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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York RangersFeb 28, 2026

Final / SO· Madison Square Garden
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Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
PIT110002PIT10144634
NYR011013NYR21110225
PIT 61NYR 68
PIT 3.77NYR 3.74
PP goals
PIT 1NYR 1
Hits
PIT 15NYR 28
Blocks
PIT 19NYR 11
PIM
PIT 4NYR 16
PIT 23%NYR 77%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 (SO)

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in a shootout at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:48 together.

  1. PP1
    NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:48 together.TrocheckZibanejadMillerFoxLafrenière
  2. PP1
    PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell and Mantha) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:20 together.MalkinKarlssonRustRakellMantha
  3. New line
    New look for NYR: Carrick–Raddysh–Brisson skated 4:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CarrickRaddyshBrisson
  4. New line
    New look for NYR: Sheary–Kartye–Laba skated 5:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ShearyKartyeLaba
  5. Luck
    NYR scored 2 goals on 3.74 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. Luck
    PIT scored 2 goals on 3.77 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
  7. Usage
    Vincent Trocheck (NYR) played 16:47, −3:50 down on his 20:37 season average over 66 games.Trocheck
  8. Usage
    Egor Chinakhov (PIT) played 16:41, +3:15 up on his 13:26 season average over 71 games.Chinakhov

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.

Shot map, PIT at NYR: 129 attempts, 59 on goal, 4 goals, 7.51 expected goals; best chance Tye Kartye at 0.36 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NYR
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · NYR 68 · PIT 61

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at NYR: expected goals 3.74 to 3.77 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 68 to 61, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTNYRPITMSZRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:59
  • NYR
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRPITcontrol2nd3rdOTMantha · 1st 2:08Shea · 2nd 1:59Zibanejad · 2nd 10:00Raddysh · 3rd 2:57
  • 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 26% 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

Shift chart, PIT at NYR: 38 players over 64:59; most ice Igor Shesterkin (65:00) for NYR and Stuart Skinner (64:37) for PIT, 4 goals.

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

Head-to-head matrix, NYR rows versus PIT columns: 251 matchups; most common Gavrikov vs Letang, 9:06 at 88% xGF.

NYR ↓ · PIT →MalkinChinakhovNovakLizotteDewarAcciariKindelManthaBrazeauRakellRustHayesLetangGirardKarlssonWotherspoonSheaCliftonL1 LafrenièreL1 CuylleL1 TrocheckL2 ZibanejadL2 MillerL2 PerreaultL3 ShearyL3 LabaL3 KartyeL4 BrissonL4 RaddyshL4 CarrickD1 FoxD1 GavrikovD2 SchneiderD2 BorgenD3 RobertsonD3 Morrow
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
StatPITNYR
4971
2.243.69
2.073.37
716
106
2422
−0.152+0.153
26%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

Current PIT line combinations →

New York Rangers

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:08
    PITAnthony ManthaPP (Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust)tip-in0.12 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, ManthaNYR: Trocheck, Gavrikov, Fox, Cuylle
    PIT 1 – 0 NYR

2nd period

  1. 1:59
    PITRyan Shea (Connor Clifton, Blake Lizotte)wrist0.04 xG
    PIT: Clifton, Acciari, Shea, Dewar, LizotteNYR: Gavrikov, Kartye, Brisson, Morrow, Laba
    PIT 2 – 0 NYR
  2. 10:00
    NYRMika ZibanejadPP (Vincent Trocheck, J.T. Miller)snap0.20 xG
    PIT: Clifton, Shea, Dewar, LizotteNYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox, Lafrenière
    PIT 2 – 1 NYR

3rd period

  1. 2:57
    NYRTaylor Raddysh (Vladislav Gavrikov, Brendan Brisson)tip-in0.09 xG
    PIT: Letang, Rust, Mantha, Wotherspoon, KindelNYR: Carrick, Gavrikov, Fox, Raddysh, Brisson
    PIT 2 – 2 NYR

Decided in the shootout: PIT 2 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Evgeni Malkin CL1000070.6120020:28——4751
Egor Chinakhov RL1000020.2020016:41——5356
Tommy Novak CL1000060.9111015:22——5454
Blake Lizotte CL2011+100.0010214:29——7595
Connor Dewar CL2000+110.0312014:06——7695
Noel Acciari CL2000+100.1100013:20——8195
Ben Kindel CL3000-160.5111017:12——1622
Anthony Mantha RL3101-110.2401015:41——1416
Justin Brazeau RL3000000.0002013:01——1517
Rickard Rakell RL4000000.2721220:08——2913
Bryan Rust RL4011-120.1410019:45——2111
Avery Hayes RL4000000.3012011:54——2614
Kris Letang DD1000-110.0102023:51——2419
Samuel Girard DD1000010.0401020:57——3136
Erik Karlsson DD2011030.2111024:14——5051
Parker Wotherspoon DD2000-120.0500018:34——4342
Ryan Shea DD3101+110.0400016:33——5029
Connor Clifton DD3011+110.1225016:16——5443
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Stuart Skinner(start)O25232.9203.7464:37

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Alexis Lafrenière LL1000020.2400020:13——3435
Will Cuylle LL1000020.4740019:17——3940
Vincent Trocheck CL1011000.00101216:47——3548
Mika Zibanejad CL2101050.5000022:36——7168
J.T. Miller CL2011010.3240020:53——7586
Gabe Perreault RL2000020.8000017:59——7487
Conor Sheary LL3000020.1500014:36——6564
Noah Laba CL3000-130.2811013:13——6872
Tye Kartye LL3000-120.3860012:39——5859
Brendan Brisson CL4011000.0011010:39——5648
Taylor Raddysh RL4101+110.100009:48——6245
Sam Carrick CL4000+100.003009:41——5845
Adam Fox DD1000+110.1112025:33——6964
Vladislav Gavrikov DD1011030.0920224:17——6979
Braden Schneider DD2000000.2114220:28——4649
Will Borgen DD2000000.0901018:32——5149
Matthew Robertson DD3000000.0021017:38——6374
Scott Morrow DD3000-110.0121015:31——5958
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)W34322.9413.7765:00

Goal anatomy

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

Anthony Mantha (PIT PP) 1st 2:08 · assists Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust · Deflection · 70.6 mph shot.

Ryan Shea · 2nd 1:59 · PIT

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
46.6 mph
Distance
54 ft

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