Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersFeb 1, 2021

FinalMonday, Feb 1, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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New York RangersNYR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	12	5	9	26
NYR	0	1	2	3		NYR	9	6	9	24

: PIT 60NYR 46
: PIT 2.09NYR 2.97
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 1
Hits: PIT 25NYR 26
Blocks: PIT 13NYR 20
PIM: PIT 13NYR 17
: PIT 71%NYR 29%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:35 together.

Points
Artemi Panarin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:37.Panarin
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:35 together.Kreider Zibanejad Buchnevich Panarin Fox
New line
New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Lemieux–Rooney skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brodzinski Lemieux Rooney
Usage
Brendan Smith (NYR) played 4:43, −11:58 down on his 16:41 season average over 47 games.Smith
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John Marino (PIT) played 30:30, +9:57 up on his 20:33 season average over 51 games.Marino
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Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 26:14, +10:04 up on his 16:10 season average over 15 games.Joseph
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Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 23:32, +5:58 up on his 17:34 season average over 32 games.Malkin
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Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) played 9:00, −4:58 down on his 13:58 season average over 55 games.Lafrenière

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 106 of 106 attempts · NYR 46 · PIT 60

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 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
	45	31
	1.57	1.28
	1.53	1.20
	8	5
	5	2
	12	10
	+0.148	−0.148
	38%	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

L1Malkin – Zucker – Kapanen
8:4560% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
8:4055% CF
L3Blueger – McCann – Tanev
4:3789% CF
L4Jankowski – Lafferty – O'Connor
4:1550% CF
D1Marino – Joseph
12:2754% CF
D2Ceci – Ruhwedel
8:2363% CF
D3Weber – Czuczman
7:0129% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Guentzel – Kapanen – Marino
6:42100% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Rust – Guentzel – Joseph
1:21100% CF
PK1FRust – Jankowski
1:47
PK2FBlueger – Tanev
1:16
PK1DMarino – Joseph
1:10
PK2DCeci – Ruhwedel
1:08

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Brodzinski – Lemieux – Rooney
5:0333% CF
L2Kreider – Strome – Panarin
4:1550% CF
L3Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière
3:5075% CF
L4Di Giuseppe – Gauthier – Howden
3:3245% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
10:5928% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
8:5638% CF
D3Smith – Bitetto
2:5940% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Panarin – Fox
4:3593% CF
PP2Strome – Trouba – Brodzinski – Lemieux – Lafrenière
0:22
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
3:23
PK2FRooney – Howden
2:29
PK1DTrouba – Miller
2:48
PK2DFox – Lindgren
2:30

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:05
PITJason Zucker (Chad Ruhwedel, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Ruhwedel, Kapanen, MarinoNYR: Kreider, Strome, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
PIT 1 – 0 NYR

2nd period

17:42
NYRKevin Rooney (Artemi Panarin, Ryan Lindgren)wrist0.21 xG
PIT: Crosby, Weber, Rust, Guentzel, CzuczmanNYR: Lemieux, Panarin, Rooney, Fox, Lindgren, Gauthier
PIT 1 – 1 NYR

3rd period

11:10
NYRChris KreiderPP (Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin)tip-in0.13 xG
PIT: Ceci, Blueger, Marino, TanevNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin, Fox
PIT 1 – 2 NYR
19:59
NYRArtemi PanarinEN (Ryan Strome)wrist0.59 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Zucker, Rust, Guentzel, JosephNYR: Kreider, Strome, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
PIT 1 – 3 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
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	23:32	—	—	78	90
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.15	2	1	0	17:30	—	—	68	57
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	5	16:56	—	—	58	53
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.57	1	0	0	25:03	—	—	56	61
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.16	2	0	2	22:24	—	—	64	62
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	0	0	22:16	—	—	53	49
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	1	0	12:38	—	—	59	58
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	11:24	—	—	67	77
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	2	0	10:08	—	—	69	78
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	8:55	—	—	39	7
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	8:41	—	—	50	15
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	2	6:31	—	—	53	29
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	30:30	—	—	68	60
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	1	2	0	26:14	—	—	50	33
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	3	0	4	15:32	—	—	62	49
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	14:34	—	—	68	60
Kevin Czuczman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	10:37	—	—	44	83
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:36	—	—	39	19

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	2.38	58:03

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Rooney C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.44	0	2	0	13:36	—	—	29	24
Brendan Lemieux L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:01	—	—	35	41
Jonny Brodzinski C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	7:33	—	—	27	29
Artemi Panarin L	L2	1	2	3	+1	2	0.65	2	0	0	19:37	—	—	32	36
Chris Kreider L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.35	0	2	0	17:56	—	—	50	67
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	15:59	—	—	40	50
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.48	1	0	0	21:41	—	—	75	98
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	1	0	0	20:06	—	—	75	98
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	9:00	—	—	80	98
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	5	13:41	—	—	39	46
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:59	—	—	26	11
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	2	9:49	—	—	37	43
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	2	2	26:08	—	—	37	40
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	3	2	21:59	—	—	36	28
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	5	0	26:03	—	—	50	50
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	1	2	21:24	—	—	47	40
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	2	14:51	—	—	38	48
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	4:43	—	—	40	58

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.09	59:12

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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.