Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersJan 30, 2021

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 30, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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New York RangersNYR

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	2	1	1	1	5		PIT	10	9	16	3	38
NYR	1	3	0	0	4		NYR	13	13	7	1	34

: PIT 62NYR 54
: PIT 3.70NYR 3.27
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 1
Hits: PIT 22NYR 25
Blocks: PIT 9NYR 13
PIM: PIT 10NYR 8
: PIT 57%NYR 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New York Rangers 5–4 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 5–4 in overtime at NYR. Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NYR's first power-play unit (Zibanejad, Buchnevich, DeAngelo, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:54 together.

Points
Pierre-Olivier Joseph had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 25:58.Joseph
Points
Kasperi Kapanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:19.Kapanen
Points
K'Andre Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:49.Miller
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Zibanejad, Buchnevich, DeAngelo, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:54 together.Zibanejad Buchnevich DeAngelo Panarin Fox
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 5:17, −19:43 down on his 25:00 season average over 54 games.Letang
Usage
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 25:58, +9:47 up on his 16:11 season average over 15 games.Joseph
Usage
Colin Blackwell (NYR) played 2:53, −11:22 down on his 14:15 season average over 46 games.Blackwell
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 38 shots and stopped 33 (.868), +14 against a season average of 24.5; the overtime loss.Georgiev

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 54 · PIT 62

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 40% of the game, NYR 24%.

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	43
	2.90	1.70
	2.80	1.65
	13	8
	8	2
	19	14
	+0.060	−0.060
	40%	24%

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
11:5872% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Kapanen
10:5447% CF
L3Blueger – McCann – Tanev
7:0847% CF
L4Jankowski – Lafferty – O'Connor
6:5645% CF
D1Ceci – Marino
9:4389% CF
D2Ruhwedel – Joseph
5:4375% CF

PP1Zucker – Kapanen – McCann – Joseph – O'Connor
2:4567% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Rust – Guentzel – Marino
2:4433% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
3:50
PK2FJankowski – O'Connor
2:17
PK1DLetang – Ruhwedel
2:11
PK2DCeci – Marino
1:49

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière
6:338% CF
L2Strome – Panarin – Kakko
4:1275% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Lemieux – Rooney
3:3633% CF
L4Kreider – Blackwell – Howden
0:26
D1Trouba – Miller
11:4433% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
8:4532% CF
D3Smith – DeAngelo
5:1056% CF

PP1Zibanejad – Buchnevich – DeAngelo – Panarin – Fox
4:54100% CF
PP2Kreider – Strome – Trouba – Kakko – Lafrenière
2:05100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
2:26
PK2FKreider – Strome
0:57
PK1DTrouba – Lindgren
1:50
PK2DSmith – Miller
0:47

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:39
PITJason Zucker (Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Kasperi Kapanen)slap0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Zucker, Kapanen, JosephNYR: Smith, Blackwell, Strome, DeAngelo, Panarin
PIT 1 – 0 NYR
13:52
NYRBrendan Lemieux (Phillip Di Giuseppe, Ryan Lindgren)deflected0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Weber, Zucker, Kapanen, MarinoNYR: Smith, Strome, Di Giuseppe, DeAngelo, Lemieux
PIT 1 – 1 NYR
19:20
PITBrandon Tanev (Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Teddy Blueger)tip-in0.06 xG
PIT: Blueger, McCann, Marino, Tanev, JosephNYR: Smith, Kreider, Di Giuseppe, DeAngelo, Howden
PIT 2 – 1 NYR

2nd period

7:20
NYRKevin RooneySH (K'Andre Miller, Ryan Strome)tip-in0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, MarinoNYR: Strome, Rooney, Fox, Miller
PIT 2 – 2 NYR
9:42
PITKasperi Kapanen (Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Ceci, Kapanen, MarinoNYR: Smith, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, DeAngelo, Panarin
PIT 3 – 2 NYR
10:25
NYRChris Kreider (Jacob Trouba, K'Andre Miller)snap0.01 xG
PIT: Weber, Blueger, Ruhwedel, McCann, TanevNYR: Kreider, Trouba, Howden, Miller, Kakko
PIT 3 – 3 NYR
16:01
NYRArtemi PanarinPP (Pavel Buchnevich, Tony DeAngelo)slap0.16 xG
PIT: Ceci, Blueger, Ruhwedel, TanevNYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, DeAngelo, Panarin, Fox
PIT 3 – 4 NYR

3rd period

9:18
PITJake Guentzel (Cody Ceci, John Marino)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Ceci, Guentzel, MarinoNYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Miller, Lafrenière
PIT 4 – 4 NYR

OT period

2:27
PITSidney Crosby (Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Bryan Rust)snap0.21 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, JosephNYR: Zibanejad, DeAngelo, Panarin
PIT 5 – 4 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
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.38	3	1	0	19:27	—	—	77	68
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	1	1	2	18:50	—	—	65	49
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.60	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	73	61
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	65	69
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	55	62
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.72	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	61	68
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	47	76
Brandon Tanev L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.37	4	1	0	13:28	—	—	50	77
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	47	71
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	44	50
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:05	—	—	39	48
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	9:12	—	—	42	62
John Marino D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	0	3	4	26:03	—	—	66	67
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	3	1	2	24:41	—	—	61	71
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	3	3	+3	2	0.28	1	0	2	25:58	—	—	58	65
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	2	1	0	22:52	—	—	53	51
Yannick Weber D	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	3	0	0	12:02	—	—	46	61
Kris Letang D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:17	—	—	40	37

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	34	30	4	.882	3.27	62:26

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.61	3	0	0	23:38	—	—	17	12
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.22	1	1	0	22:10	—	—	17	13
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	31	44
Artemi Panarin L	L2	1	0	1	-3	4	0.83	0	0	0	22:49	—	—	50	42
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	50	47
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.02	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	59	48
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.13	3	2	0	10:58	—	—	37	17
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	10:20	—	—	60	39
Kevin Rooney C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	9:52	—	—	37	26
Chris Kreider L	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.30	4	1	2	16:40	—	—	50	49
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:38	—	—	57	64
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	2:53	—	—	60	69
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	3	2	2	24:06	—	—	44	47
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	2	2	0	20:49	—	—	39	32
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	2	2	24:59	—	—	43	42
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	21:46	—	—	39	37
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	1	1	-3	0	0.07	1	0	0	20:28	—	—	42	31
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	1	0	2	10:02	—	—	46	32

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	O	38	33	5	.868	3.70	62:16

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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.