Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersMar 16, 2023

FinalThursday, Mar 16, 2023· Madison Square Garden

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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New York RangersNYR

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	7	11	14	32
NYR	1	1	2	4		NYR	12	9	14	35

: PIT 62NYR 62
: PIT 2.76NYR 3.65
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 0
Hits: PIT 21NYR 20
Blocks: PIT 16NYR 16
PIM: PIT 4NYR 0
: 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 4–2

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 at home. Chris Kreider (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Jeff Petry (PIT) played 1:34, −21:07 down on his 22:41 season average over 60 games.

Points
Chris Kreider had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:44.Kreider
Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:54.Zibanejad
Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:17.Rakell
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:07.Crosby
Points
Vincent Trocheck had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:35.Trocheck
Usage
Jeff Petry (PIT) played 1:34, −21:07 down on his 22:41 season average over 60 games.Petry
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Archibald–Poehling skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Archibald Poehling
Usage
Adam Fox (NYR) played 21:11, −3:14 down on his 24:25 season average over 81 games.Fox

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 124 of 124 attempts · NYR 62 · PIT 62

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 19% of the game, NYR 37%.

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
	68	67
	3.16	2.97
	3.08	2.82
	14	18
	4	7
	36	36
	−0.018	+0.018
	19%	37%

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
8:2240% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Nylander
8:0147% CF
L3Granlund – Rakell – O'Connor
5:4530% CF
L4Carter – Archibald – Poehling
4:4971% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
12:3744% CF
D2Dumoulin – Rutta
7:2427% CF

PK1FRust – Poehling
1:51
PK2FGranlund – Archibald
0:52
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
2:09
PK2DLetang – Joseph
1:32

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Panarin
13:2838% CF
L2Kane – Kreider – Trocheck
12:3060% CF
L3Goodrow – Vesey – Motte
11:1153% CF
L4Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
10:5553% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
20:0241% CF
D2Mikkola – Fox
15:2958% CF
D3Harpur – Schneider
12:5542% CF

PP1Kane – Trocheck – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
1:5533% CF
PP2Kreider – Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Trouba – Chytil
1:320% CF

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:51
NYRMika Zibanejad (Artemi Panarin, Vladimir Tarasenko)snap0.16 xG
PIT: Crosby, Petry, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNYR: Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
PIT 0 – 1 NYR

2nd period

14:40
PITRickard Rakell (Sidney Crosby)snap0.19 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonNYR: Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
PIT 1 – 1 NYR
16:53
NYRTyler Mottewrist0.24 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Archibald, Joseph, PoehlingNYR: Goodrow, Trouba, Vesey, Motte, Miller
PIT 1 – 2 NYR

3rd period

9:09
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonNYR: Goodrow, Vesey, Motte, Mikkola, Fox
PIT 2 – 2 NYR
11:45
NYRChris Kreider (Vincent Trocheck, Adam Fox)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Rakell, Guentzel, RuttaNYR: Kane, Kreider, Trocheck, Mikkola, Fox
PIT 2 – 3 NYR
19:10
NYRChris KreiderEN (Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad)wrist0.85 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, GuentzelNYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Mikkola, Fox
PIT 2 – 4 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	0	0	-2	1	0.15	1	0	0	20:18	—	—	50	33
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.40	0	2	0	18:08	—	—	56	47
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.16	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	56	48
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	3	2	0	19:30	—	—	50	64
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.70	1	2	0	18:45	—	—	58	68
Alex Nylander L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	44	64
Rickard Rakell R	L3	1	1	2	0	3	0.60	4	0	0	18:17	—	—	57	70
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	14:44	—	—	33	46
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	25	41
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	56	30
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	8:21	—	—	50	29
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	0	0	7:01	—	—	63	25
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	29:04	—	—	45	47
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.11	2	2	4	23:29	—	—	54	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	22:38	—	—	43	51
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:47	—	—	56	47
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	3	1	0	20:32	—	—	61	56
Jeff Petry D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	1:34	—	—	0	0

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	2.80	58:42

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	40	39
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	39	35
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.20	3	1	0	16:44	—	—	36	30
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.18	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	63	64
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	66	66
Chris Kreider L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	1.16	2	0	0	15:44	—	—	59	62
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	57	48
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	13:25	—	—	52	46
Tyler Motte C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.42	4	0	0	13:11	—	—	53	49
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	14:25	—	—	55	56
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	0	2	0	13:46	—	—	53	58
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	50	58
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	4	0	0	23:03	—	—	45	52
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	2	6	0	22:35	—	—	43	57
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	3	0	21:11	—	—	62	58
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	1	0	18:58	—	—	58	47
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	47	23
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	46	39

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.76	59:57

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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.