Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers

1st Round, Game 1 · Apr 16, 2015 · Madison Square Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	25
New York Rangers	2	38

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:28	NYR	Derick Brassard (1)	Rick Nash (1), Dan Girardi (1)	0 - 1
15:16	NYR	Ryan McDonagh (1) PP	Keith Yandle (1), Mats Zuccarello (1)	0 - 2
2nd Period
06:15	PIT	Blake Comeau (1)	Ben Lovejoy (1), Nick Spaling (1)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:02	PIT	Chris Kunitz	Interference goalkeeper	2
08:54	PIT	Taylor Chorney	Interference	2
14:33	PIT	Blake Comeau	Roughing	2
16:43	PIT	David Perron	Slashing	2
2nd Period
13:04	NYR	Rick Nash	Boarding	2
3rd Period
05:33	PIT	Steve Downie	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	51	29	25	1	1.7	50.6
New York Rangers	55	44	38	2	3.3	49.4

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while New York Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.7 expected, 1 scored · New York Rangers: 3.3 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Pittsburgh Penguins

New York Rangers

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · David Perron	8:08	37.5	29.2	0-0
Daniel Winnik · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist	6:22	33.3	1.8	0-1
Steve Downie · Brandon Sutter · Beau Bennett	6:05	50.0	51.5	0-0
Maxim Lapierre · Blake Comeau · Nick Spaling	3:34	57.1	58.9	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rob Scuderi · Ian Cole	13:10	46.4	10.5	0-0
Paul Martin · Ben Lovejoy	11:57	62.5	62.1	1-1
Taylor Chorney · Brian Dumoulin	8:53	50.0	34.5	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
15	Blake Comeau	L	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	10:43	0.47	20-11	1.04-0.59
16	Nick Spaling	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	11:59	0.02	12-9	0.62-0.49
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	22:51	0.12	19-11	1.21-0.61
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:20	0.04	9-10	0.25-0.48
7	Rob Scuderi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21:09	0.01	15-16	0.30-0.58
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	24:03	0.05	19-15	0.93-1.30
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	16:29		7-11	0.14-0.58
17	Steve Downie	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	12:39	0.22	10-10	0.35-0.33
20	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	15:08	0.02	8-13	0.33-0.59
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	15:02		6-12	0.01-0.82
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	26:06	0.03	17-24	0.07-1.28
40	Maxim Lapierre	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	11:47	0.02	11-7	0.60-0.42
44	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	12:51	0.03	12-12	0.29-0.60
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	16:31	0.21	10-10	0.22-0.64
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	17:20	0.10	13-14	0.36-0.78
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	17:31	0.07	12-10	0.28-0.46
78	Beau Bennett	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:42	0.01	11-10	0.28-0.40
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	19:11	0.24	14-15	0.36-1.18

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	38	36	2	58:55	3.27	+1.27

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Martin St. Louis · Carl Hagelin · Kevin Hayes	11:33	52.2	80.0	0-0
Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider · J.T. Miller	11:15	50.0	63.5	0-0
Rick Nash · Derick Brassard · Mats Zuccarello	9:54	47.6	51.8	1-1
Dominic Moore · Tanner Glass · Jesper Fast	6:44	50.0	67.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dan Boyle · Marc Staal	12:56	41.7	28.9	0-1
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh	11:49	47.4	83.8	1-0
Matt Hunwick · Keith Yandle	9:46	68.2	87.0	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	25:36	0.63	16-14	1.02-0.18
61	Derick Brassard	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	3	15:45	0.79	11-11	0.80-0.73
3	Keith Yandle	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	20:38	0.06	18-10	1.08-0.19
5	Dan Girardi	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	18:37		11-16	0.78-0.37
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	16:50	0.02	10-12	0.78-0.73
61	Rick Nash	L	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	15:56	0.33	11-11	0.80-0.73
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	14:00	0.19	12-10	0.62-0.24
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:16	0.09	13-12	0.78-0.20
15	Tanner Glass	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	07:45	0.16	8-8	0.33-0.16
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	21:56		11-22	0.37-0.97
20	Dominic Moore	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:38	0.16	8-8	0.33-0.16
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	19:25	0.28	12-14	0.51-0.44
22	Dan Boyle	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	21:04	0.11	14-19	0.57-1.04
22	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:07	0.17	9-14	0.35-0.44
26	Martin St. Louis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:56		13-15	0.67-0.40
48	Matt Hunwick	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:09	0.03	18-9	1.02-0.29
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	17:12	0.33	16-12	0.94-0.20
71	Jesper Fast	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10:10		9-8	0.35-0.16

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Henrik Lundqvist	W	25	24	1	60:00	1.63	+0.63