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2021-04-08 · Madison Square Garden

5 – 2Final

PIT beat NYR 5–2. PIT also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 2.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Kris Letang scored at 3:23 of the second, moving PIT’s win probability from 47% to 66%.

Shots on goal
32 – 24
Expected goals
3.1 – 2.5
xG share
PIT 55%
Home-ice start
NYR 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

PIT goalNYR goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

PITNYR

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

PIT
Radim Zohorna
1 G, 1 A · 9:47 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +0.18 · Playmaking +0.15 · Penalties +0.18
+0.63
PIT
1 G, 1 A · 24:40 TOI
Finishing +0.46 · Penalties +0.18
+0.61
PIT
59:18 TOI
GSAx +0.45
+0.45

Rough nights

NYR
58:55 TOI
GSAx −0.78
−0.60
NYR
0 G, 0 A · 16:32 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.54 · Playmaking −0.07
−0.54
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 18:59 TOI
Finishing −0.24 · Playmaking +0.09 · Penalties −0.18
−0.29

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalPIT–NYRWin prob.
P1 6:26 PITRadim Zohorna
from Marcus Pettersson, Kris Letang
1–047% → 63%
P2 2:02 NYRColin BlackwellPP
from Pavel Buchnevich, Kaapo Kakko
1–135% → 53%
P2 3:23 PITKris Letang
from Jake Guentzel, Brian Dumoulin
2–147% → 66%
P2 11:28 PITEvan RodriguesPP
from Radim Zohorna, Jason Zucker
3–170% → 85%
P3 10:29 PITJason Zucker
from Evan Rodrigues, Cody Ceci
4–196% → 99%
P3 13:48 NYRKevin Rooney
from Adam Fox
4–20% → 2%
P3 18:29 PITMark JankowskiEN
from Zachary Aston-Reese
5–2100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Radim Zohorna L9:4711+0.63+0.12+0.18+0.15+0.00+0.18+0.00
Kris Letang D24:4011+0.61−0.04+0.46+0.01−0.01+0.18+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C13:0911+0.37−0.04+0.25+0.14−0.00+0.00+0.02
Jason Zucker L14:3511+0.32−0.05+0.41−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D14:571+0.28+0.09+0.01+0.18+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brian Dumoulin D20:351+0.14+0.09−0.03+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C16:02+0.11+0.09−0.00−0.09+0.01+0.00+0.10
Cody Ceci D18:281+0.07+0.00+0.01+0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Lafferty C8:30+0.07+0.08−0.15−0.05+0.01+0.18+0.00
Colton Sceviour C12:39+0.05+0.06−0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Bryan Rust R19:08−0.03+0.03−0.00−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Zachary Aston-Reese C15:311−0.08+0.09−0.15−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jake Guentzel C20:311−0.09−0.03−0.04+0.16−0.00−0.18+0.00
Mark Jankowski L11:501−0.09+0.03−0.09−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
John Marino D19:42−0.14−0.01−0.05−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Matheson D18:56−0.21+0.17−0.13−0.05−0.01−0.18+0.00
Jared McCann L14:53−0.23−0.11−0.07−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.02
Sidney Crosby C18:59−0.29+0.03−0.24+0.09−0.00−0.18+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G59:18+0.45

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kevin Rooney C12:011+0.36+0.01+0.34−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.04
Colin Blackwell C15:061+0.19−0.09+0.34−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.03
Pavel Buchnevich L18:241+0.18−0.00−0.00+0.20+0.00+0.00−0.01
Brett Howden C10:26−0.01+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
K'Andre Miller D23:45−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Kaapo Kakko R13:511−0.03−0.11−0.00+0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brendan Smith D11:41−0.07−0.02+0.00−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Libor Hajek D11:34−0.07−0.04−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vitali Kravtsov R12:15−0.09−0.01−0.05−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mika Zibanejad C20:04−0.10+0.02−0.05−0.08+0.01+0.00−0.01
Alexis Lafrenière L11:01−0.12−0.09−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Ryan Lindgren D21:21−0.16−0.12−0.05+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Strome C18:14−0.16−0.05−0.02−0.06−0.01+0.00−0.03
Artemi Panarin L19:19−0.17−0.05−0.06−0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Fox D24:301−0.19−0.11−0.11+0.20+0.01−0.18+0.00
Filip Chytil C11:33−0.20−0.10−0.06−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Jacob Trouba D23:20−0.20−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.18+0.00
Chris Kreider L16:32−0.54+0.06−0.54−0.07+0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G58:55−0.60

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.