Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 10, 2019

FinalSunday, Mar 10, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	1	2		BOS	8	14	19	41
PIT	2	1	1	4		PIT	15	8	14	37

: BOS 65PIT 63
: BOS 3.89PIT 5.57
PP goals: BOS 1PIT 1
Hits: BOS 20PIT 28
Blocks: BOS 16PIT 16
PIM: BOS 8PIT 10
: BOS 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at home. Jared McCann (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug and Heinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:52 together.

Points
Jared McCann had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:04.McCann
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:27.Guentzel
Points
Danton Heinen had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:14.Heinen
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug and Heinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:52 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Krug Heinen
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 5:57, −13:23 down on his 19:20 season average over 65 games.Grzelcyk
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +9 against a season average of 31.9; the win.Murray
Usage
Dominik Simon (PIT) played 7:37, −5:47 down on his 13:24 season average over 70 games.Simon
Goalie
Jaroslav Halak (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +7 against a season average of 28.9; the loss.Halak

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 128 of 128 attempts · PIT 63 · BOS 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	BOS	PIT
	47	61
	1.99	4.02
	1.92	3.87
	1	14
	7	4
	18	19
	+0.009	−0.009
	30%	46%

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

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Heinen
7:3629% CF
L2Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari
6:3446% CF
L3Backes – Coyle – Cehlarik
6:3355% CF
L4Stempniak – Krejci – Nordstrom
3:1260% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
7:2336% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
7:1440% CF
D3Moore – Grzelcyk
1:2820% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Krug – Heinen
5:5293% CF
PP2Backes – Coyle – Grzelcyk – Cehlarik – McAvoy
1:20100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Acciari
2:28
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:59
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:21
PK2DMoore – McAvoy
1:18

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Guentzel – McCann
8:3157% CF
L2Cullen – Wilson – Blueger
5:0245% CF
L3Hornqvist – Bjugstad – Simon
4:4179% CF
L4Malkin – Kessel – Aston-Reese
3:48100% CF
D1Johnson – Schultz
12:1263% CF
D2Dumoulin – Trotman
12:1156% CF
D3Gudbranson – Pettersson
10:1650% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
4:08100% CF
PP2Bjugstad – Trotman – Guentzel – McCann – Pettersson
1:34100% CF
PK1FCullen – Aston-Reese
2:51
PK2FBlueger – McCann
1:30
PK1DJohnson – Dumoulin
4:53
PK2DGudbranson – Pettersson
2:33

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.29	0	2	2	20:22	—	—	29	17
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	-3	5	0.66	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	26	15
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	2	2	0	5	1.04	2	2	0	17:14	—	—	27	16
Chris Wagner R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	15:52	—	—	40	25
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:11	—	—	37	25
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	48	37
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	0	3	0	14:16	—	—	55	54
Peter Cehlarik L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.69	0	1	0	14:09	—	—	55	55
David Backes R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	0	0	13:13	—	—	55	54
David Krejci C	L4	1	0	1	-3	2	0.22	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	50	53
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:10	—	—	33	11
Lee Stempniak R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:52	—	—	50	32
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.14	1	1	0	23:17	—	—	36	21
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.06	1	3	2	21:56	—	—	44	17
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	2	0	24:48	—	—	41	41
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	3	1	0	19:09	—	—	47	24
John Moore D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.12	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	50	62
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	5:57	—	—	38	25

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	4.04	56:26

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.47	1	0	0	21:48	—	—	59	79
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.91	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	57	80
Jared McCann L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.98	1	3	2	17:04	—	—	46	70
Matt Cullen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.83	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	44	31
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	4	1	0	15:29	—	—	62	66
Garrett Wilson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	7:27	—	—	50	74
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.24	2	0	0	14:36	—	—	55	48
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.60	1	1	0	12:23	—	—	62	57
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	7:37	—	—	71	76
Evgeni Malkin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	0	0	2	18:24	—	—	57	66
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.56	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	62	72
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:25	—	—	75	100
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	2	3	2	20:15	—	—	60	67
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	5	2	0	18:40	—	—	64	68
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	2	0	23:13	—	—	55	78
Zach Trotman D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	0	4	16:43	—	—	54	79
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.02	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	48	53
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	4	3	0	18:09	—	—	58	61

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	41	39	2	.951	3.89	59:53

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 10, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Pittsburgh Penguins