New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 23, 2025

FinalSunday, Feb 23, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	1	3	5		NYR	5	4	7	16
PIT	1	0	2	3		PIT	12	20	8	40

: NYR 41PIT 82
: NYR 2.38PIT 3.82
PP goals: NYR 1PIT 0
Hits: NYR 29PIT 11
Blocks: NYR 18PIT 13
PIM: NYR 6PIT 2
: NYR 43%PIT 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 at PIT. J.T. Miller (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Matt Grzelcyk (PIT) played 5:00, −15:48 down on his 20:48 season average over 81 games.

Points
J.T. Miller had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:56.Miller
Points
Ryan Shea had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:37.Shea
Points
Adam Fox had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:14.Fox
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:19.Malkin
Points
Jimmy Vesey had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:10.Vesey
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:19.Smith
Points
Ryan Lindgren had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:14.Lindgren
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (PIT) played 5:00, −15:48 down on his 20:48 season average over 81 games.Grzelcyk

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 123 of 123 attempts · PIT 82 · NYR 41

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 15% of the game, PIT 43%.

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
	43	76
	1.54	2.85
	1.53	2.70
	7	20
	2	2
	22	26
	−0.052	+0.053
	15%	43%

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

L1Trocheck – Vesey – Kaliyev
6:0831% CF
L2Miller – Panarin – Lafrenière
4:2267% CF
L3Smith – Zibanejad – Cuylle
3:52100% CF
L4Carrick – Brodzinski – Rempe
1:2625% CF
D1Borgen – Miller
16:3229% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
14:3550% CF
D3Vaakanainen – Schneider
13:5041% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Fox
1:000% CF
PP2Smith – Brodzinski – Miller – Lafrenière – Cuylle
0:14100% CF
PK1FTrocheck – Miller
2:04
PK2FSmith – Zibanejad
1:47
PK1DLindgren – Schneider
2:05
PK2DFox – Miller
1:48

Current NYR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Beauvillier
13:0767% CF
L2Malkin – Heinen – Glass
9:4659% CF
L3Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
8:3460% CF
L4Hayes – Bunting – Tomasino
7:1950% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
12:0479% CF
D2Karlsson – Shea
7:5893% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Graves
0:00

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Hayes – Rakell – Bunting
3:2280% CF
PP2Malkin – Letang – Heinen – Glass – Tomasino
1:49100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Glass
0:36
PK2FNieto – Lizotte
0:21
PK1DGraves – Shea
0:55
PK2DKarlsson – Joseph
0:31

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
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	3	1	0	20:17	—	—	26	19
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	24	16
Arthur Kaliyev R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	27	18
J.T. Miller C	L2	2	0	2	0	2	0.90	5	1	0	16:56	—	—	50	38
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	33	35
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	4	0	0	14:29	—	—	37	26
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:22	—	—	48	58
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.32	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	58	49
Will Cuylle L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	3	0	2	14:17	—	—	59	67
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	29	31
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	10:38	—	—	29	39
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	6:52	—	—	25	34
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:24	—	—	30	46
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	3	0	19:46	—	—	26	30
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	0	5	0	22:14	—	—	38	37
Adam Fox D	D2	1	1	2	0	1	0.15	0	2	0	20:14	—	—	47	39
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	17:18	—	—	42	32
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	15:51	—	—	35	25

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	3.82	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-2	5	0.50	1	1	0	23:08	—	—	69	68
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.31	1	0	0	21:38	—	—	68	68
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.56	2	0	0	16:27	—	—	61	58
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	16:19	—	—	67	73
Cody Glass C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.17	1	0	0	15:54	—	—	68	71
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	64	67
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:47	—	—	58	43
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	12:20	—	—	57	27
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.35	2	0	0	10:41	—	—	67	61
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	56	68
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.40	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	56	73
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	1	0	12:29	—	—	61	73
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.08	1	2	2	23:41	—	—	73	67
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	64	69
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-3	1	0.08	0	2	0	27:54	—	—	59	52
Ryan Shea D	D2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.14	0	2	0	20:37	—	—	76	70
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	15:24	—	—	52	80
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:00	—	—	14	22

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Blomqvist(start)	L	15	11	4	.733	1.63	58:25

Goal anatomy

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

Evgeni Malkin (PIT) 1st 12:53 · assists Cody Glass, Danton Heinen · Deflection · 13.6 mph shot.

Evgeni Malkin · 1st 12:53 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.6 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Will Cuylle · 1st 19:12 · NYR PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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J.T. Miller · 2nd 17:00 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 83.2 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Ryan Shea · 3rd 0:57 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.0 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s

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Ryan Shea · 3rd 3:31 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 43.9 mph
Distance: 64 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Jimmy Vesey · 3rd 4:21 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 65.1 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Adam Fox · 3rd 11:26 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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J.T. Miller · 3rd 19:53 · NYR EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.0 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 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.

New York Rangers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 23, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3

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

Goal anatomy

Evgeni Malkin · 1st 12:53 · PIT

Will Cuylle · 1st 19:12 · NYR PP

J.T. Miller · 2nd 17:00 · NYR

Ryan Shea · 3rd 0:57 · PIT

Ryan Shea · 3rd 3:31 · PIT

Jimmy Vesey · 3rd 4:21 · NYR

Adam Fox · 3rd 11:26 · NYR

J.T. Miller · 3rd 19:53 · NYR EN