New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 29, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	2	31
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	41

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:54	PIT	Anthony Beauvillier (9)	Michael Bunting (10), Matt Grzelcyk (18)	0 - 1
2nd Period
01:36	PIT	Michael Bunting (11) PP	Sidney Crosby (30), Philip Tomasino (3)	0 - 2
3rd Period
06:57	PIT	Evgeni Malkin (8) PP	Philip Tomasino (4), Cody Glass (7)	0 - 3
12:59	NYI	Anders Lee (16)	Alexander Romanov (6)	1 - 3
16:10	NYI	Bo Horvat (10)	Ryan Pulock (11), Adam Pelech (5)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
00:35	NYI	Noah Dobson	Tripping	2
09:30	PIT	Rickard Rakell	Hooking	2
17:17	PIT	Nathan Clurman	Hooking	2
3rd Period
04:59	NYI	Kyle MacLean	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	67	45	31	2	2.4	47.6
Pittsburgh Penguins	70	55	41	3	4.3	52.4

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

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 2.4 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.3 expected, 3 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.

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
Anders Lee · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Mathew Barzal	12:29	38.9	33.2	0-0
Kyle Palmieri · Brock Nelson · Anthony Duclair	8:27	55.0	42.4	0-0
Casey Cizikas · Bo Horvat · Simon Holmstrom	6:02	23.1	7.3	0-1
Kyle Palmieri · Brock Nelson · Maxim Tsyplakov	4:08	80.0	56.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Noah Dobson · Alexander Romanov	14:52	42.4	15.5	0-0
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock	12:57	41.4	22.8	0-0
Scott Mayfield · Isaiah George	10:52	37.0	29.5	0-1

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
14	Bo Horvat	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	20:03	0.21	11-22	0.14-1.16
72	Anders Lee	L	1	0	1	2	0	3	2	19:16	0.49	8-14	0.28-0.56
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	22:39	0.05	23-18	0.83-0.72
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	18:48	0.03	13-17	0.24-0.70
28	Alexander Romanov	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	21:56	0.04	15-19	0.25-1.12
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	19:17	0.23	25-15	0.70-0.76
11	Anthony Duclair	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	16:04	0.27	17-18	0.45-1.09
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	20:31	0.28	10-13	0.47-0.56
20	Hudson Fasching	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:31		5-8	0.08-0.34
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:59	0.13	26-14	0.85-0.71
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	13:41		13-17	0.39-0.76
32	Kyle MacLean	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	06:15	0.13	5-7	0.15-0.29
36	Isaiah George	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:03	0.05	14-19	0.58-0.95
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	18:48		10-11	0.32-0.56
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	10:37	0.03	9-14	0.17-0.51
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	22:55	0.23	22-20	0.57-1.28
72	Maxim Tsyplakov	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:18	0.18	18-9	0.52-0.61
92	Simon Holmstrom	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:20	0.06	6-20	0.14-1.16

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
50	Marcus Hogberg	L	41	38	3	57:00	4.29	+1.29

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell	14:45	51.7	77.6	0-0
Evgeni Malkin · Michael Bunting · Anthony Beauvillier	9:54	60.0	80.7	1-0
Matt Nieto · Noel Acciari · Blake Lizotte	8:49	40.0	41.9	0-0
Cody Glass · Philip Tomasino · Drew O'Connor	7:41	91.7	83.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Erik Karlsson · Matt Grzelcyk	17:14	33.3	38.1	1-0
Ryan Graves · Pierre-Olivier Joseph	16:16	51.7	71.7	0-0
Ryan Shea · Nathan Clurman	10:00	76.9	95.1	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
58	Michael Bunting	L	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	13:32	0.25	16-16	1.14-0.46
53	Philip Tomasino	R	0	2	2	-1	0	1	1	12:57	0.28	14-5	0.37-0.39
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	15:03	0.20	17-19	1.11-0.55
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	1	0	1	1	0	6	2	10:47	1.02	17-11	1.17-0.23
12	Cody Glass	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	13:11	0.13	13-6	0.21-0.06
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	20:15	0.04	15-27	0.90-0.88
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	3	21:26	0.65	18-20	1.29-0.61
4	Nathan Clurman	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	11:05	0.07	21-6	1.09-0.06
6	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:47		23-6	1.12-0.06
7	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	24:14	0.13	15-17	0.60-0.49
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	21:32	0.60	15-16	1.01-0.41
18	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	12:57	0.31	15-5	0.37-0.29
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	21:56	0.11	20-15	1.15-0.28
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:51		7-14	0.16-0.43
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	12:57	0.11	8-9	0.21-0.17
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	26:51	0.14	16-29	0.67-1.10
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	20:14	0.21	16-20	1.01-0.51
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:03	0.02	9-9	0.25-0.17

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	W	31	29	2	59:22	2.43	+0.43