Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersJan 2, 2019

FinalWednesday, Jan 2, 2019· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	4	3	7		PIT	5	10	10	25
NYR	0	1	1	2		NYR	12	12	6	30

: PIT 42NYR 63
: PIT 2.18NYR 2.29
PP goals: PIT 1NYR 0
Hits: PIT 29NYR 35
Blocks: PIT 18NYR 12
PIM: PIT 4NYR 4
: PIT 43%NYR 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout New York Rangers 7–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 7–2 at NYR. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT scored 7 goals on 2.18 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Dominik Simon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:45.Simon
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:07.Malkin
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:38.Guentzel
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:20.Letang
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:10.Crosby
Points
Patric Hornqvist had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:52.Hornqvist
Luck
PIT scored 7 goals on 2.18 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NYR: McLeod–Strome–Chytil skated 4:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McLeod Strome Chytil

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · NYR 63 · PIT 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 16% of the game, NYR 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	47	62
	2.44	2.26
	2.41	2.21
	11	12
	4	8
	28	28
	−0.074	+0.074
	16%	34%

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 – Guentzel
13:1736% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Simon
11:2452% CF
L3Brassard – Kessel – Pearson
11:0232% CF
L4Cullen – Sheahan – Aston-Reese
9:3653% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
16:1036% CF
D2Johnson – Pettersson
14:5141% CF
D3Maatta – Riikola
13:3546% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
2:1050% CF
PP2Malkin – Brassard – Kessel – Guentzel – Riikola
0:52100% CF
PK1FCrosby – Guentzel
1:23
PK2FSheahan – Aston-Reese
1:14
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
2:37
PK2DMaatta – Pettersson
0:37

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad
13:3564% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hayes – Namestnikov
9:1675% CF
L3Nieves – Buchnevich – Howden
6:2559% CF
L4McLeod – Strome – Chytil
4:0943% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Claesson
15:0758% CF
D2Staal – Pionk
14:4865% CF
D3McQuaid – Skjei
14:2247% CF

PP1Kreider – Zuccarello – Hayes – Zibanejad – Namestnikov
2:36100% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Buchnevich – Howden – Chytil – Pionk
0:59100% CF
PK1FHayes – Fast
1:58
PK2FZibanejad – Namestnikov
0:28
PK1DStaal – Pionk
1:21
PK2DMcQuaid – Skjei
0:58

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:29
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Matt Cullen)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Cullen, Letang, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Aston-ReeseNYR: McLeod, Shattenkirk, Claesson, Strome, Chytil
PIT 1 – 0 NYR
11:11
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Maatta, Guentzel, PetterssonNYR: Staal, Zuccarello, Zibanejad, Namestnikov, Pionk
PIT 2 – 0 NYR
12:20
PITKris Letangwrist0.07 xG
PIT: Cullen, Letang, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Aston-ReeseNYR: Shattenkirk, Claesson, Buchnevich, Howden, Chytil
PIT 3 – 0 NYR
12:46
NYRRyan Strome (Brady Skjei, Adam McQuaid)tip-in0.03 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Maatta, Simon, RiikolaNYR: McQuaid, Zuccarello, Strome, Namestnikov, Skjei
PIT 3 – 1 NYR
15:45
PITDominik Simon (Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Hornqvist, Pettersson, SimonNYR: Staal, Zuccarello, Hayes, Namestnikov, Pionk
PIT 4 – 1 NYR

3rd period

1:03
PITEvgeni Malkin (Patric Hornqvist, Dominik Simon)backhand0.10 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Maatta, Simon, RiikolaNYR: McQuaid, Zuccarello, Hayes, Namestnikov, Skjei
PIT 5 – 1 NYR
1:22
NYRPavel Buchnevich (Fredrik Claesson, Kevin Shattenkirk)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Brassard, Kessel, Pearson, Maatta, RiikolaNYR: Shattenkirk, Claesson, Nieves, Buchnevich, Howden
PIT 5 – 2 NYR
4:40
PITTanner PearsonPP (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel)snap0.06 xG
PIT: Letang, Brassard, Pearson, Guentzel, RiikolaNYR: Staal, Strome, Howden, Pionk
PIT 6 – 2 NYR
13:56
PITSidney Crosbywrist0.28 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Maatta, Guentzel, RiikolaNYR: McLeod, McQuaid, Skjei, Nieves, Howden
PIT 7 – 2 NYR

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	1	1	2	+2	2	0.37	0	1	2	19:10	—	—	33	49
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	36	49
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.25	2	1	0	14:40	—	—	35	49
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	58	66
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.13	2	0	0	15:52	—	—	57	66
Dominik Simon C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	52	61
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	39	39
Tanner Pearson L	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.11	2	3	0	13:49	—	—	33	42
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:35	—	—	32	36
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.27	2	0	0	12:49	—	—	50	58
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:25	—	—	47	56
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	50	58
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.08	3	4	0	25:20	—	—	43	50
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	3	1	0	21:21	—	—	32	35
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	17:35	—	—	41	64
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	2	2	0	17:25	—	—	43	56
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:16	—	—	48	55
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	5	3	0	17:09	—	—	50	54

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.29	59:47

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	4	1	0	19:45	—	—	67	72
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	6	0	0	19:44	—	—	65	70
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	3	1	0	18:17	—	—	62	65
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	0	0	0	20:51	—	—	68	45
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	1	0	2	16:28	—	—	75	52
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	2	0	2	16:07	—	—	70	46
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.38	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	54	52
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	43	35
Boo Nieves C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:09	—	—	48	44
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	38	24
Ryan Strome C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	46	52
Cody McLeod L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	5	0	0	6:11	—	—	36	25
Fredrik Claesson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	2	0	0	17:57	—	—	55	67
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	4	0	17:57	—	—	58	65
Neal Pionk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.02	2	2	0	21:10	—	—	69	57
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:03	—	—	61	47
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	20:36	—	—	48	27
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.15	2	0	0	17:40	—	—	47	26

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	L	18	12	6	.667	1.59	44:40
Alexandar Georgiev	—	7	6	1	.857	0.59	15:20

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.