Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersMar 18, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 18, 2023· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	15	10	8	33
NYR	2	4	0	6		NYR	12	8	4	24

: PIT 64NYR 43
: PIT 3.41NYR 2.41
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 1
Hits: PIT 15NYR 11
Blocks: PIT 12NYR 17
PIM: PIT 10NYR 12
: PIT 49%NYR 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–0

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–0 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kane, Trocheck, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:00.Zibanejad
Points
Artemi Panarin had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:32.Panarin
Points
Jacob Trouba had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:54.Trouba
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:26.Tarasenko
Points
K'Andre Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:55.Miller
Points
Patrick Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:43.Kane
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kane, Trocheck, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.Kane Trocheck Panarin Fox Lafrenière
Luck
NYR scored 6 goals on 2.41 expected goals (43 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 107 of 107 attempts · NYR 43 · PIT 64

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 42% 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
	64	37
	2.58	1.82
	2.50	1.77
	14	10
	4	5
	19	20
	−0.009	+0.009
	42%	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 – Rakell – Guentzel
10:3159% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
7:1867% CF
L3Granlund – Nylander – O'Connor
7:1383% CF
L4Carter – Archibald – Poehling
4:3243% CF
D1Dumoulin – Friedman
12:0165% CF
D2Letang – Pettersson
9:3156% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
8:3756% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
6:2067% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Granlund – Rust – Joseph
2:2575% CF
PK1FRust – Poehling
3:01
PK2FGranlund – Archibald
2:42
PK1DDumoulin – Ruhwedel
2:29
PK2DFriedman – Joseph
1:22

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Panarin
10:5752% CF
L2Kane – Kreider – Trocheck
10:3238% CF
L3Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
7:3254% CF
L4Goodrow – Vesey – Motte
6:2114% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
12:4944% CF
D2Mikkola – Fox
10:1748% CF
D3Harpur – Schneider
10:1622% CF

PP1Kane – Trocheck – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
2:02100% CF
PP2Chytil – Miller – Kakko – Schneider – Lafrenière
1:570% CF
PK1FVesey – Motte
2:22
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:52
PK1DTrouba – Miller
2:56
PK2DMikkola – Fox
2:23

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:10
NYRMika Zibanejad (Jacob Trouba, K'Andre Miller)backhand0.05 xG
PIT: Carter, Archibald, Ruhwedel, Joseph, PoehlingNYR: Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
PIT 0 – 1 NYR
19:49
NYRArtemi PanarinPP (Adam Fox)snap0.14 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Rust, Ruhwedel, PoehlingNYR: Kane, Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière
PIT 0 – 2 NYR

2nd period

3:54
NYRVladimir Tarasenko (Mika Zibanejad, K'Andre Miller)slap0.13 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonNYR: Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
PIT 0 – 3 NYR
6:43
NYRChris Kreider (Patrick Kane, Vincent Trocheck)tip-in0.10 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Zucker, Pettersson, Poehling, O'ConnorNYR: Kane, Kreider, Trocheck, Trouba, Miller
PIT 0 – 4 NYR
8:39
NYRJacob Trouba (Vladimir Tarasenko, Mika Zibanejad)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonNYR: Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
PIT 0 – 5 NYR
16:38
NYRArtemi Panarin (Patrick Kane, Filip Chytil)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Zucker, Friedman, Nylander, PoehlingNYR: Kane, Harpur, Panarin, Chytil, Schneider
PIT 0 – 6 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	-2	3	0.90	0	1	0	19:36	—	—	59	58
Rickard Rakell R	L1	-2	4	0.54	1	1	0	18:49	—	—	59	52
Sidney Crosby C	L1	-2	0	0.01	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	64	64
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	72	62
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	2	0.18	0	1	4	16:23	—	—	60	29
Jason Zucker L	L2	-2	3	0.45	3	0	0	16:21	—	—	59	34
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	81	84
Drew O'Connor L	L3	-1	3	0.25	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	79	80
Alex Nylander L	L3	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	82	74
Ryan Poehling C	L4	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:11	—	—	56	45
Josh Archibald R	L4	-1	1	0.14	2	1	2	11:01	—	—	33	64
Jeff Carter C	L4	-1	1	0.09	1	0	2	9:37	—	—	39	66
Mark Friedman D	D1	-1	3	0.05	1	0	0	20:35	—	—	69	72
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	19:19	—	—	64	49
Kris Letang D	D2	-2	3	0.11	1	1	0	24:23	—	—	56	46
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	-3	0	0.02	0	1	0	12:41	—	—	57	51
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	-1	2	0.03	1	2	0	18:21	—	—	68	78
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	-1	2	0.02	1	3	0	15:33	—	—	67	76

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith	—	7	5	2	.714	1.06	33:17
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	1.35	26:43

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	2	0	2	+4	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	50	58
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.13	2	0	0	15:00	—	—	52	55
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	1	2	+3	4	0.67	1	1	0	13:26	—	—	54	58
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	1	2	2	17:42	—	—	32	27
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.30	0	1	0	16:43	—	—	30	29
Chris Kreider L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	1	1	2	14:51	—	—	35	28
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:10	—	—	41	56
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	13:34	—	—	47	67
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	35	41
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:47	—	—	13	7
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:52	—	—	13	7
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	11:36	—	—	11	7
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	2	2	+4	3	0.08	0	1	0	22:55	—	—	46	55
Jacob Trouba D	D1	1	1	2	+4	3	0.11	1	1	0	20:54	—	—	43	55
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	0	3	0	20:57	—	—	50	51
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:38	—	—	36	32
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	2	0	17:51	—	—	22	33
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	0	2	15:05	—	—	21	34

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	33	33	0	.1000	3.41	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.