New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 9, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	1	2		NYR	7	13	15	35
PIT	1	2	1	4		PIT	16	10	1	27

: NYR 65PIT 48
: NYR 3.35PIT 3.17
PP goals: NYR 1PIT 0
Hits: NYR 58PIT 37
Blocks: NYR 11PIT 23
PIM: NYR 2PIT 4
: NYR 55%PIT 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 4–2 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:59 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:16.Crosby
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:59 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Buchnevich Fox
Usage
Julien Gauthier (NYR) played 15:23, +5:56 up on his 9:27 season average over 29 games.Gauthier
New line
New look for NYR: Blackwell–Di Giuseppe–Howden skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Di Giuseppe Howden
New line
New look for PIT: Sceviour–Jankowski–Angello skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sceviour Jankowski Angello
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +7 against a season average of 28.2; the win.Jarry
Usage
Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) played 18:29, +4:41 up on his 13:48 season average over 55 games.Lafrenière
Luck
Bryan Rust (PIT) generated 1.36 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Rust

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 113 of 113 attempts · PIT 48 · NYR 65

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 42% of the game, PIT 21%.

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
	62	43
	2.50	1.60
	2.43	1.58
	13	6
	5	6
	14	13
	+0.021	−0.020
	42%	21%

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

L1Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière
11:4943% CF
L2Kreider – Strome – Kakko
10:1765% CF
L3Rooney – Gauthier – Chytil
9:5261% CF
L4Blackwell – Di Giuseppe – Howden
9:0664% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
16:2955% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
16:1862% CF
D3Johnson – Smith
14:0261% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Fox
1:5950% CF
PP2Trouba – Gauthier – Miller – Kakko – Lafrenière
1:32
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
0:55
PK2FRooney – Howden
0:39
PK1DFox – Lindgren
1:21
PK2DTrouba – Miller
0:39

Current NYR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
14:5947% CF
L2Malkin – Kapanen – Rodrigues
14:0324% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
8:4760% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Angello
5:2840% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
19:0140% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
12:5036% CF
D3Matheson – Ceci
12:4850% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
1:34100% CF
PP2Matheson – Kapanen – Angello – Marino – Rodrigues
0:260% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
1:47
PK2FJankowski – Aston-Reese
1:11
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
2:16
PK2DLetang – Ceci
1:41

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.89	3	1	0	20:03	—	—	57	81
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	2	0	0	18:29	—	—	52	74
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.53	1	1	0	16:40	—	—	44	87
Ryan Strome C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.32	2	0	0	17:08	—	—	57	65
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	1	1	0	16:10	—	—	74	93
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	6	1	0	16:00	—	—	61	78
Julien Gauthier R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	4	0	0	15:23	—	—	62	67
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	0	1	0	13:05	—	—	58	38
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	7	0	0	12:55	—	—	64	58
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	3	0	0	13:00	—	—	60	31
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:35	—	—	60	22
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	7	0	0	11:19	—	—	63	22
Adam Fox D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.05	1	1	0	22:52	—	—	55	51
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	6	1	0	19:06	—	—	55	49
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	0	21:02	—	—	63	77
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	1	0	20:48	—	—	63	73
Jack Johnson D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	16:33	—	—	59	44
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	4	0	2	16:27	—	—	56	44

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.04	58:25

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.21	1	1	0	19:34	—	—	47	33
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+2	6	1.35	1	1	0	19:27	—	—	44	33
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.55	0	0	2	19:16	—	—	47	35
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	1	0	18:53	—	—	33	25
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	16:58	—	—	32	37
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	16:54	—	—	42	38
Teddy Blueger C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	0	2	0	15:37	—	—	35	34
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	4	1	0	14:14	—	—	53	42
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	46	34
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	1	0	9:00	—	—	27	66
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	6	1	0	8:12	—	—	40	68
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	7:39	—	—	33	63
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.08	2	3	0	25:15	—	—	39	33
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.06	6	3	0	22:44	—	—	42	34
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	19:19	—	—	41	20
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:49	—	—	36	35
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	1	2	17:27	—	—	47	56
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	16:53	—	—	42	76

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.35	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.

New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 9, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New York Rangers 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Pittsburgh Penguins