Game Recap: PIT 4, NYI 5, April 17, 2024

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Game Recap

PIT4

FinalWed, Apr 17, 2024Every game that night

NYI5

NYI beat PIT 5-4 despite fewer good chances: 3.34 expected goals to 3.93. PIT outshot NYI 44 to 32. E. Malkin led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). I. Sorokin stopped 40 of 44.

Scoring

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

1st 4:56NYIB. Nelson0.16 xG
1st 18:29PITR. Rakell0.12 xG
2nd 6:14PITE. MalkinPP0.40 xG
2nd 13:19NYIC. Cizikas0.07 xG
2nd 14:37PITV. Puustinen0.16 xG
2nd 19:44NYIK. PalmieriPP0.04 xG
3rd 1:36NYIS. BolducPP0.07 xG
3rd 10:56PITJ. CarterPP0.10 xG
3rd 14:27NYIS. Holmstrom0.10 xG

Team Stats

PITNYI

44Shots on goal32

3.93Expected goals3.34

87Shot attempts58

365v5 shots on goal24

2/2Power play2/3

13Hits8

12Blocked shots26

4Penalty minutes4

14Giveaways10

5Takeaways11

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

PIT 3.93 xGNYI 3.34 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

PIT44 on goal, 4 scored

NYI31 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	0	2	2	3	3	0	-1	0	19:47	2:11
E. Malkin	C	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	18:31	2:11
M. Bunting	LW	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	18:16	2:11
J. Carter	C	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	14:50	1:22
R. Rakell	RW	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	14:26	0:00
V. Puustinen	RW	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	9:53	0:00
B. Rust	RW	0	0	0	4	0	2	-1	2	19:22	0:49
D. O'Connor	LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	17:55	0:00
L. Eller	C	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	12:54	0:00
J. Puljujarvi	RW	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	11:22	0:00
R. Smith	RW	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	11:09	0:00
J. Harkins	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	11:07	0:00
E. Karlsson	D	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	23:16	2:11
K. Letang	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	25:42	0:00
M. Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	0	22:26	0:00
P. Joseph	D	0	0	0	1	1	2	-2	0	21:01	0:00
J. St. Ivany	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	12:42	0:00
R. Shea	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12:41	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. Nedeljkovic	32	27	5	.844	57:34	Loss
T. Jarry	0	0	0	–	0:00

NYI Skaters

Player	Pos	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	PP TOI
B. Nelson	C	1	1	2	3	0	0	+1	0	20:59	3:37
S. Holmstrom	RW	1	1	2	1	1	1	+2	0	15:49	1:28
K. Palmieri	C	1	0	1	7	0	0	+1	0	21:05	3:19
K. MacLean	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	-1	0	18:06	0:00
C. Cizikas	C	1	0	1	3	0	3	+1	0	16:00	0:47
R. Iskhakov	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	14:11	1:29
B. Horvat	C	0	0	0	3	0	1	+1	0	19:55	3:38
O. Wahlstrom	RW	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	16:46	3:23
C. Clutterbuck	RW	0	0	0	2	2	1	-1	0	14:42	0:00
M. Martin	LW	0	0	0	2	1	0	-2	0	14:15	0:00
J. Pageau	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2:36	1:00
S. Bolduc	D	1	1	2	3	1	4	+1	0	19:41	1:41
R. Pulock	D	0	1	1	2	0	3	+2	0	22:02	1:43
M. Reilly	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	-2	0	20:02	3:25
A. Romanov	D	0	1	1	0	1	3	+1	0	19:16	0:00
A. Pelech	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	+1	0	18:51	0:00
R. Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	-1	2	13:12	0:00
S. Aho	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	2	10:28	0:00

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
I. Sorokin	44	40	4	.909	59:53	Win
S. Varlamov	0	0	0	–	0:00