Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersApr 8, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 8, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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New York RangersNYR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	2	5		PIT	13	6	13	32
NYR	0	1	1	2		NYR	5	10	9	24

: PIT 56NYR 42
: PIT 4.27NYR 2.45
PP goals: PIT 1NYR 1
Hits: PIT 22NYR 19
Blocks: PIT 9NYR 14
PIM: PIT 15NYR 15
: PIT 59%NYR 41%

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. Evan Rodrigues (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYR: Blackwell–Rooney–Howden skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:09.Rodrigues
Points
Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:35.Zucker
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:40.Letang
Points
Radim Zohorna had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 9:47.Zohorna
New line
New look for NYR: Blackwell–Rooney–Howden skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Rooney Howden
New line
New look for NYR: Strome–Panarin–Kravtsov skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Panarin Kravtsov
Usage
Brendan Smith (NYR) played 11:41, −4:51 down on his 16:32 season average over 47 games.Smith
Usage
Libor Hajek (NYR) played 11:34, −3:47 down on his 15:21 season average over 43 games.Hajek

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 98 of 98 attempts · NYR 42 · PIT 56

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 47% of the game, NYR 19%.

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
	48	37
	2.95	1.90
	2.62	1.86
	13	7
	4	1
	16	8
	+0.100	−0.100
	47%	19%

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
12:3057% CF
L2Zucker – McCann – Rodrigues
9:5057% CF
L3Gaudreau – Lafferty – Aston-Reese
6:4264% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Zohorna
6:2275% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
13:3658% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
11:0940% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
9:2450% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
2:33100% CF
PP2Zucker – Matheson – Marino – Rodrigues – Zohorna
1:35100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Aston-Reese
3:54
PK2FSceviour – Jankowski
2:11
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
3:20
PK2DLetang – Marino
2:56

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
8:5433% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
8:0624% CF
L3Strome – Panarin – Kravtsov
6:4756% CF
L4Blackwell – Rooney – Howden
4:4950% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
15:5241% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
13:5939% CF
D3Smith – Hajek
8:5653% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:5580% CF
PP2Blackwell – Trouba – Buchnevich – Miller – Kakko
2:16100% CF
PK1FRooney – Howden
2:33
PK2FZibanejad – Buchnevich
1:02
PK1DFox – Lindgren
2:33
PK2DTrouba – Miller
1:24

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:26
PITRadim Zohorna (Marcus Pettersson, Kris Letang)wrist0.27 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Sceviour, Pettersson, ZohornaNYR: Smith, Blackwell, Strome, Panarin, Hajek
PIT 1 – 0 NYR

2nd period

2:02
NYRColin BlackwellPP (Pavel Buchnevich, Kaapo Kakko)snap0.16 xG
PIT: Letang, Gaudreau, Marino, Aston-ReeseNYR: Blackwell, Trouba, Buchnevich, Miller, Kakko
PIT 1 – 1 NYR
3:23
PITKris Letang (Jake Guentzel, Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren
PIT 2 – 1 NYR
11:28
PITEvan RodriguesPP (Radim Zohorna, Jason Zucker)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Zucker, Matheson, Marino, Rodrigues, ZohornaNYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren
PIT 3 – 1 NYR

3rd period

10:29
PITJason Zucker (Evan Rodrigues, Cody Ceci)backhand0.10 xG
PIT: Zucker, Matheson, Ceci, McCann, RodriguesNYR: Kreider, Strome, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
PIT 4 – 1 NYR
13:48
NYRKevin Rooney (Adam Fox)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Zucker, Matheson, Ceci, McCann, RodriguesNYR: Buchnevich, Rooney, Fox, Lindgren, Howden
PIT 4 – 2 NYR
18:29
PITMark JankowskiEN (Zachary Aston-Reese)wrist0.61 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Jankowski, Ceci, Gaudreau, Aston-ReeseNYR: Blackwell, Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin, Fox
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	1	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	2	20:31	—	—	55	47
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	59	54
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.30	2	1	2	18:59	—	—	57	62
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	53	41
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.10	1	0	2	14:35	—	—	50	40
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.46	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	50	40
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	59	72
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.48	2	1	0	15:31	—	—	47	87
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	0	7	8:30	—	—	57	73
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:39	—	—	58	82
Mark Jankowski L	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	1.00	2	2	0	11:50	—	—	60	78
Radim Zohorna L	L4	1	1	2	+1	3	0.67	0	0	0	9:47	—	—	80	87
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.12	1	1	0	24:40	—	—	57	62
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	2	1	0	20:35	—	—	57	50
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	0	2	18:56	—	—	58	70
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:28	—	—	46	40
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	1	0	19:42	—	—	65	72
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:57	—	—	59	79

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.45	59:18

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	13:51	—	—	43	27
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	11:33	—	—	44	26
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	43	25
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	1	0	2	20:04	—	—	33	35
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.15	1	1	0	18:24	—	—	44	56
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.67	4	2	0	16:32	—	—	27	31
Artemi Panarin L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	45	26
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	0	3	0	18:14	—	—	43	27
Vitali Kravtsov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	12:15	—	—	63	55
Colin Blackwell C	L4	1	0	1	-2	2	0.39	2	1	0	15:06	—	—	41	37
Kevin Rooney C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	3	1	0	12:01	—	—	53	78
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:26	—	—	62	81
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	23:45	—	—	42	40
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	3	2	23:20	—	—	46	39
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.10	0	1	2	24:30	—	—	42	40
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	21:21	—	—	38	42
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	9	11:41	—	—	47	37
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	50	35

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.66	58:55

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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.