYI: Lee, Pageau, Barzal, Boqvist, Heineman
    PIT 2 – 3 NYI
  6. 13:29
    PITRyan Shea (Anthony Mantha, Sidney Crosby)slap0.04 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Rust, Clifton, Mantha, SheaNYI: Lee, Soucy, Horvat, Heineman, Schaefer
    PIT 3 – 3 NYI
  7. 14:35
    PITAnthony Mantha (Justin Brazeau, Parker Wotherspoon)backhand0.13 xG
    PIT: Karlsson, Rakell, Mantha, Wotherspoon, BrazeauNYI: Schenn, Palat, Pelech, Pulock, Holmstrom
    PIT 4 – 3 NYI
  8. 17:18
    PITAnthony Mantha (Justin Brazeau, Kris Letang)backhand0.22 xG
    PIT: Letang, Mantha, Girard, Brazeau, KindelNYI: Palat, Pageau, Pelech, Soucy, Holmstrom
    PIT 5 – 3 NYI

3rd period

  1. 6:06
    PITAvery Hayes (Ben Kindel, Tommy Novak)snap0.39 xG
    PIT: Clifton, Novak, Shea, Hayes, KindelNYI: Schenn, Horvat, Barzal, Boqvist, Holmstrom
    PIT 6 – 3 NYI
  2. 7:54
    PITRickard Rakell (Justin Brazeau, Samuel Girard)deflected0.37 xG
    PIT: Letang, Rakell, Mantha, Girard, BrazeauNYI: Cizikas, Pelech, Soucy, MacLean, Gatcomb
    PIT 7 – 3 NYI
  3. 16:16
    PITBryan Rust (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang)wrist0.16 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Wotherspoon, ChinakhovNYI: Schenn, Mayfield, Barzal, Boqvist, Ritchie
    PIT 8 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Bryan Rust RL1112+110.2311018:41——4745
Sidney Crosby CL1022+130.4901016:48——5861
Egor Chinakhov RL1000030.1001014:58——5252
Anthony Mantha RL2213+440.6900018:13——5790
Rickard Rakell RL2202+331.1610216:28——5086
Justin Brazeau RL2033+330.2533014:23——6489
Connor Dewar CL3011010.5401015:08——4766
Noel Acciari CL3011+120.3211211:44——5092
Elmer Soderblom LL3101020.4731511:32——5072
Ben Kindel CL4011+230.5301014:25——6884
Tommy Novak CL4011+100.0002012:19——5973
Avery Hayes RL4101+110.4910011:49——6076
Samuel Girard DD1011+200.0010220:50——4786
Kris Letang DD1022+300.0011019:43——4292
Ryan Shea DD2101+110.0401019:04——4154
Connor Clifton DD2000+210.1531018:53——4968
Parker Wotherspoon DD3022+320.0212020:39——6975
Erik Karlsson DD3000+120.1100019:41——6965
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Arturs Silovs(start)W23203.8702.1460:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Bo Horvat CL1000-230.3000018:06——5525
Emil Heineman LL1000-200.1042017:41——5331
Anders Lee LL1101-210.1231015:38——5935
Mathew Barzal CL2112-230.4001218:21——3628
Brayden Schenn CL2101-210.3631016:09——3524
Calum Ritchie CL2022000.0001013:57——4031
Kyle MacLean CL3000-110.1510012:55——5232
Casey Cizikas CL3000-120.0611012:38——6939
Marc Gatcomb CL3000-110.1410011:29——6939
Simon Holmstrom RL4000-300.0001015:03——293
Jean-Gabriel Pageau CL4011-200.0000214:55——3216
Ondrej Palat LL4000-210.0400011:12——296
Adam Pelech DD1000-310.0310022:23——4629
Carson Soucy DD1000-210.1600020:19——5948
Matthew Schaefer DD2000-240.1811022:14——4410
Ryan Pulock DD2000-120.0203020:31——3915
Adam Boqvist DD3022-210.0501017:48——4125
Scott Mayfield DD3000010.0011514:41——4734
NYI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)L29227.7594.7847:54
David Rittich—321.6670.7912:06

Goal anatomy

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

Anders Lee (NYI PP) 2nd 1:27 · assists Adam Boqvist, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Cycle · 35.1 mph shot.

Mathew Barzal · 2nd 2:56 · NYI

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
46.9 mph
Distance
18 ft
Entry to goal
3.1 s

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Brayden Schenn · 2nd 9:17 · NYI

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
15.0 mph
Distance
5 ft
Entry to goal
3.4 s
Type
rebound

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Rickard Rakell · 2nd 11:01 · PIT SH

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
29.4 mph
Distance
12 ft
Entry to goal
3.1 s
Type
deflection

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Anthony Mantha · 2nd 14:35 · PIT

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
20.7 mph
Distance
11 ft
Entry to goal
2.5 s

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Anthony Mantha · 2nd 17:18 · PIT

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
28.5 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
9.4 s

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Avery Hayes · 3rd 6:06 · PIT

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
16.1 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
4.2 s
Type
rebound

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Rickard Rakell · 3rd 7:54 · PIT

Play
deflection
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
22.2 mph
Distance
4 ft
Entry to goal
3.2 s
Type
rebound

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 16:16 · PIT

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
3
Shot
49.9 mph
Distance
20 ft
Entry to goal
2.6 s

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