Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersFeb 7, 2025

FinalFriday, Feb 7, 2025· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	0	3		PIT	11	15	0	26
NYR	1	1	0	2		NYR	8	9	7	24

: PIT 57NYR 60
: PIT 2.79NYR 1.81
PP goals: PIT 1NYR 0
Hits: PIT 20NYR 24
Blocks: PIT 22NYR 15
PIM: PIT 4NYR 4
: PIT 45%NYR 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New York Rangers 3–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 3–2 at NYR. Vincent Trocheck (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PIT: Rust–Rakell–Beauvillier skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:07.Trocheck
Points
Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:34.Rust
New line
New look for PIT: Rust–Rakell–Beauvillier skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rust Rakell Beauvillier
New line
New look for PIT: Hayes–Bemstrom–Tomasino skated 8:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Bemstrom Tomasino
Usage
Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) played 12:36, −4:28 down on his 17:04 season average over 81 games.Lafrenière
Usage
Erik Karlsson (PIT) played 26:30, +3:18 up on his 23:12 season average over 81 games.Karlsson
Usage
Kevin Hayes (PIT) played 17:34, +5:36 up on his 11:58 season average over 63 games.Hayes
Usage
Emil Bemstrom (PIT) played 12:40, +4:40 up on his 8:00 season average over 13 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 117 of 117 attempts · NYR 60 · 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 40% 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
	55	52
	2.40	1.72
	2.31	1.67
	7	5
	1	0
	20	19
	−0.017	+0.017
	40%	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

L1Rust – Rakell – Beauvillier
11:0759% CF
L2Hayes – Bemstrom – Tomasino
8:3988% CF
L3Heinen – Bunting – Glass
7:3646% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
16:0941% CF
D2Letang – Joseph
14:0883% CF
D3Graves – Desharnais
9:4650% CF

PP1Karlsson – Hayes – Rust – Rakell – Bunting
2:5183% CF
PP2Letang – Grzelcyk – Heinen – Bemstrom – Tomasino
1:5967% CF
PK1FAcciari – Lizotte
0:43
PK2FBeauvillier – Glass
0:24
PK1DGraves – Desharnais
1:16
PK2DLetang – Karlsson
0:34

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin
8:3127% CF
L2Carrick – Vesey – Rempe
6:3450% CF
L3Smith – Trocheck – Lafrenière
5:5729% CF
L4Kreider – Brodzinski – Cuylle
3:380% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
16:0456% CF
D2Jones – Schneider
13:2942% CF
D3Borgen – Miller
13:1153% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Fox
1:31100% CF
PP2Smith – Trocheck – Brodzinski – Miller – Lafrenière
0:16
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
1:45
PK2FSmith – Trocheck
1:36
PK1DFox – Miller
2:23
PK2DLindgren – Schneider
1:49

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:31
NYRVincent Trocheck (Alexis Lafrenière)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk, BeauvillierNYR: Smith, Trocheck, Fox, Lindgren, Lafrenière
PIT 0 – 1 NYR

2nd period

2:25
PITBlake Lizotte (Noel Acciari, Erik Karlsson)snap0.14 xG
PIT: Karlsson, Grzelcyk, Imama, Acciari, LizotteNYR: Carrick, Vesey, Jones, Schneider, Rempe
PIT 1 – 1 NYR
3:39
NYRAdam Fox (Vincent Trocheck, Ryan Lindgren)wrist0.07 xG
PIT: Karlsson, Rakell, Heinen, Beauvillier, JosephNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, Lafrenière
PIT 1 – 2 NYR
9:07
PITRickard Rakell (Bryan Rust, Anthony Beauvillier)wrist0.22 xG
PIT: Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk, BeauvillierNYR: Miller, Panarin, Borgen, Miller, Lafrenière
PIT 2 – 2 NYR
11:59
PITPhilip TomasinoPP (Bryan Rust, Michael Bunting)snap0.18 xG
PIT: Karlsson, Hayes, Rust, Bunting, TomasinoNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Fox, Miller
PIT 3 – 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
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.35	1	2	0	21:22	—	—	47	48
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.13	0	2	0	19:34	—	—	55	54
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.17	2	0	0	13:41	—	—	52	56
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	1	1	0	17:34	—	—	67	81
Philip Tomasino R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	69	66
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	78	61
Michael Bunting L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	1	1	2	17:28	—	—	54	79
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	14:29	—	—	40	55
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.53	3	2	0	14:08	—	—	52	78
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	3	0	26:30	—	—	41	52
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	39	44
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	24:04	—	—	75	77
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	2	18:21	—	—	59	69
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	14:58	—	—	55	58
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	14:11	—	—	40	45
Noel Acciari C	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	3	0	15:43	—	—	32	21
Blake Lizotte C	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	3	0	0	13:48	—	—	40	34
Bokondji Imama L	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	2:28	—	—	80	76

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.81	59:54

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	22:18	—	—	41	35
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	21:10	—	—	52	36
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	20:10	—	—	53	40
Sam Carrick C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:32	—	—	47	45
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:11	—	—	50	32
Matt Rempe C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	4	0	0	8:34	—	—	36	16
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.31	2	2	0	20:07	—	—	55	48
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	0	2	14:01	—	—	40	64
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	12:36	—	—	70	56
Chris Kreider L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	36	37
Will Cuylle L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	4	0	2	13:55	—	—	54	51
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	1	0	12:30	—	—	35	44
Adam Fox D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.18	1	1	0	25:27	—	—	55	77
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	1	2	0	21:44	—	—	51	57
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	3	0	15:58	—	—	44	27
Zac Jones D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	15:00	—	—	41	21
K'Andre Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	2	0	20:58	—	—	48	29
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	52	42

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.79	57:26

Goal anatomy

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

Vincent Trocheck (NYR) 1st 8:31 · assists Alexis Lafrenière · Dump and chase · dumped in · 61.0 mph shot · 6.1 s from entry to goal.

Vincent Trocheck · 1st 8:31 · NYR

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.0 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s

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Blake Lizotte · 2nd 2:25 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 43.4 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Adam Fox · 2nd 3:39 · NYR

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 57.7 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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Rickard Rakell · 2nd 9:07 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 22.6 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Philip Tomasino · 2nd 11:59 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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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.