Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersMar 25, 2019

FinalMonday, Mar 25, 2019· Madison Square Garden

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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New York RangersNYR

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	3	1	5		PIT	13	16	7	36
NYR	2	0	0	2		NYR	16	8	11	35

: PIT 58NYR 58
: PIT 3.89NYR 2.44
PP goals: PIT 1NYR 1
Hits: PIT 24NYR 26
Blocks: PIT 12NYR 10
PIM: PIT 6NYR 4
: PIT 53%NYR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 5–2 at NYR. Teddy Blueger (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:19 together.

Points
Teddy Blueger had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:42.Blueger
Points
Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:54.Pettersson
Points
Phil Kessel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:17.Kessel
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:19 together.Crosby Hornqvist Kessel Schultz Guentzel
Usage
Vinni Lettieri (NYR) played 19:13, +9:25 up on his 9:48 season average over 26 games.Lettieri
Usage
Brendan Lemieux (NYR) played 15:39, +6:43 up on his 8:56 season average over 62 games.Lemieux
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 36 shots and stopped 31 (.861), +4 against a season average of 32.0; the loss.Georgiev
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +3 against a season average of 31.9; the win.Murray

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 116 of 116 attempts · NYR 58 · PIT 58

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 38% of the game, NYR 26%.

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
	60	59
	3.96	2.18
	3.86	2.16
	13	6
	1	7
	19	17
	+0.055	−0.055
	38%	26%

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
14:0547% CF
L2Hornqvist – Bjugstad – Simon
11:3947% CF
L3Kessel – Blueger – McCann
11:0150% CF
L4Cullen – Wilson – Johnson
4:4175% CF
D1Gudbranson – Pettersson
16:0038% CF
D2Johnson – Schultz
15:0345% CF
D3Dumoulin – Trotman
12:1763% CF

PP1Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz – Guentzel
3:19100% CF
PP2Dumoulin – Bjugstad – Trotman – McCann – Simon
0:51100% CF
PK1FCullen – Rust
2:25
PK2FBlueger – McCann
1:14
PK1DJohnson – Dumoulin
2:20
PK2DGudbranson – Pettersson
1:57

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Namestnikov – Lettieri – Chytil
11:2745% CF
L2Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lemieux
11:1265% CF
L3Strome – Vesey – Andersson
5:4558% CF
D1Claesson – DeAngelo
15:0252% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Skjei
13:4361% CF
D3Gilmour – Pionk
10:2635% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Strome – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lemieux
2:3567% CF
PP2Namestnikov – Vesey – DeAngelo – Lettieri – Chytil
2:25100% CF
PK1FVesey – Andersson
1:30
PK2FZibanejad – Namestnikov
1:18
PK1DSkjei – Pionk
2:09
PK2DSmith – Claesson
0:39

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:25
NYRBrendan Lemieux (Pavel Buchnevich, Mika Zibanejad)snap0.15 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Schultz, Rust, GuentzelNYR: Claesson, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, DeAngelo, Lemieux
PIT 0 – 1 NYR
15:15
NYRVinni LettieriPP (Tony DeAngelo, Filip Chytil)slap0.04 xG
PIT: Cullen, Johnson, Dumoulin, RustNYR: Namestnikov, Vesey, DeAngelo, Lettieri, Chytil
PIT 0 – 2 NYR
15:41
PITNick Bjugstad (Marcus Pettersson, Dominik Simon)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Hornqvist, Bjugstad, Gudbranson, Pettersson, SimonNYR: Strome, Nieves, Gilmour, Andersson, Pionk
PIT 1 – 2 NYR

2nd period

1:01
PITJustin SchultzPP (Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel)slap0.07 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz, GuentzelNYR: Claesson, Strome, Vesey, Pionk
PIT 2 – 2 NYR
7:17
PITMatt Cullen (Garrett Wilson)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Cullen, Wilson, Gudbranson, Pettersson, JohnsonNYR: Smith, Nieves, Gilmour, Howden, Pionk
PIT 3 – 2 NYR
13:12
PITTeddy BluegerSH (Bryan Rust, Marcus Pettersson)backhand0.09 xG
PIT: Johnson, Dumoulin, Rust, BluegerNYR: Shattenkirk, Strome, Namestnikov, Buchnevich, Lemieux
PIT 4 – 2 NYR

3rd period

7:38
PITTeddy Blueger (Jared McCann, Phil Kessel)deflected0.42 xG
PIT: Kessel, Dumoulin, Trotman, Blueger, McCannNYR: Claesson, Namestnikov, DeAngelo, Lettieri, Chytil
PIT 5 – 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	1	1	0	20:46	—	—	48	59
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	0	2	0	20:04	—	—	49	61
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	1.18	3	0	0	19:53	—	—	51	62
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	2	0	0	16:16	—	—	52	59
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	3	0	0	16:16	—	—	48	50
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	0	2	16:06	—	—	42	43
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	50	77
Jared McCann L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.76	1	1	0	14:52	—	—	52	77
Teddy Blueger C	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.52	2	1	0	14:42	—	—	46	72
Matt Cullen C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	2	0	9:56	—	—	67	76
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:22	—	—	62	67
Adam Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	0	0	5:33	—	—	67	60
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.08	1	0	2	20:54	—	—	41	46
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	2	0	0	20:03	—	—	37	44
Justin Schultz D	D2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.14	1	1	0	21:36	—	—	54	63
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	1	2	19:30	—	—	44	33
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.05	2	2	0	19:43	—	—	73	84
Zach Trotman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	58	75

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.44	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vinni Lettieri C	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.20	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	46	16
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	4	1	0	17:58	—	—	42	10
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	46	11
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	1	1	0	19:11	—	—	56	57
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	3	1	0	18:21	—	—	53	40
Brendan Lemieux L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.35	2	1	0	15:39	—	—	56	40
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	2	1	0	17:12	—	—	42	51
Lias Andersson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	0	0	14:53	—	—	46	48
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	14:41	—	—	50	58
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	2	1	0	22:33	—	—	49	33
Fredrik Claesson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	3	0	0	18:44	—	—	49	35
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	2	21:13	—	—	63	49
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	2	1	0	18:45	—	—	57	43
Neal Pionk D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	39	22
John Gilmour D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	35	13
Brendan Smith D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	1	0	0	12:24	—	—	46	40
Brett Howden C	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	0	1	2	9:54	—	—	50	38
Boo Nieves C	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	0	0	8:02	—	—	53	72

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	36	31	5	.861	3.89	60:00

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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.