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New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 20, 2016 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
New York Rangers 2 28
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 47

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:55 PIT Sidney Crosby (22) PP Ian Cole (10), Justin Schultz (14) 0 - 1
16:59 NYR Matt Puempel (2) Marek Hrivik (1), Nick Holden (12) 1 - 1
2nd Period
04:43 PIT Evgeni Malkin (14) Chris Kunitz (11), Phil Kessel (22) 1 - 2
08:53 PIT Phil Kessel (11) PP Evgeni Malkin (22), Brian Dumoulin (7) 1 - 3
3rd Period
01:52 NYR Michael Grabner (14) Derek Stepan (17), Mats Zuccarello (14) 2 - 3
04:11 PIT Justin Schultz (6) Evgeni Malkin (23) 2 - 4
06:12 PIT Bryan Rust (9) Sidney Crosby (14) 2 - 5
12:22 PIT Patric Hornqvist (7) PP Nick Bonino (9), Chris Kunitz (12) 2 - 6
19:49 PIT Nick Bonino (6) Bryan Rust (6), Ian Cole (11) 2 - 7

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:19 NYR Kevin Klein High sticking double minor 4
2nd Period
02:02 PIT Derrick Pouliot Tripping 2
07:32 NYR Kevin Hayes High sticking 2
11:01 NYR Chris Kreider Interference goalkeeper 2
12:14 PIT Sidney Crosby Kneeing 2
17:44 PIT Ian Cole Hooking 2
3rd Period
10:42 NYR Brady Skjei Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Rangers 46 34 28 2 2.0 36.7
Pittsburgh Penguins 71 62 47 7 5.0 63.3

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadNew York Rangers ahead

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Rangers had.

Expected goals

New York Rangers: 2.0 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 5.0 expected, 7 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndNYR goal, 16:59 of 1st, a 2% chanceNYR goal, 1:52 of 3rd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 5:55 of 1st, a 11% chancePIT goal, 4:43 of 2nd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 8:53 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 4:11 of 3rd, a 2% chancePIT goal, 6:12 of 3rd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 12:22 of 3rd, a 17% chancePIT goal, 19:49 of 3rd, a 13% chancePIT 5.0NYR 2.0

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

New York Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider · Mats Zuccarello8:3542.943.40-0
Michael Grabner · Kevin Hayes · J.T. Miller6:3031.328.10-0
Oscar Lindberg · Jesper Fast · Jimmy Vesey5:4147.137.10-0
Kevin Hayes · Jesper Fast · Matt Puempel4:2016.70.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kevin Klein · Brady Skjei13:4633.327.10-1
Marc Staal · Nick Holden13:2444.432.91-0
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh12:1233.327.61-3

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
40 Michael Grabner L 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 13:38 0.44 8-17 0.45-0.92
54 Matt Puempel L 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 12:06 0.04 6-11 0.05-0.82
5 Nick Holden D 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 21:52 0.03 13-21 0.45-1.33
21 Derek Stepan C 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:59 0.13 8-12 0.36-0.53
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 15:53 0.34 7-15 0.36-0.61
46 Marek Hrivik L 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 11:44 10-10 0.22-0.51
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:30 0.01 9-18 0.30-0.90
8 Kevin Klein D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 3 16:22 0.17 12-20 0.66-1.50
10 J.T. Miller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:35 5-17 0.21-1.23
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 17:39 7-19 0.23-1.17
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 17:52 0.05 12-15 0.40-0.81
22 Chris Kreider L 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 15:31 9-14 0.32-0.83
24 Oscar Lindberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 13:44 0.21 10-15 0.57-1.15
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:04 0.10 8-14 0.52-1.40
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 22:32 0.06 10-20 0.34-1.28
71 Jesper Fast R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 16:39 0.18 11-18 0.56-1.65
73 Brandon Pirri C 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:36 0.24 10-9 0.22-0.36
76 Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 8 19:07 0.02 10-20 0.56-1.63
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Antti Raanta L 47 40 7 60:00 4.92 -2.08

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Conor Sheary10:4760.084.81-0
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist10:2467.974.71-0
Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino · Carl Hagelin9:0361.152.90-1
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Scott Wilson8:3362.575.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz12:0150.078.13-1
Brian Dumoulin · Olli Maatta10:3178.974.50-1
Olli Maatta · Chad Ruhwedel6:0350.072.10-0

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
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 2 3 2 0 3 0 17:47 0.30 21-10 1.53-0.48
4 Justin Schultz D 1 1 2 3 0 3 2 21:39 0.26 21-15 1.75-0.26
8 Phil Kessel R 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 17:19 0.40 13-9 0.52-0.55
12 Nick Bonino C 1 1 2 -1 0 3 1 16:43 0.21 15-9 0.63-0.54
17 Bryan Rust R 1 1 2 2 0 5 1 14:27 0.68 19-11 1.46-0.23
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 1 2 7 0 18:44 0.72 16-11 1.29-0.25
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 2 2 2 0 5 2 13:55 0.57 20-9 1.48-0.48
28 Ian Cole D 0 2 2 2 2 0 3 19:46 0.01 22-18 1.53-0.45
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 1 0 7 6 16:56 0.91 19-9 1.42-0.48
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 24:10 0.07 27-6 1.35-0.41
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 22:50 0.04 20-6 0.97-0.30
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:39 0.14 13-13 0.85-0.68
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:56 6-3 0.32-0.09
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:54 0.15 5-4 0.27-0.09
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:12 0.10 5-4 0.27-0.09
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:45 0.04 11-8 1.00-0.61
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:01 0.26 17-12 1.29-0.37
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:17 0.12 15-8 0.68-0.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 28 26 2 60:00 2.03 +0.03