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Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 7, 2018

Final / OT· PPG Paints Arena
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
BOS14005BOS1276025
PIT31116PIT9817135
BOS 53PIT 61
BOS 2.35PIT 4.19
PP goals
BOS 0PIT 2
Hits
BOS 28PIT 36
Blocks
BOS 15PIT 18
PIM
BOS 6PIT 4
BOS 52%PIT 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Boston Bruins 6–5 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 6–5 in overtime at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 4:35 together.

  1. Points
    Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:57.Malkin
  2. Points
    Sidney Crosby had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:38.Crosby
  3. Points
    Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:11.Marchand
  4. Points
    Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:55.Letang
  5. Points
    Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:51.Kessel
  6. PP1
    PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 4:35 together.MalkinCrosbyLetangHornqvistKessel
  7. Luck
    BOS scored 5 goals on 2.35 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  8. Goalie
    Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 35 shots and stopped 29 (.829), +7 against a season average of 28.0; the overtime loss.Rask

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, BOS at PIT: 114 attempts, 60 on goal, 11 goals, 6.54 expected goals; best chance Evgeni Malkin at 0.73 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →
  • PIT
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · PIT 61 · BOS 53

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BOS at PIT: expected goals 4.19 to 2.35 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 53, 11 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdOTPITBOSSOKLMAPBMSMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 62:51
  • PIT
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITBOScontrol2nd3rdOTSpooner · 1st 1:51Oleksiak · 1st 3:53Kessel · 1st 11:04Letang · 1st 13:27Marchand · 2nd 7:18Acciari · 2nd 8:18Pastrnak · 2nd 12:14Backes · 2nd 17:08Malkin · 2nd 19:56Sheahan · 3rd 2:54Malkin · OT 2:51
  • PIT pressure
  • BOS pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 30% of the game, PIT 49%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, BOS at PIT: 39 players over 62:51; most ice Tristan Jarry (37:08) for PIT and Tuukka Rask (62:51) for BOS, 11 goals.

PIT
BOS
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatBOSPIT
5659
2.093.70
1.983.68
1010
56
616
−0.005+0.005
30%49%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:51
    BOS 1 – 0 PIT
  2. 3:53
    BOS 1 – 1 PIT
  3. 11:04
    BOS 1 – 2 PIT
  4. 13:27
    BOS 1 – 3 PIT

2nd period

  1. 7:18
    BOS 2 – 3 PIT
  2. 8:18
    BOS 3 – 3 PIT
  3. 12:14
    BOS 4 – 3 PIT
  4. 17:08
    BOS 5 – 3 PIT
  5. 19:56
    BOS 5 – 4 PIT

3rd period

  1. 2:54
    BOS 5 – 5 PIT

OT period

  1. 2:51
    BOS 5 – 6 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
David Krejci CL1000010.1202018:22——3128
Jake DeBrusk LL1011020.2630016:03——3229
Ryan Spooner CL1101020.0820015:48——3118
Brad Marchand LL2112+140.4500019:11——6469
Patrice Bergeron CL2011+130.4101018:12——6762
David Pastrnak RL2101+110.1010017:53——7170
Riley Nash CL3000+100.1313014:03——5434
Danton Heinen LL3011010.0510213:43——5429
David Backes RL3101+140.1520013:39——5638
Noel Acciari CL4101020.1511013:08——4037
Sean Kuraly CL4000000.0350012:30——5644
Tim Schaller LL4000-100.0051012:13——5634
Zdeno Chara DD1011+200.0931026:44——5961
Charlie McAvoy DD1000+320.2211224:08——5149
Kevan Miller DD2011000.0403018:49——5047
Matt Grzelcyk DD2000-210.0200216:03——4231
Torey Krug DD3000+110.0122017:06——4219
Brandon Carlo DD3011-110.0410016:23——4520
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Tuukka Rask(start)O35296.8294.1962:51

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1033-120.1401022:38——5057
Daniel Sprong RL1000-110.0932015:12——4441
Dominik Simon CL1000010.0630015:10——4653
Evgeni Malkin CL2213051.3710020:57——3963
Patric Hornqvist RL2011-110.2222018:36——4667
Carl Hagelin LL2011-120.1230017:03——5249
Phil Kessel RL3112030.2300018:51——5272
Jake Guentzel CL3000-140.9031013:38——5662
Conor Sheary LL3000-120.0901011:55——4253
Riley Sheahan CL4101010.0720014:04——6280
Tom Kuhnhackl RL4000+130.3751011:42——7086
Ryan Reaves RL4000+100.005006:39——7185
Kris Letang DD1112+140.1600223:55——5477
Brian Dumoulin DD1000000.0322019:13——4666
Jamie Oleksiak DD2101-110.0431218:33——5253
Matt Hunwick DD2011-110.0323018:21——5448
Justin Schultz DD3000-130.2601019:28——5267
Olli Maatta DD3000-110.0323018:46——4940
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Tristan Jarry(start)—19145.7371.8137:08
Matt MurrayW660.10000.5425:35