Game Recap: PIT 4, NYI 5, February 17, 2023

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Game Recap

PIT4

FinalFri, Feb 17, 2023Every game that night

NYI5

NYI beat PIT 5-4 despite fewer good chances: 2.42 expected goals to 3.98. PIT outshot NYI 44 to 28. A. Lee led the way with 3 points (2 G, 1 A). I. Sorokin stopped 40 of 44.

Scoring

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
PIT	1	3	0	4
NYI	1	2	2	5

1st 12:00PITS. Crosby0.79 xG
1st 13:56NYIA. Lee0.29 xG
2nd 3:53PITR. Rakell0.07 xG
2nd 5:35PITJ. Zucker0.09 xG
2nd 14:25NYIB. Nelson0.02 xG
2nd 18:57PITR. Rakell0.20 xG
2nd 19:32NYIA. Lee0.12 xG
3rd 5:01NYIB. NelsonPP0.03 xG
3rd 17:17NYIZ. Parise0.13 xG

Team Stats

PITNYI

44Shots on goal28

3.98Expected goals2.42

78Shot attempts47

435v5 shots on goal25

0/1Power play1/2

19Hits29

14Blocked shots17

4Penalty minutes2

14Giveaways8

6Takeaways2

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

PIT 3.98 xGNYI 2.42 xGGoal

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

PIT43 on goal, 4 scored

NYI28 on goal, 5 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

PIT Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
S. Crosby	C	1	1	2	4	2	0	+1	0	19:04	1:11
R. Rakell	RW	2	0	2	8	1	0	+3	0	18:44	1:10
J. Guentzel	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	+1	0	18:58	1:10
J. Zucker	LW	1	0	1	4	5	0	+1	0	17:42	0:50
E. Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:44	1:07
B. Rust	RW	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	18:19	0:49
T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	4	0	1	+1	0	13:29	0:00
K. Kapanen	RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	-3	0	12:20	0:50
J. Archibald	RW	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	11:46	0:00
J. Carter	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	-2	0	11:21	0:50
D. O'Connor	LW	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	10:35	0:00
B. McGinn	LW	0	0	0	0	1	2	-2	0	10:15	0:00
P. Joseph	D	0	2	2	1	1	1	+2	4	14:36	0:00
C. Ruhwedel	D	0	2	2	3	2	1	+2	0	12:58	0:00
K. Letang	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	-1	0	22:36	1:10
M. Pettersson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	-1	0	21:30	0:00
J. Petry	D	0	0	0	3	1	1	-2	0	23:24	0:53
B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	22:11	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. DeSmith	28	23	5	.821	58:47	Loss
D. Tokarski	0	0	0	–	0:00

NYI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
A. Lee	LW	2	1	3	6	2	1	+1	0	21:11	1:56
B. Nelson	C	2	1	3	3	0	1	+2	0	19:43	1:44
M. Barzal	C	0	2	2	1	0	0	+2	2	21:43	2:10
Z. Parise	LW	1	0	1	3	5	1	+1	0	18:20	0:45
K. Palmieri	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	+1	0	18:13	0:31
B. Horvat	C	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	24:18	1:59
C. Cizikas	C	0	0	0	2	4	1	-1	0	15:35	0:00
M. Martin	LW	0	0	0	2	6	3	-2	0	11:45	0:00
H. Fasching	RW	0	0	0	1	1	1	-2	0	9:10	0:00
J. Bailey	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:38	0:51
S. Holmstrom	RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7:12	0:00
A. Andreoff	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	5:47	0:42
S. Mayfield	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	-1	0	20:47	0:00
S. Aho	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	+2	0	18:30	0:31
N. Dobson	D	0	1	1	1	1	2	+1	0	18:17	2:10
A. Romanov	D	0	1	1	1	4	1	-1	0	15:55	0:00
A. Pelech	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	22:07	0:00
R. Pulock	D	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	21:53	0:06

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Sorokin	44	40	4	.909	59:56	Win
S. Varlamov	0	0	0	–	0:00