Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 15, 2021

FinalMonday, Mar 15, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	0	1		BOS	20	13	10	43
PIT	2	1	1	4		PIT	10	8	8	26

: BOS 67PIT 48
: BOS 2.77PIT 3.35
PP goals: BOS 1PIT 1
Hits: BOS 38PIT 26
Blocks: BOS 15PIT 11
PIM: BOS 8PIT 8
: BOS 57%PIT 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Ritchie and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:18 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:25.Crosby
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:02.Malkin
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:43.Guentzel
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Ritchie and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:18 together.Bergeron Marchand Grzelcyk Ritchie Pastrnak
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 5:31 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 43 shots and stopped 42 (.977), +15 against a season average of 28.2; the win.Jarry
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Smith–DeBrusk skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Smith DeBrusk
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Ritchie–Bjork skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Ritchie Bjork

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 115 of 115 attempts · PIT 48 · BOS 67

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 45% of the game, PIT 20%.

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
	64	45
	2.12	2.08
	1.99	1.96
	5	5
	7	6
	14	13
	+0.072	−0.072
	45%	20%

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
9:4081% CF
L2Krejci – Smith – DeBrusk
9:3667% CF
L3Kuraly – Frederic – Kuhlman
6:3045% CF
L4Coyle – Ritchie – Bjork
6:2931% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
11:3675% CF
D2Clifton – Zboril
9:2742% CF
D3Kampfer – Tinordi
6:4450% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
5:1889% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Coyle – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:12100% CF
PK1FCoyle – DeBrusk
1:43
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:22
PK1DTinordi – McAvoy
4:04
PK2DKampfer – Clifton
1:04

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
13:1241% CF
L2Malkin – Kapanen – Rodrigues
10:3647% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
9:0831% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Angello
5:2464% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:4536% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
13:5750% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Pettersson
9:2446% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
5:3160% CF
PP2Matheson – Ceci – Kapanen – Pettersson – Angello
0:46100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
2:25
PK2FRust – Jankowski
2:00
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
4:36
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
1:54

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
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	-2	6	0.43	2	0	0	20:13	—	—	69	55
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	-2	5	0.43	3	0	2	19:45	—	—	70	53
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	1	0	19:16	—	—	79	68
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	67	50
David Krejci C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	62	48
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	5	0	0	13:11	—	—	71	50
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:25	—	—	43	66
Karson Kuhlman C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	10:30	—	—	53	84
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	2	0	9:48	—	—	44	70
Nick Ritchie L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	2	1	0	16:56	—	—	46	38
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	1	0	14:27	—	—	46	36
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:24	—	—	35	31
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	3	2	0	25:03	—	—	65	52
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	1	0	1	-1	8	0.42	2	1	0	21:20	—	—	70	50
Jakub Zboril D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	2	2	21:34	—	—	53	51
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	0	4	14:17	—	—	42	37
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:21	—	—	63	56
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	8	2	0	14:20	—	—	43	43

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.38	59:19

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	+2	3	0.34	0	0	2	22:25	—	—	38	47
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.97	0	0	0	21:43	—	—	40	49
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.13	4	0	2	21:42	—	—	38	47
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.66	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	48	65
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	46	57
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	46	57
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	0	15:01	—	—	37	42
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	14:39	—	—	25	11
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	33	40
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:28	—	—	53	55
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	3	0	0	7:08	—	—	67	67
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	2	0	0	6:12	—	—	54	62
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.39	1	4	0	26:48	—	—	37	47
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	0	0	22:55	—	—	33	39
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	4	1	0	22:15	—	—	47	52
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	2	0	17:46	—	—	52	53
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	2	13:21	—	—	43	52
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:55	—	—	40	53

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	43	42	1	.977	2.77	59:44

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 15, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–1

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