Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersDec 6, 2024

FinalFriday, Dec 6, 2024· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	6	9	7	22
NYR	0	2	2	4		NYR	10	14	8	32

: PIT 54NYR 59
: PIT 2.92NYR 2.52
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 0
Hits: PIT 14NYR 19
Blocks: PIT 12NYR 14
PIM: PIT 8NYR 10
: PIT 35%NYR 65%

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. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PIT: Hayes–Acciari–Glass skated 4:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Artemi Panarin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:52.Panarin
Points
Vincent Trocheck had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:38.Trocheck
Points
Alexis Lafrenière had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:58.Lafrenière
New line
New look for PIT: Hayes–Acciari–Glass skated 4:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Acciari Glass
Usage
Braden Schneider (NYR) played 21:48, +3:59 up on his 17:49 season average over 79 games.Schneider
Usage
Chris Kreider (NYR) played 20:09, +3:27 up on his 16:42 season average over 67 games.Kreider
Usage
Victor Mancini (NYR) played 10:58, −4:29 down on his 15:27 season average over 30 games.Mancini
Usage
Kaapo Kakko (NYR) played 11:49, −3:51 down on his 15:40 season average over 78 games.Kakko

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 113 of 113 attempts · NYR 59 · PIT 54

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 27% of the game, NYR 33%.

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
	42	52
	2.31	2.53
	2.15	2.44
	10	8
	4	7
	19	22
	−0.061	+0.061
	27%	33%

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 – Rakell
11:2639% CF
L2Bunting – Beauvillier – Lizotte
9:2115% CF
L3Malkin – Tomasino – O'Connor
7:3675% CF
L4Hayes – Acciari – Glass
4:3729% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
13:1346% CF
D2Letang – Grzelcyk
12:5836% CF
D3Shea – Pickering
8:5650% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell
3:4586% CF
PP2Letang – Hayes – Grzelcyk – Bunting – Tomasino
2:5088% CF
PK1FAcciari – O'Connor
1:57
PK2FRust – Glass
1:05
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:03
PK2DGrzelcyk – Shea
0:52

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
12:1550% CF
L2Kreider – Smith – Zibanejad
9:2376% CF
L3Chytil – Kakko – Cuylle
7:3436% CF
L4Carrick – Vesey – Edstrom
5:2063% CF
D1Miller – Schneider
14:5469% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
13:4557% CF
D3Jones – Mancini
10:1647% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
4:08100% CF
PP2Chytil – Kakko – Jones – Lafrenière – Cuylle
1:20100% CF
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
3:47
PK2FSmith – Trocheck
1:58
PK1DFox – Lindgren
4:05
PK2DMiller – Schneider
2:58

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:19
PITBlake Lizotte (Cody Glass, Erik Karlsson)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Karlsson, Pettersson, Glass, Lizotte, O'ConnorNYR: Carrick, Panarin, Jones, Schneider, Lafrenière
PIT 1 – 0 NYR
7:28
NYRArtemi Panarin (Alexis Lafrenière, Vincent Trocheck)slap0.14 xG
PIT: Malkin, Shea, Tomasino, O'Connor, PickeringNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière, Mancini
PIT 1 – 1 NYR
19:58
NYRArtemi Panarin (Vincent Trocheck, Braden Schneider)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Pettersson, Bunting, Beauvillier, Shea, GlassNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Miller, Schneider, Lafrenière
PIT 1 – 2 NYR

3rd period

8:29
PITPhilip Tomasino (Michael Bunting, Marcus Pettersson)snap0.14 xG
PIT: Karlsson, Hayes, Pettersson, Bunting, TomasinoNYR: Carrick, Vesey, Miller, Edstrom, Schneider
PIT 2 – 2 NYR
9:53
NYRReilly Smith (Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, GrzelcykNYR: Kreider, Smith, Zibanejad, Miller, Schneider
PIT 2 – 3 NYR
18:22
NYRVincent Trocheck (Alexis Lafrenière, Artemi Panarin)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Pettersson, Bunting, Beauvillier, Shea, LizotteNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Miller, Schneider, Lafrenière
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	-1	5	0.79	2	0	0	20:43	—	—	40	55
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.54	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	43	61
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.39	4	1	0	19:39	—	—	40	61
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	24	16
Blake Lizotte C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	3	0	2	12:57	—	—	28	12
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:30	—	—	25	6
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	67	58
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	71	60
Philip Tomasino R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.29	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	68	60
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:02	—	—	50	84
Cody Glass C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	1	1	0	10:54	—	—	36	35
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	0	0	0	10:26	—	—	38	74
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:31	—	—	55	80
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	19:27	—	—	43	60
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	1	0	23:27	—	—	46	46
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	2	0	21:22	—	—	33	30
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	2	14:38	—	—	41	19
Owen Pickering D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	2	0	12:38	—	—	53	52

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.52	58:29

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	1	2	3	+3	1	0.23	2	1	2	21:38	—	—	48	61
Artemi Panarin L	L1	2	1	3	+2	3	0.41	0	0	2	20:52	—	—	46	52
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.06	1	1	2	15:58	—	—	42	51
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	76	61
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.40	2	1	0	20:09	—	—	76	61
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.55	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	77	61
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	45	56
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	12:45	—	—	32	18
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	11:49	—	—	33	28
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	2	9:08	—	—	64	44
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	7:13	—	—	70	47
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	6:11	—	—	46	31
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	5	0	21:48	—	—	58	47
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	1	0	21:06	—	—	68	54
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	25:26	—	—	56	83
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	3	1	0	21:08	—	—	50	65
Zac Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	14:03	—	—	46	20
Victor Mancini D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	10:58	—	—	50	34

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.92	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Blake Lizotte (PIT) 2nd 6:19 · assists Cody Glass, Erik Karlsson · Cycle · 61.8 mph shot.

Blake Lizotte · 2nd 6:19 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 61.8 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Artemi Panarin · 2nd 7:28 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.6 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Artemi Panarin · 2nd 19:58 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 54.7 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Philip Tomasino · 3rd 8:29 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 62.0 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Reilly Smith · 3rd 9:53 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.5 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 18:22 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 54.9 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 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.