Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersOct 7, 2025

FinalTuesday, Oct 7, 2025· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	2	3		PIT	8	8	15	31
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	7	13	5	25

: PIT 61NYR 60
: PIT 3.54NYR 1.64
PP goals: PIT 0NYR 0
Hits: PIT 22NYR 34
Blocks: PIT 20NYR 17
PIM: PIT 4NYR 2
: PIT 53%NYR 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 3–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 3–0 at NYR. Justin Brazeau (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYR scored 0 goals on 1.64 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Justin Brazeau had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 12:49.Brazeau
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:28.Malkin
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 1.64 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ryan Shea (PIT) played 22:31, +3:41 up on his 18:50 season average over 79 games.Shea
Usage
Urho Vaakanainen (NYR) played 17:35, +3:50 up on his 13:45 season average over 33 games.Vaakanainen
Usage
Erik Karlsson (PIT) played 20:33, −3:06 down on his 23:39 season average over 74 games.Karlsson
Usage
Parker Wotherspoon (PIT) played 23:15, +3:07 up on his 20:08 season average over 79 games.Wotherspoon
Usage
Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 15:57, −3:03 down on his 19:00 season average over 59 games.Rakell

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 121 of 121 attempts · NYR 60 · PIT 61

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 41% of the game, NYR 25%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

NYR skaters (rows) against PIT skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NYR side.

Matchup matrix

NYR xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PIT	NYR
	70	65
	2.60	1.65
	2.53	1.57
	16	16
	4	8
	20	24
	+0.028	−0.028
	41%	25%

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 – Koivunen
10:5652% CF
L2Novak – Tomasino – Kindel
10:0842% CF
L3Malkin – Mantha – Brazeau
9:3467% CF
L4Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
8:1950% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
13:2152% CF
D2Letang – Shea
12:5756% CF
D3Jones – Brunicke
9:3953% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Karlsson – Rakell
0:42
PP2Mantha – Brazeau – Koivunen – Brunicke – Kindel
0:33100% CF
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
2:23
PK2FRakell – Acciari
1:11
PK1DWotherspoon – Shea
2:18
PK2DLetang – Karlsson
0:00

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
12:3544% CF
L2Zibanejad – Miller – Cuylle
12:0147% CF
L3Sheary – Raddysh – Laba
8:3839% CF
L4Carrick – Edstrom – Rempe
7:1527% CF
D1Gavrikov – Fox
16:2230% CF
D2Vaakanainen – Schneider
14:2359% CF
D3Soucy – Borgen
12:4250% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Fox
2:50100% CF
PP2Sheary – Schneider – Lafrenière – Cuylle – Rempe
0:40100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Cuylle
0:45
PK2FRaddysh – Laba
0:40
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
0:38
PK2DSoucy – Borgen
0:34

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:28
PITJustin Brazeau (Evgeni Malkin)backhand0.19 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Karlsson, Mantha, BrazeauNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Vaakanainen, Schneider, Lafrenière
PIT 1 – 0 NYR

3rd period

17:48
PITJustin BrazeauEN (Evgeni Malkin, Anthony Mantha)wrist0.97 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Mantha, Shea, BrazeauNYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière
PIT 2 – 0 NYR
18:08
PITBlake LizotteEN (Ryan Shea, Connor Dewar)wrist0.40 xG
PIT: Letang, Acciari, Shea, Dewar, LizotteNYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière
PIT 3 – 0 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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	49	62
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	2	0	15:57	—	—	53	57
Ville Koivunen R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	48	54
Ben Kindel C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	15:11	—	—	54	70
Philip Tomasino R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	42	55
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	12:08	—	—	36	53
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	64	66
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.21	3	1	0	15:41	—	—	64	65
Justin Brazeau R	L3	2	0	2	+2	6	1.49	4	0	0	12:49	—	—	55	57
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	4	2	0	14:11	—	—	38	61
Blake Lizotte C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.59	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	50	64
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	4	1	0	13:40	—	—	58	69
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:15	—	—	50	54
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	2	0	20:33	—	—	56	73
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.01	1	1	2	22:47	—	—	55	69
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	3	0	22:31	—	—	49	63
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	15:36	—	—	47	48
Harrison Brunicke D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	15:21	—	—	52	43

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	1.64	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	-3	2	0.20	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	56	42
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:32	—	—	48	30
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	-3	6	0.25	3	0	0	15:59	—	—	40	24
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	-2	7	0.54	2	1	0	20:04	—	—	48	44
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	1	0.06	8	1	0	19:26	—	—	52	40
J.T. Miller C	L2	-2	0	0.12	1	1	0	18:18	—	—	43	31
Noah Laba C	L3	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:40	—	—	58	65
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	2	0.17	3	1	0	13:07	—	—	57	66
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	1	0.16	0	2	0	12:42	—	—	43	43
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	10:01	—	—	44	44
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:27	—	—	47	11
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0.01	6	0	0	8:32	—	—	25	5
Adam Fox D	D1	-2	1	0.02	2	1	2	22:25	—	—	34	17
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:50	—	—	38	26
Braden Schneider D	D2	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	58	60
Urho Vaakanainen D	D2	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	59	64
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	18:59	—	—	47	32
Will Borgen D	D3	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	17:53	—	—	55	44

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	29	28	1	.966	2.17	59:37

Goal anatomy

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

Blake Lizotte (PIT EN) 3rd 18:08 · assists Ryan Shea, Connor Dewar · Deflection · 28.4 mph shot.

Blake Lizotte · 3rd 18:08 · PIT EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.4 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Type: deflection

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Justin Brazeau · 1st 19:28 · PIT

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Justin Brazeau · 3rd 17:48 · PIT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 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.