Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersApr 1, 2024

FinalMonday, Apr 1, 2024· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	0	3	5		PIT	6	7	7	20
NYR	0	0	2	2		NYR	10	11	9	30

: PIT 48NYR 66
: PIT 3.68NYR 2.55
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 0
Hits: PIT 15NYR 20
Blocks: PIT 17NYR 12
PIM: PIT 10NYR 6
: PIT 43%NYR 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 5–2 at NYR. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Smith–Rust skated 11:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:39.Crosby
Points
Bryan Rust had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:46.Rust
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:28.Letang
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Smith–Rust skated 11:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Smith Rust
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Puljujarvi–Bemstrom skated 4:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Puljujarvi Bemstrom
New line
New look for PIT: Eller–Puustinen–O'Connor skated 7:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Puustinen O'Connor
Usage
Jesse Puljujarvi (PIT) played 4:57, −4:26 down on his 9:23 season average over 21 games.Puljujarvi
Usage
Emil Bemstrom (PIT) played 7:06, −4:07 down on his 11:13 season average over 55 games.Bemstrom

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 114 of 114 attempts · NYR 66 · PIT 48

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 34% 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
	49	60
	2.36	1.71
	2.30	1.65
	11	5
	7	1
	17	7
	−0.038	+0.038
	34%	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 – Smith – Rust
11:4953% CF
L2Malkin – Rakell – Bunting
10:4564% CF
L3Eller – Puustinen – O'Connor
7:1343% CF
L4Carter – Puljujarvi – Bemstrom
4:2220% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
16:3348% CF
D2Karlsson – Pettersson
15:0939% CF
D3Shea – St. Ivany
12:1546% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Bunting
3:01100% CF
PP2Letang – Eller – Smith – Rakell – Pettersson
1:100% CF
PK1FEller – Rust
2:05
PK2FCarter – O'Connor
1:25
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:10
PK2DShea – St. Ivany
1:27

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
12:1557% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Roslovic
11:3669% CF
L3Goodrow – Vesey – Cuylle
6:1927% CF
L4Brodzinski – Wennberg – Kakko
5:1455% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
14:1458% CF
D2Jones – Schneider
13:0440% CF
D3Trouba – Miller
12:4054% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
4:16100% CF
PP2Trouba – Wennberg – Roslovic – Miller – Lafrenière
0:16
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
1:53
PK2FTrocheck – Goodrow
1:20
PK1DTrouba – Lindgren
2:53
PK2DFox – Miller
1:20

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:18
PITBryan Rust (Sidney Crosby, Reilly Smith)backhand0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Smith, Rust, JosephNYR: Trocheck, Trouba, Panarin, Miller, Lafrenière
PIT 1 – 0 NYR
10:39
PITSidney Crosby (Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Kris Letang)tip-in0.06 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Smith, Rust, JosephNYR: Trocheck, Trouba, Panarin, Miller, Lafrenière
PIT 2 – 0 NYR

3rd period

9:51
PITEmil Bemstrom (Jesse Puljujarvi)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Carter, Shea, Puljujarvi, Bemstrom, St. IvanyNYR: Goodrow, Trouba, Vesey, Miller, Cuylle
PIT 3 – 0 NYR
10:42
NYRKaapo Kakko (Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin)snap0.03 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Smith, Rust, JosephNYR: Wennberg, Panarin, Fox, Kakko, Jones
PIT 3 – 1 NYR
16:53
NYRJack Roslovic (Mika Zibanejad)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Smith, Rust, SheaNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Roslovic, Fox, Jones
PIT 3 – 2 NYR
17:49
PITBryan RustEN (Jeff Carter, Kris Letang)wrist0.53 xG
PIT: Carter, Crosby, Letang, Rust, PetterssonNYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière
PIT 4 – 2 NYR
19:15
PITSidney CrosbyENwrist0.84 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Smith, Rust, PetterssonNYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière
PIT 5 – 2 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	2	0	2	+2	4	0.90	0	4	0	19:46	—	—	51	69
Sidney Crosby C	L1	2	1	3	+3	3	1.40	1	1	0	19:39	—	—	50	62
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	1	1	0	19:36	—	—	43	56
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	6	17:34	—	—	56	77
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	53	74
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	3	0	0	13:39	—	—	62	78
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	2	0	17:39	—	—	40	48
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	50	50
Valtteri Puustinen R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	41	44
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	24	40
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	7:06	—	—	33	77
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:57	—	—	20	76
Kris Letang D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.05	1	2	0	25:28	—	—	46	57
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	48	61
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	4	4	0	22:50	—	—	41	53
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	20:32	—	—	41	46
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	50	83
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	44	64

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.55	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	0	0	-4	1	0.31	1	3	0	23:10	—	—	55	38
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	-3	5	0.38	0	0	0	23:02	—	—	58	41
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-4	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	52	37
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.29	0	0	0	22:30	—	—	72	73
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	1	0	0	21:16	—	—	66	69
Jack Roslovic C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	2	0	0	15:00	—	—	72	69
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	29	5
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	4	0	0	9:49	—	—	31	5
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	4	9:08	—	—	23	2
Alexander Wennberg C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	47	40
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.06	0	0	0	10:09	—	—	50	25
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	7:19	—	—	62	20
Adam Fox D	D1	0	1	1	0	6	0.70	0	1	0	26:33	—	—	67	80
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	18:05	—	—	59	67
Zac Jones D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:34	—	—	43	40
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	14:46	—	—	39	12
K'Andre Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:29	—	—	47	24
Jacob Trouba D	D3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.06	2	0	0	17:41	—	—	61	34

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	2.30	58:37

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Bryan Rust (PIT) 1st 0:18 · assists Sidney Crosby, Reilly Smith · Rebound · dumped in · 30.9 mph shot · 7.2 s from entry to goal.

Bryan Rust · 1st 0:18 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 7.2 s
Type: rebound

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Sidney Crosby · 1st 10:39 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.2 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 17:49 · PIT EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.3 mph
Distance: 95 ft

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Emil Bemstrom · 3rd 9:51 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Kaapo Kakko · 3rd 10:42 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Jack Roslovic · 3rd 16:53 · NYR

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s
Type: rebound

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 19:15 · PIT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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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.