Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 19, 2020

FinalSunday, Jan 19, 2020· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	3	0	0	3		BOS	14	10	14	38
PIT	1	1	2	4		PIT	6	12	4	22

: BOS 78PIT 40
: BOS 3.79PIT 1.83
PP goals: BOS 0PIT 0
Hits: BOS 28PIT 37
Blocks: BOS 7PIT 22
PIM: BOS 6PIT 6
: BOS 58%PIT 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Boston Bruins 4–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–3 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–McCann skated 8:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:44.Pastrnak
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:27.Crosby
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–McCann skated 8:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rust McCann
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +10 against a season average of 27.8; the win.Murray
Luck
PIT scored 4 goals on 1.83 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jack Johnson (PIT) played 24:10, +4:47 up on his 19:23 season average over 66 games.Johnson
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Hornqvist–Simon skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Hornqvist Simon
Usage
Dominik Kahun (PIT) played 6:17, −7:08 down on his 13:25 season average over 55 games.Kahun

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 118 of 118 attempts · PIT 40 · BOS 78

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 56% 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

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
	76	42
	3.39	1.79
	3.23	1.68
	10	8
	6	8
	16	8
	+0.055	−0.055
	56%	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

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
12:0181% CF
L2Coyle – Bjork – DeBrusk
11:3078% CF
L3Heinen – Kuhlman – Lindholm
10:1256% CF
L4Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly
8:4131% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
13:2958% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
10:4870% CF
D3Moore – Grzelcyk
7:3153% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
2:4586% CF
PP2Coyle – Grzelcyk – Heinen – Bjork – McAvoy
1:09100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Nordstrom
0:54
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:51
PK1DChara – Carlo
1:45

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
12:4129% CF
L2Malkin – Rust – McCann
8:3354% CF
L3Crosby – Hornqvist – Simon
6:0670% CF
L4Agozzino – Galchenyuk – Kahun
0:00
D1Johnson – Letang
19:4633% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
17:5839% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Riikola
11:2233% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Rust – Riikola
1:5450% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Johnson – Letang – Rust
0:49
PK1FTanev – Aston-Reese
1:20
PK2FRust – McCann
0:36
PK1DPettersson – Marino
1:57
PK2DJohnson – Letang
0:59

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
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.37	0	0	0	20:44	—	—	71	54
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	0	0	2	19:22	—	—	73	56
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.17	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	70	56
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.70	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	76	76
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.21	3	0	0	16:11	—	—	72	82
Anders Bjork L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	4	0	0	14:45	—	—	73	87
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	13:20	—	—	64	78
Par Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:58	—	—	62	70
Karson Kuhlman C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	59	74
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	0	0	12:10	—	—	48	33
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	3	2	0	11:19	—	—	33	46
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	7	0	2	11:07	—	—	50	42
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.68	1	0	0	26:52	—	—	65	63
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	19:53	—	—	63	72
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	1	1	+3	4	0.16	1	3	0	21:13	—	—	71	64
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.16	1	0	0	20:37	—	—	62	47
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	2	18:08	—	—	72	86
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	48	73

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	1.83	58:30

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Teddy Blueger C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.43	1	0	2	17:32	—	—	29	37
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	16:00	—	—	33	54
Brandon Tanev L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	5	3	0	15:53	—	—	28	46
Bryan Rust R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	23:30	—	—	38	37
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	21:35	—	—	42	57
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.32	1	1	0	14:47	—	—	36	30
Sidney Crosby C	L3	0	2	2	0	1	0.18	4	0	0	18:27	—	—	36	26
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.30	3	0	0	17:11	—	—	43	31
Dominik Simon C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	11:59	—	—	33	15
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	35	35
Dominik Kahun C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:17	—	—	38	8
Andrew Agozzino L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:09	—	—	43	91
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	4	4	24:12	—	—	35	30
Jack Johnson D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	3	3	0	24:10	—	—	34	31
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:43	—	—	36	30
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	7	0	20:59	—	—	40	42
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	4	1	0	13:23	—	—	38	48
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	12:59	—	—	32	30

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	3.79	60:00

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 PenguinsJan 19, 2020

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Boston Bruins 4–3

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