Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersMay 11, 2022

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, May 11, 2022· Madison Square Garden

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New York RangersNYR

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	0	3		PIT	10	7	15	32
NYR	0	3	2	5		NYR	11	12	11	34

: PIT 57NYR 65
: PIT 3.51NYR 3.15
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 1
Hits: PIT 24NYR 32
Blocks: PIT 19NYR 12
PIM: PIT 8NYR 8
: PIT 67%NYR 33%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 at home. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Patrik Nemeth (NYR) played 0:16, −19:25 down on his 19:41 season average over 4 games.

Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:25.Guentzel
Points
Alexis Lafrenière had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:20.Lafrenière
Points
Jacob Trouba had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:01.Trouba
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:33.Malkin
Usage
Patrik Nemeth (NYR) played 0:16, −19:25 down on his 19:41 season average over 4 games.Nemeth
Usage
Sidney Crosby (PIT) played 10:49, −11:32 down on his 22:21 season average over 5 games.Crosby
Luck
NYR scored 5 goals on 3.15 expected goals (65 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 19:25, −3:33 down on his 22:58 season average over 6 games.Guentzel

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 122 of 122 attempts · NYR 65 · PIT 57

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 32%.

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
	53	65
	3.17	2.42
	2.98	2.26
	17	13
	6	7
	46	44
	+0.139	−0.139
	35%	32%

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

L1Carter – Zucker – McGinn
8:2442% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
8:0647% CF
L3Malkin – Kapanen – Heinen
6:2817% CF
L4Boyle – Blueger – Rodrigues
6:1757% CF
D1Letang – Matheson
18:0852% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
16:2532% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Friedman
7:5243% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
3:28100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
3:09
PK2FCarter – Boyle
1:04
PK1DRuhwedel – Marino
2:30
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
1:28

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Strome – Copp – Panarin
11:5660% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano
10:4336% CF
L3Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
7:2677% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
15:0552% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
14:1758% CF
D3Braun – Schneider
9:2631% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:4588% CF
PP2Trouba – Copp – Vatrano – Chytil – Lafrenière
1:1467% CF
PK1FCopp – Rooney
0:55
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
0:45
PK1DTrouba – Miller
0:55
PK2DFox – Lindgren
0:45

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:28
PITJake Guentzel (Bryan Rust, Mike Matheson)backhand0.08 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, GuentzelNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Vatrano, Miller
PIT 1 – 0 NYR

2nd period

7:58
PITKris Letang (Evgeni Malkin, Jason Zucker)slap0.13 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Zucker, McGinn, FriedmanNYR: Fox, Chytil, Kakko, Schneider, Lafrenière
PIT 2 – 0 NYR
15:11
NYRAdam Fox (Andrew Copp, Ryan Strome)snap0.02 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Rust, Matheson, GuentzelNYR: Strome, Trouba, Copp, Panarin, Fox
PIT 2 – 1 NYR
16:41
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Kaapo Kakko, Jacob Trouba)slap0.19 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kapanen, Pettersson, Heinen, MarinoNYR: Trouba, Chytil, Miller, Kakko, Lafrenière
PIT 2 – 2 NYR
17:53
NYRJacob Trouba (Artemi Panarin, K'Andre Miller)backhand0.14 xG
PIT: Carter, Boyle, Rust, Ruhwedel, FriedmanNYR: Strome, Trouba, Copp, Panarin, Miller
PIT 2 – 3 NYR
18:06
PITJake Guentzel (Evgeni Malkin)snap0.29 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, MarinoNYR: Braun, Kreider, Zibanejad, Vatrano, Schneider
PIT 3 – 3 NYR

3rd period

2:53
NYRFilip ChytilPP (Alexis Lafrenière, Frank Vatrano)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Carter, Ruhwedel, Marino, RodriguesNYR: Trouba, Copp, Vatrano, Chytil, Lafrenière
PIT 3 – 4 NYR
19:44
NYRRyan LindgrenENwrist0.22 xG
PIT: Carter, Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, RodriguesNYR: Zibanejad, Trouba, Copp, Rooney, Lindgren
PIT 3 – 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
Jeff Carter C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.13	2	1	0	17:09	—	—	38	43
Brock McGinn L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.31	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	48	52
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	3	0	0	11:21	—	—	46	52
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	21:41	—	—	42	68
Jake Guentzel C	L2	2	0	2	0	6	1.08	0	0	2	19:25	—	—	49	75
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:49	—	—	47	73
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	2	2	0	2	0.25	0	3	4	18:33	—	—	33	46
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	1	0	13:29	—	—	35	42
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	3	0	0	12:34	—	—	39	43
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:27	—	—	62	85
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	5	0.51	0	1	0	13:47	—	—	68	97
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	11:19	—	—	54	60
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.26	1	3	0	27:42	—	—	51	65
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	23:05	—	—	54	67
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	22:43	—	—	33	40
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	5	2	19:09	—	—	31	40
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	12:44	—	—	41	68
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	9:50	—	—	53	85

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Louis Domingue(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	2.93	58:52

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.39	2	0	0	23:08	—	—	55	36
Andrew Copp C	L1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.02	3	0	0	20:12	—	—	60	41
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.10	3	0	2	19:07	—	—	55	34
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	2	0	0	21:56	—	—	49	40
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.54	4	0	2	18:34	—	—	36	19
Frank Vatrano R	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.10	1	1	0	15:52	—	—	42	23
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	1	1	2	0	3	0.27	3	1	0	16:20	—	—	74	76
Filip Chytil C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	80	80
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	70	78
Jacob Trouba D	D1	1	1	2	+3	4	0.34	2	3	2	23:01	—	—	58	62
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	2	0	22:42	—	—	54	50
Adam Fox D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.25	2	0	0	26:25	—	—	70	58
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.42	1	2	2	19:34	—	—	50	41
Justin Braun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:53	—	—	44	23
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	40	19
Kevin Rooney C	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:44	—	—	47	61
Ryan Reaves R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	6:25	—	—	58	82
Patrik Nemeth D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:16	—	—	—	—

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	3.51	60:00

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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.