New York Islanders at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 18, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	4	38
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	21

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:40	PIT	Joona Koppanen (1)	Vladislav Kolyachonok (5), Kris Letang (20)	0 - 1
19:45	PIT	Sidney Crosby (24)	Conor Timmins (9), Ryan Graves (2)	0 - 2
3rd Period
00:17	NYI	Kyle Palmieri (21)	Unassisted	1 - 2
05:34	NYI	Noah Dobson (8)	Bo Horvat (24), Kyle Palmieri (22)	2 - 2
13:08	NYI	Pierre Engvall (5)	Noah Dobson (22), Hudson Fasching (2)	3 - 2
18:28	NYI	Simon Holmstrom (16)	Kyle Palmieri (23)	4 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
19:45	NYI	Team	Delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
2nd Period
04:48	NYI	Bo Horvat	Abuse of officials	2
12:02	PIT	Matt Grzelcyk	Tripping	2
3rd Period
14:43	NYI	Ryan Pulock	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	69	52	38	4	3.2	52.9
Pittsburgh Penguins	66	40	21	2	2.0	47.1

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: 3.2 expected, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.0 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.

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
Kyle Palmieri · Bo Horvat · Simon Holmstrom	12:51	42.9	58.0	2-1
Casey Cizikas · Hudson Fasching · Pierre Engvall	10:21	61.5	60.2	1-1
Anders Lee · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Anthony Duclair	9:46	63.0	82.7	0-0
Kyle MacLean · Marc Gatcomb · Maxim Tsyplakov	8:32	53.3	59.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Adam Pelech · Tony DeAngelo	16:24	69.7	76.8	1-1
Ryan Pulock · Noah Dobson	14:49	48.6	51.3	2-0
Mike Reilly · Scott Mayfield	7:23	40.9	53.6	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
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	2	3	2	0	2	1	18:57	0.40	16-19	1.16-0.68
53	Noah Dobson	D	1	1	2	2	0	4	1	24:03	0.28	24-25	0.98-0.81
18	Pierre Engvall	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	13:00	0.15	19-14	0.34-0.16
92	Simon Holmstrom	R	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	20:38	0.17	13-18	0.94-0.87
14	Bo Horvat	C	0	1	1	2	2	3	1	19:27	0.35	18-21	1.16-0.87
20	Hudson Fasching	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	14:10		20-16	0.31-0.34
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	26:00	0.13	31-16	1.21-0.42
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	10:54	0.17	13-14	0.51-0.34
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	22:38	0.02	21-23	0.83-0.78
11	Anthony Duclair	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:28		18-11	0.74-0.15
17	Marc Gatcomb	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	09:49	0.02	10-9	0.26-0.31
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	12:27	0.19	14-18	0.60-0.52
32	Kyle MacLean	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:30		10-9	0.31-0.24
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:57	0.09	18-16	0.75-0.48
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	13:00	0.07	18-14	0.25-0.34
72	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	13:37	0.40	20-15	0.75-0.41
72	Maxim Tsyplakov	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	10:28	0.22	12-9	0.43-0.18
77	Tony DeAngelo	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	24:05	0.02	25-18	0.81-0.48

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ilya Sorokin	W	21	19	2	59:52	1.99	-0.01

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell	12:44	48.6	36.9	1-2
Evgeni Malkin · Connor Dewar · Philip Tomasino	8:41	55.6	42.2	0-1
Noel Acciari · Joona Koppanen · Blake Lizotte	6:30	40.0	38.2	0-0
Evgeni Malkin · Danton Heinen · Philip Tomasino	4:21	30.0	7.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Graves · Conor Timmins	14:40	58.6	77.6	1-0
Erik Karlsson · Matt Grzelcyk	12:38	51.7	17.7	0-0
Kris Letang · Vladislav Kolyachonok	11:29	38.5	27.8	1-1

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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
15	Joona Koppanen	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	12:56	0.07	13-19	0.17-0.40
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	-2	0	5	0	21:09	0.32	24-21	1.01-1.24
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	19:26	0.05	26-16	0.98-0.51
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	19:00	0.09	19-18	0.75-0.28
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	21:34	0.03	18-31	0.49-1.10
74	Vladislav Kolyachonok	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	13:53	0.01	11-20	0.23-0.80
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:34	0.07	9-9	0.38-0.15
14	Bokondji Imama	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	06:06	0.06	5-7	0.26-0.10
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	20:47	0.10	24-21	1.05-1.31
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	15:52	0.12	17-13	0.29-0.44
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	21:26	0.01	21-28	0.47-1.56
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:37		12-12	0.12-0.22
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:44	0.05	11-15	0.12-0.35
53	Philip Tomasino	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	17:43	0.18	13-21	0.25-0.69
58	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:01	0.01	8-12	0.22-0.34
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	20:29	0.14	18-19	0.25-0.85
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	19:43	0.55	21-23	1.01-1.41
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	19:45	0.13	15-18	0.36-0.67

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Tristan Jarry	L	37	34	3	59:15	2.71	-0.29