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2025-03-18 · PPG Paints Arena

4 – 2Final

NYI beat PIT 4–2. NYI also won the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 2.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Pierre Engvall scored at 13:08 of the third, moving NYI’s win probability from 49% to 84%.

Shots on goal
38 – 21
Expected goals
3.0 – 2.2
xG share
NYI 57%
Home-ice start
PIT 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.

NYI goalPIT goal

Expected goals

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

NYIPIT

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.

NYI
1 G, 1 A · 24:03 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing +0.66
+0.81
NYI
1 G, 2 A · 18:57 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.67
+0.78
NYI
Pierre Engvall
1 G, 0 A · 13:00 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.62
+0.70

Rough nights

PIT
0 G, 0 A · 19:43 TOI
On-ice −0.38 · Finishing −0.27
−0.66
NYI
0 G, 1 A · 19:27 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing −0.42 · Penalties −0.20 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.54
PIT
0 G, 0 A · 21:26 TOI
On-ice −0.39 · Penalties −0.20
−0.54

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNYI–PITWin prob.
P1 4:40 PITJoona Koppanen
from Vladislav Kolyachonok, Kris Letang
0–153% → 69%
P1 19:45 PITSidney Crosby
from Conor Timmins, Ryan Graves
0–272% → 86%
P3 0:17 NYIKyle Palmieri
unassisted
1–28% → 23%
P3 5:34 NYINoah Dobson
from Bo Horvat, Kyle Palmieri
2–220% → 48%
P3 13:08 NYIPierre Engvall
from Noah Dobson, Hudson Fasching
3–249% → 84%
P3 18:28 NYISimon HolmstromEN
from Kyle Palmieri
4–293% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Noah Dobson D24:0311+0.81+0.13+0.66+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle Palmieri C18:5712+0.78+0.11+0.67+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Pierre Engvall L13:001+0.70+0.09+0.62−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C17:57+0.28+0.05−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.20+0.05
Adam Pelech D26:00+0.19+0.29−0.11−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Anthony Duclair L12:28+0.17+0.14−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tony DeAngelo D24:05+0.09+0.12−0.01+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Kyle MacLean C10:30+0.01+0.04−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Hudson Fasching R14:101+0.01+0.02−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marc Gatcomb C9:49−0.01+0.02−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Casey Cizikas C13:00−0.06+0.01−0.04−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Ryan Pulock D22:38−0.06+0.08−0.01+0.05+0.01−0.20+0.00
Simon Holmstrom R20:381−0.17+0.10−0.25−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.01
Maxim Tsyplakov R10:28−0.18+0.06−0.22−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Scott Mayfield D12:27−0.21−0.03−0.19+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mike Reilly D10:54−0.24+0.02−0.25−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anders Lee C13:37−0.48+0.07−0.55+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Bo Horvat C19:271−0.54+0.14−0.42−0.00−0.01−0.20−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Sorokin G59:52−0.29

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Joona Koppanen L13:011+0.67−0.02+0.69−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C21:091+0.34−0.26+0.48+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.09
Evgeni Malkin C19:45−0.02−0.07−0.00+0.04−0.02+0.00+0.03
Conor Timmins D19:261−0.03+0.04−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Danton Heinen L12:01−0.03−0.01−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C11:37−0.04+0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.03
Noel Acciari C12:44−0.06−0.03−0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.03
Kevin Hayes R12:34−0.06−0.06−0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Graves D19:001−0.07+0.03−0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Dewar C15:52−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Bokondji Imama L6:06−0.07+0.02−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D21:341−0.09−0.07−0.01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Vladislav Kolyachonok D13:531−0.10−0.11+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Bryan Rust R20:47−0.18−0.26−0.08−0.01−0.02+0.20+0.00
Philip Tomasino C17:43−0.23−0.08−0.15−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Erik Karlsson D20:29−0.29−0.12−0.11+0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D21:26−0.54−0.39+0.01−0.00+0.04−0.20+0.00
Rickard Rakell R19:43−0.66−0.38−0.27+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tristan Jarry G59:15+0.22

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.