New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins

1st Round, Game 2 · May 18, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	1	38
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	45

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:22	PIT	Bryan Rust (1)	Unassisted	0 - 1
13:07	PIT	Jeff Carter (1)	Jared McCann (1), Kasperi Kapanen (1)	0 - 2
2nd Period
14:44	NYI	Josh Bailey (1)	Brock Nelson (1)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
04:12	NYI	Oliver Wahlstrom	Tripping	2
08:02	NYI	Oliver Wahlstrom	Roughing	2
11:30	NYI	Oliver Wahlstrom	Roughing	2
11:30	PIT	Kris Letang	Roughing	2
15:03	NYI	Matt Martin	Roughing	2
15:03	PIT	Zachary Aston-Reese	Roughing	2
3rd Period
18:32	PIT	Bryan Rust	Closing hand on puck	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	52	44	38	1	2.2	40.7
Pittsburgh Penguins	68	52	45	2	2.7	59.3

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

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 2.2 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.7 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

New York Islanders

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 Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Bailey · Brock Nelson · Anthony Beauvillier	11:09	17.9	22.9	1-0
Leo Komarov · Jordan Eberle · Mathew Barzal	10:45	47.6	41.9	0-0
Kyle Palmieri · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Oliver Wahlstrom	10:41	36.8	47.4	0-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas	8:10	66.7	77.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock	15:07	36.0	47.2	0-2
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield	12:29	42.4	51.2	1-0
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson	9:40	61.1	70.9	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
12	Josh Bailey	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	15:03	0.20	6-24	0.31-0.96
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	15:22		9-24	0.59-0.96
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	6	22:11	0.02	11-23	0.64-0.92
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	16:27	0.01	17-13	0.57-0.27
4	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	22:34	0.04	17-35	0.78-1.56
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	5	20:28	0.04	9-17	0.58-0.66
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	15:53	0.15	13-16	0.29-0.52
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	18:16	0.18	12-19	0.33-0.68
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	11:18	0.09	14-8	0.86-0.38
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	4	10:19	0.14	13-8	0.64-0.37
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:55		7-13	0.35-0.53
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	19:20	0.31	21-19	1.00-0.65
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	16:12	0.19	10-15	0.40-0.54
47	Leo Komarov	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	15:26	0.03	13-14	0.37-0.50
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	11:56	0.23	13-8	0.64-0.32
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:32	0.02	13-21	0.33-0.92
71	Oliver Wahlstrom	R	0	0	0	-1	6	3	0	15:34	0.22	11-14	0.49-0.62
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:59	0.35	11-29	0.60-1.09

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Semyon Varlamov	45	43	2	58:15	2.49	+0.49

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel	12:50	60.7	55.1	1-0
Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev · Zachary Aston-Reese	10:18	68.4	79.8	0-0
Jeff Carter · Kasperi Kapanen · Jared McCann	10:06	65.2	41.2	1-1
Jason Zucker · Frederick Gaudreau · Evan Rodrigues	8:10	57.1	75.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	18:28	66.7	57.2	0-0
Mike Matheson · Cody Ceci	16:22	59.4	50.5	1-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino	9:25	60.0	66.0	1-0

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
17	Bryan Rust	R	1	0	1	1	2	4	2	19:22	0.28	20-12	1.00-0.70
77	Jeff Carter	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	17:25	0.24	16-18	0.43-0.96
19	Jared McCann	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	13:10	0.03	15-8	0.39-0.56
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	15:24	0.17	16-16	0.39-0.91
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23:43		32-14	1.31-0.75
5	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	20:38	0.13	24-15	0.88-0.65
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	15:42	0.09	14-11	0.60-0.30
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:35		19-17	0.64-0.89
13	Brandon Tanev	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	12:02	0.18	15-7	0.59-0.17
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:03	0.07	11-8	0.35-0.17
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	10:31	0.23	12-8	0.50-0.17
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:17		12-11	0.54-0.29
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	14:40	0.26	19-10	0.84-0.23
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	26:42	0.05	27-20	1.00-1.03
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	1	0	7	5	18:41	0.52	19-18	0.91-0.99
73	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:25	0.18	16-8	0.63-0.16
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	18:45	0.22	21-11	0.98-0.70
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:27	0.05	12-8	0.44-0.15

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Tristan Jarry	38	37	1	60:00	2.02	+1.02