New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 20, 2022

FinalTuesday, Dec 20, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	1	2		NYR	8	10	10	28
PIT	0	2	1	3		PIT	7	10	7	24

: NYR 63PIT 43
: NYR 2.61PIT 2.15
PP goals: NYR 0PIT 2
Hits: NYR 26PIT 32
Blocks: NYR 12PIT 21
PIM: NYR 6PIT 6
: NYR 44%PIT 56%

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 home. Chris Kreider (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:33 together.

Points
Chris Kreider had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:59.Kreider
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:01.Crosby
Points
Vincent Trocheck had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:38.Trocheck
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:33 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
Usage
Sammy Blais (NYR) played 5:27, −6:26 down on his 11:53 season average over 70 games.Blais
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Danton Heinen (PIT) played 5:04, −5:47 down on his 10:51 season average over 64 games.Heinen
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Ryan Poehling (PIT) played 6:07, −5:46 down on his 11:53 season average over 52 games.Poehling
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Jan Rutta (PIT) played 21:08, +4:05 up on his 17:03 season average over 55 games.Rutta

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 106 of 106 attempts · PIT 43 · NYR 63

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 41% 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
	54	46
	1.71	2.10
	1.70	2.07
	7	11
	6	7
	22	12
	−0.064	+0.064
	41%	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 – Goodrow – Panarin
13:1153% CF
L2Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
10:1039% CF
L3Kreider – Trocheck – Vesey
9:0456% CF
L4Brodzinski – Blais – Kravtsov
3:3250% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
15:5355% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
15:1767% CF
D3Harpur – Schneider
10:1950% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:29100% CF
PP2Trouba – Chytil – Kravtsov – Kakko – Lafrenière
1:31100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Vesey
1:30
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:20
PK1DLindgren – Schneider
0:52
PK2DTrouba – Miller
0:51

Current NYR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Zucker – Rust
13:2956% CF
L2Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
12:4250% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Kapanen
9:3725% CF
L4Blueger – Heinen – Poehling
3:31100% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
17:3448% CF
D2Dumoulin – Rutta
15:2050% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
8:5840% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
2:3375% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Rust – Kapanen – Joseph
0:25100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
2:31
PK2FRust – Poehling
1:18
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
2:10
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
0:57

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	0	3	0.10	1	1	0	23:05	—	—	57	35
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	1	0	0	22:17	—	—	57	31
Barclay Goodrow C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:30	—	—	50	37
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	2	3	0	17:04	—	—	41	37
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	40	36
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	14:22	—	—	40	34
Chris Kreider L	L3	2	0	2	+1	5	0.51	2	0	0	19:59	—	—	69	63
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.52	2	0	0	19:38	—	—	67	59
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	14:12	—	—	54	45
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:10	—	—	71	57
Vitali Kravtsov R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	7:18	—	—	71	56
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	5:27	—	—	50	63
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	0	1	2	25:05	—	—	55	23
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	21:01	—	—	51	24
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	4	1	2	21:20	—	—	54	70
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	4	1	0	21:06	—	—	61	58
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:17	—	—	48	68
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:40	—	—	57	72

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.15	58:08

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	1	0	0	19:55	—	—	48	64
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.59	1	0	0	18:36	—	—	54	69
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.18	4	0	0	17:13	—	—	41	59
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.41	0	1	0	19:17	—	—	53	65
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	19:01	—	—	46	58
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	3	4	0	17:26	—	—	41	55
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	2	0	0	16:26	—	—	33	38
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	1	0	15:28	—	—	33	43
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	8	1	2	13:18	—	—	33	24
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:00	—	—	71	81
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:07	—	—	63	37
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	5:04	—	—	71	52
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	27:14	—	—	48	60
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	20:04	—	—	45	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:06	—	—	54	52
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	21:08	—	—	46	48
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	5	0	13:28	—	—	37	53
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	1	2	13:12	—	—	44	53

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.61	59:57

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 PenguinsDec 20, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New York Rangers 3–2

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