Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 14, 2018
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | BOS | 11 | 18 | 22 | 51 | |
| PIT | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | PIT | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
- BOS 81PIT 37
- BOS 4.86PIT 3.09
- PP goals
- BOS 0PIT 0
- Hits
- BOS 35PIT 52
- Blocks
- BOS 7PIT 15
- PIM
- BOS 2PIT 4
- BOS 61%PIT 39%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 5–3
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 5–3 at home. Zachary Aston-Reese (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 51 shots and stopped 48 (.941), +22 against a season average of 29.4; the win.
- PointsZachary Aston-Reese had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:13.Aston-Reese
- PointsChris Wagner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 12:42.Wagner
- PointsSean Kuraly had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:03.Kuraly
- PointsSidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:05.Crosby
- GoalieCasey DeSmith (PIT) faced 51 shots and stopped 48 (.941), +22 against a season average of 29.4; the win.DeSmith
- New lineNew look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Aston-Reese skated 11:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MalkinKesselAston-Reese
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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: 118 attempts, 79 on goal, 8 goals, 7.95 expected goals; best chance Zachary Aston-Reese at 0.89 xG.
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- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
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Showing 118 of 118 attempts · PIT 37 · BOS 81
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 3.09 to 4.86 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 37 to 81, 8 goals.
- PIT
- BOS
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 40% of the game, PIT 11%.
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: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Casey DeSmith (60:00) for PIT and Jaroslav Halak (58:35) for BOS, 8 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | BOS | PIT |
|---|---|---|
| 77 | 38 | |
| 4.93 | 2.11 | |
| 4.85 | 2.06 | |
| 25 | 11 | |
| 8 | 2 | |
| 14 | 12 | |
| +0.115 | −0.115 | |
| 40% | 11% |
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
- 14:5165% CF
- 11:1786% CF
- 10:2944% CF
- L4Donato – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson8:1271% CF
- 15:5264% CF
- 14:4979% CF
- 9:0857% CF
- 2:20100% CF
- PP2Krejci – Marchand – Krug – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson1:13100% CF
- 0:34
- 0:33
- 1:08
- 0:33
Pittsburgh Penguins
- L1Malkin – Kessel – Aston-Reese11:3838% CF
- 11:3640% CF
- 7:0530% CF
- 6:5130% CF
- 15:5238% CF
- 15:0323% CF
- D3Johnson – Pettersson14:1037% CF
- 1:16100% CF
- PP2Brassard – Rust – Pearson – Maatta – Pettersson0:32100% CF
- 1:46
- PK2FSheahan – Aston-Reese1:11
- 2:08
- 1:45
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 17:48BOS 0 – 1 PIT
2nd period
- 1:56BOS: Backes, Kampfer, Nordstrom, Krug, CavePIT: Malkin, Johnson, Kessel, Pettersson, Aston-ReeseBOS 0 – 2 PIT
- 11:53BOS 1 – 2 PIT
- 19:01BOS: Krejci, Krug, Heinen, Forsbacka Karlsson, McAvoyPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Aston-ReeseBOS 1 – 3 PIT
3rd period
- 7:08BOS 2 – 3 PIT
- 8:02BOS 3 – 3 PIT
- 10:47BOS 3 – 4 PIT
- 19:54BOS 3 – 5 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Marchand L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:50 | — | — | 68 | 77 |
| David Pastrnak R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:07 | — | — | 60 | 69 |
| David Krejci C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 0.46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:21 | — | — | 70 | 76 |
| Noel Acciari C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 | — | — | 86 | 87 |
| Chris Wagner R | L2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 9 | 1.33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 | — | — | 87 | 88 |
| Sean Kuraly C | L2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0.01 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 | — | — | 86 | 87 |
| David Backes R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0.19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16:08 | — | — | 50 | 21 |
| Colby Cave C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 | — | — | 46 | 18 |
| Joakim Nordstrom C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:10 | — | — | 54 | 57 |
| Ryan Donato C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 | — | — | 65 | 66 |
| Danton Heinen L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 | — | — | 67 | 72 |
| Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0.94 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:16 | — | — | 71 | 89 |
| Charlie McAvoy D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23:09 | — | — | 60 | 60 |
| Matt Grzelcyk D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:54 | — | — | 63 | 68 |
| Torey Krug D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:38 | — | — | 75 | 74 |
| Brandon Carlo D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21:02 | — | — | 77 | 85 |
| John Moore D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:40 | — | — | 59 | 63 |
| Steven Kampfer D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:04 | — | — | 60 | 66 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaroslav Halak(start) | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 2.20 | 58:35 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeni Malkin C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:24 | — | — | 39 | 43 |
| Phil Kessel R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 | — | — | 39 | 47 |
| Zachary Aston-Reese L | L1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 1.21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14:13 | — | — | 36 | 47 |
| Bryan Rust R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.58 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21:52 | — | — | 33 | 29 |
| Jake Guentzel C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21:28 | — | — | 34 | 37 |
| Sidney Crosby C | L2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0.16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21:05 | — | — | 36 | 37 |
| Matt Cullen C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:02 | — | — | 31 | 32 |
| Derek Grant C | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:11 | — | — | 36 | 24 |
| Garrett Wilson L | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8:17 | — | — | 30 | 23 |
| Riley Sheahan C | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0.01 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 | — | — | 30 | 22 |
| Derick Brassard C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 | — | — | 24 | 18 |
| Tanner Pearson L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 | — | — | 29 | 17 |
| Brian Dumoulin D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:25 | — | — | 40 | 44 |
| Kris Letang D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 21:33 | — | — | 43 | 46 |
| Olli Maatta D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:10 | — | — | 26 | 29 |
| Jamie Oleksiak D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18:46 | — | — | 23 | 17 |
| Jack Johnson D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20:28 | — | — | 33 | 33 |
| Marcus Pettersson D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 | — | — | 36 | 26 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey DeSmith(start) | W | 51 | 48 | 3 | .941 | 4.86 | 60:00 |