New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 7, 2021

FinalSunday, Mar 7, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	0	1		NYR	11	6	7	24
PIT	3	0	2	5		PIT	6	9	9	24

: NYR 37PIT 40
: NYR 1.18PIT 2.67
PP goals: NYR 0PIT 0
Hits: NYR 43PIT 25
Blocks: NYR 11PIT 10
PIM: NYR 4PIT 2
: NYR 45%PIT 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout New York Rangers 5–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 5–1 at home. Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT scored 5 goals on 2.67 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Kasperi Kapanen had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:39.Kapanen
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:49.Malkin
Luck
PIT scored 5 goals on 2.67 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jared McCann (PIT) played 9:18, −4:56 down on his 14:14 season average over 42 games.McCann
New line
New look for PIT: Jankowski–Angello–Rodrigues skated 5:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski Angello Rodrigues
Usage
Cody Ceci (PIT) played 14:53, −3:42 down on his 18:35 season average over 52 games.Ceci
Usage
Kaapo Kakko (NYR) played 17:27, +3:10 up on his 14:17 season average over 47 games.Kakko
PP1
PIT's PP1 (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) went scoreless in 3:51 of 5v4 time with 9 attempts.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel

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

← NYR attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 77 of 77 attempts · PIT 40 · NYR 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
NYR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 26% of the game, PIT 42%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

NYR

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	NYR	PIT
	42	37
	1.36	2.42
	1.31	2.42
	7	11
	4	2
	20	12
	−0.053	+0.053
	26%	42%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Strome – Kakko
13:1458% CF
L2Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière
9:3157% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Lemieux – Howden
7:5267% CF
L4Rooney – Gauthier – Chytil
6:1233% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
17:3474% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
16:0665% CF
D3Smith – Hajek
14:1627% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Fox
1:10
PP2Trouba – Chytil – Miller – Kakko – Lafrenière
0:50100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
1:56
PK2FRooney – Howden
1:26
PK1DTrouba – Miller
2:18
PK2DSmith – Fox
1:14

Current NYR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
15:4050% CF
L2Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
13:0260% CF
L3Malkin – Kapanen – McCann
5:3867% CF
L4Jankowski – Angello – Rodrigues
5:270% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:3950% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
16:0139% CF
D3Matheson – Ceci
12:2953% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
3:51100% CF
PP2Matheson – Kapanen – McCann – Marino – Rodrigues
1:43
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
0:50
PK2FJankowski – Aston-Reese
0:36
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
1:05
PK2DLetang – Ceci
0:36

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:18
NYRMika Zibanejad (Pavel Buchnevich, Jacob Trouba)wrist0.12 xG
NYR: Zibanejad, Trouba, Buchnevich, Miller, LafrenièrePIT: Malkin, Matheson, Ceci, Kapanen, McCann
NYR 1 – 0 PIT
16:13
PITJohn Marino (Kasperi Kapanen, Evan Rodrigues)wrist0.01 xG
NYR: Kreider, Strome, Trouba, Lindgren, MillerPIT: Matheson, Kapanen, McCann, Marino, Rodrigues
NYR 1 – 1 PIT
16:52
PITKasperi Kapanen (Jared McCann, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.16 xG
NYR: Trouba, Rooney, Gauthier, Chytil, MillerPIT: Malkin, Matheson, Ceci, Kapanen, McCann
NYR 1 – 2 PIT
17:14
PITSidney Crosby (Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang)snap0.15 xG
NYR: Di Giuseppe, Lemieux, Fox, Lindgren, HowdenPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
NYR 1 – 3 PIT

3rd period

13:57
PITEvgeni Malkin (Kasperi Kapanen, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.14 xG
NYR: Smith, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Lindgren, ChytilPIT: Malkin, Kapanen, Pettersson, Marino, Rodrigues
NYR 1 – 4 PIT
16:37
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Teddy Blueger, Brandon Tanev)wrist0.14 xG
NYR: Smith, Rooney, Gauthier, Hajek, LafrenièrePIT: Blueger, Pettersson, Marino, Tanev, Aston-Reese
NYR 1 – 5 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	63	41
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	57	31
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	6	0	0	16:25	—	—	63	51
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.30	0	1	2	19:18	—	—	60	46
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	53	34
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	53	31
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:58	—	—	56	49
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	6	0	0	9:53	—	—	67	41
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	0	0	9:47	—	—	67	40
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	1	1	0	14:06	—	—	48	44
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	3	1	0	12:19	—	—	29	5
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	6	1	0	11:22	—	—	29	7
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	1	2	0	23:04	—	—	67	59
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.05	2	1	2	19:50	—	—	65	55
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	21:32	—	—	55	35
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	20:38	—	—	61	29
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	4	1	0	17:29	—	—	24	2
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	24	2

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid	—	18	16	2	.889	2.21	42:46
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	6	3	3	.500	0.46	17:14

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.37	3	1	0	22:08	—	—	48	85
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.64	1	1	0	20:20	—	—	50	88
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	1	0	2	19:47	—	—	50	88
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	4	0	0	17:09	—	—	50	71
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	55	92
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	3	1	0	15:10	—	—	56	74
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	57	60
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	1	2	3	+2	2	0.40	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	50	45
Jared McCann L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:18	—	—	50	35
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	29	18
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	0	0	8:26	—	—	22	67
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	7:27	—	—	14	53
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	2	2	0	25:50	—	—	50	75
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:12	—	—	52	81
John Marino D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.01	1	0	0	20:38	—	—	36	57
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:30	—	—	37	77
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	48	45
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	14:53	—	—	57	61

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.18	60:00

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.