Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersMay 5, 2022

FinalPlayoffsThursday, May 5, 2022· Madison Square Garden

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New York RangersNYR

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	0	2		PIT	11	14	16	41
NYR	1	2	2	5		NYR	14	17	9	40

: PIT 68NYR 72
: PIT 3.92NYR 4.36
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 1
Hits: PIT 27NYR 40
Blocks: PIT 12NYR 8
PIM: PIT 12NYR 8
: PIT 53%NYR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at home. Frank Vatrano (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 3:36 together.

Points
Artemi Panarin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:04.Panarin
Points
Frank Vatrano had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 13:26.Vatrano
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:49.Crosby
Points
K'Andre Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:48.Miller
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 3:36 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Panarin Fox
Goalie
Igor Shesterkin (NYR) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +5 against a season average of 36.0; the win.Shesterkin
Goalie
Louis Domingue (PIT) faced 40 shots and stopped 35 (.875), +9 against a season average of 31.2; the loss.Domingue
Usage
Justin Braun (NYR) played 17:44, +5:20 up on his 12:24 season average over 18 games.Braun

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 140 of 140 attempts · NYR 72 · PIT 68

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 35% of the game, NYR 30%.

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
	67	59
	3.26	2.45
	3.12	2.30
	22	6
	10	7
	30	31
	+0.077	−0.077
	35%	30%

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
12:5150% CF
L2Malkin – Kapanen – Heinen
9:2174% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Rodrigues
7:2550% CF
L4Boyle – Blueger – O'Connor
5:3050% CF
D1Letang – Matheson
15:5345% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
13:3374% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Friedman
6:4538% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
2:0950% CF
PP2Carter – Matheson – Kapanen – Heinen – Rodrigues
1:32100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
2:22
PK2FBoyle – Rust
1:57
PK1DRuhwedel – Marino
2:25
PK2DPettersson – Friedman
0:50

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano
10:2750% CF
L2Strome – Copp – Panarin
10:2142% CF
L3Reaves – Hunt – Rooney
7:4244% CF
L4Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
7:2058% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
16:4749% CF
D2Braun – Fox
12:3038% CF
D3Nemeth – Schneider
10:3241% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:36100% CF
PP2Reaves – Nemeth – Hunt – Rooney – Schneider
1:14100% CF
PK1FCopp – Rooney
2:16
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:18
PK1DTrouba – Miller
2:16
PK2DBraun – Fox
1:18

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:50
NYRAndrew Copp (Artemi Panarin, Justin Braun)snap0.24 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, GuentzelNYR: Braun, Strome, Copp, Panarin, Fox
PIT 0 – 1 NYR
8:52
PITJake Guentzel (Marcus Pettersson, Sidney Crosby)slap0.19 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, MarinoNYR: Strome, Trouba, Copp, Panarin, Miller
PIT 1 – 1 NYR

2nd period

2:59
NYRRyan StromePP (Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin)tip-in0.10 xG
PIT: Letang, Blueger, McGinn, RuhwedelNYR: Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox
PIT 1 – 2 NYR
12:06
NYRChris Kreider (Frank Vatrano, K'Andre Miller)tip-in0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Pettersson, Heinen, Marino, O'ConnorNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Vatrano, Miller
PIT 1 – 3 NYR
18:34
PITSidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Mike Matheson)wrist0.22 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Friedman, MarinoNYR: Braun, Strome, Trouba, Copp, Panarin
PIT 2 – 3 NYR

3rd period

8:02
NYRArtemi Panarin (Frank Vatrano, K'Andre Miller)deflected0.06 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, GuentzelNYR: Strome, Trouba, Copp, Panarin, Miller
PIT 2 – 4 NYR
9:49
NYRFrank Vatrano (Braden Schneider)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Matheson, Guentzel, O'ConnorNYR: Zibanejad, Trouba, Vatrano, Miller, Lafrenière
PIT 2 – 5 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	0	5	0.44	2	2	0	21:55	—	—	49	57
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.42	2	0	0	20:13	—	—	49	53
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	-1	6	0.99	0	1	0	19:49	—	—	48	55
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	2	0	0	18:18	—	—	63	84
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.53	1	0	0	14:57	—	—	64	82
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	1	0	2	14:36	—	—	62	66
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	0	4	14:39	—	—	52	41
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	2	14:31	—	—	59	68
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	2	14:10	—	—	48	31
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	0	0	10:39	—	—	57	39
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	10:32	—	—	57	50
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	1	0	6:33	—	—	39	20
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.17	5	3	0	26:35	—	—	47	43
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	-3	0	0.23	1	0	0	23:24	—	—	40	36
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	2	19:56	—	—	78	82
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	2	2	0	19:41	—	—	63	69
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.19	0	1	0	11:55	—	—	46	71
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:45	—	—	42	42

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Louis Domingue(start)	L	40	35	5	.875	3.87	57:28

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.51	4	0	0	21:57	—	—	50	56
Chris Kreider L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	3	0	0	20:07	—	—	51	58
Frank Vatrano R	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.18	1	1	0	13:26	—	—	49	53
Artemi Panarin L	L2	1	2	3	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	42	35
Andrew Copp C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	1.05	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	42	33
Ryan Strome C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.57	4	0	2	17:27	—	—	42	39
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	0	0	14:15	—	—	39	16
Dryden Hunt L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:28	—	—	36	17
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	10:19	—	—	42	16
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	11:42	—	—	56	60
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	0	2	10:43	—	—	56	53
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	4	1	2	10:04	—	—	56	35
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	5	2	0	24:03	—	—	51	43
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	2	2	+2	5	0.30	1	1	0	22:48	—	—	50	51
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.29	0	1	0	23:25	—	—	42	42
Justin Braun D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	3	2	0	17:44	—	—	44	41
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	2	16:16	—	—	47	46
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.16	1	0	0	12:24	—	—	41	27

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	41	39	2	.951	3.92	59:41

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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.