Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersApr 7, 2022

FinalThursday, Apr 7, 2022· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	9	8	13	30
NYR	0	2	1	3		NYR	10	8	6	24

: PIT 60NYR 46
: PIT 3.18NYR 2.31
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 0
Hits: PIT 28NYR 22
Blocks: PIT 16NYR 17
PIM: PIT 6NYR 8
: PIT 48%NYR 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–Guentzel skated 12:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:30.Zibanejad
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–Guentzel skated 12:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rust Guentzel
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 3.18 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Rakell–Rodrigues skated 11:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Rakell Rodrigues
New line
New look for PIT: Blueger–Kapanen–Heinen skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Kapanen Heinen
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (PIT) played 18:52, +3:04 up on his 15:48 season average over 81 games.Rodrigues
PP1
PIT's PP1 (Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Rodrigues) went scoreless in 3:43 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Malkin Letang Rust Guentzel Rodrigues
Shots
Evan Rodrigues (PIT) led everyone with 9 shot on goals without scoring.Rodrigues

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 45% of the game, NYR 16%.

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
	52	53
	2.87	1.35
	2.67	1.34
	16	7
	1	4
	14	10
	−0.005	+0.005
	45%	16%

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 – Rust – Guentzel
12:4143% CF
L2Carter – Rakell – Rodrigues
11:0859% CF
L3Blueger – Kapanen – Heinen
8:4867% CF
L4Boyle – Angello – Hallander
3:5929% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
16:4142% CF
D2Pettersson – Friedman
12:4748% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
11:4145% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – Rodrigues
3:43100% CF
PP2Carter – Rakell – Matheson – Kapanen – Heinen
1:37100% CF
PK1FBoyle – Rust
2:03
PK2FCarter – Blueger
1:21
PK1DDumoulin – Ruhwedel
2:27
PK2DLetang – Friedman
1:12

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano
11:3748% CF
L2Strome – Copp – Panarin
9:2353% CF
L3Goodrow – Chytil – Lafrenière
8:0753% CF
L4Motte – Brodzinski – Hunt
6:5060% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
15:3352% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
14:2048% CF
D3Nemeth – Schneider
12:3950% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:170% CF
PP2Trouba – Copp – Vatrano – Chytil – Lafrenière
1:19
PK1FGoodrow – Copp
2:29
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
0:58
PK1DFox – Lindgren
3:40
PK2DMiller – Schneider
0:58

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:24
NYRFrank Vatrano (Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad)backhand0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Vatrano, Fox, Lindgren
PIT 0 – 1 NYR
9:47
NYRArtemi Panarin (Andrew Copp, Jacob Trouba)backhand0.06 xG
PIT: Carter, Rakell, Matheson, Ruhwedel, RodriguesNYR: Strome, Trouba, Copp, Panarin, Miller
PIT 0 – 2 NYR

3rd period

19:22
NYRDryden HuntEN (Mika Zibanejad)wrist0.49 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Kapanen, RodriguesNYR: Zibanejad, Hunt, Panarin, Fox, Miller
PIT 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	-2	0	0.06	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	43	70
Jake Guentzel C	L1	-2	2	0.48	2	0	0	21:27	—	—	42	68
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	20:12	—	—	44	73
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	-2	9	0.70	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	63	82
Rickard Rakell R	L2	-1	2	0.56	2	1	2	18:52	—	—	56	80
Jeff Carter C	L2	-2	5	0.22	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	63	81
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0.18	1	1	0	15:52	—	—	48	61
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	-1	2	0.12	3	0	0	14:22	—	—	57	61
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	1	0.17	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	63	73
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	10:39	—	—	23	19
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	7:37	—	—	17	16
Filip Hallander C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:52	—	—	22	14
Kris Letang D	D1	-2	3	0.14	4	0	0	25:07	—	—	48	54
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:07	—	—	43	48
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	0.01	3	3	0	16:06	—	—	55	86
Mark Friedman D	D2	0	1	0.08	2	2	0	15:03	—	—	54	87
Mike Matheson D	D3	-1	4	0.43	1	2	0	18:08	—	—	55	66
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	-1	0	0.02	0	3	0	16:51	—	—	42	57

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	1.13	57:11

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	18:54	—	—	44	25
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.02	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	46	25
Frank Vatrano R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	41	19
Andrew Copp C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.81	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	52	43
Artemi Panarin L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.11	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	48	35
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	46	28
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	2	15:03	—	—	53	38
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	55	40
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	58	46
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	2	2	0	11:04	—	—	59	27
Dryden Hunt L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.53	2	0	0	10:03	—	—	60	36
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	9:59	—	—	60	36
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	2	4	20:07	—	—	55	36
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	3	0	0	19:50	—	—	52	35
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.11	1	5	0	24:58	—	—	47	32
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	4	0	22:09	—	—	50	33
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	48	25
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	14:05	—	—	52	28

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	3.18	60:00

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.