Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 16, 2021

FinalTuesday, Mar 16, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	1	2		BOS	15	13	5	33
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	15	9	11	35

: BOS 59PIT 47
: BOS 2.85PIT 2.11
PP goals: BOS 1PIT 0
Hits: BOS 46PIT 40
Blocks: BOS 8PIT 14
PIM: BOS 8PIT 19
: BOS 58%PIT 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at PIT. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Ritchie and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:21 together.

PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Ritchie and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:21 together.Bergeron Marchand Grzelcyk Ritchie Pastrnak
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 3:43, −14:28 down on his 18:11 season average over 32 games.Malkin
New line
New look for PIT: Kapanen–Rodrigues–Tanev skated 4:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kapanen Rodrigues Tanev
Usage
Brandon Tanev (PIT) played 8:03, −6:35 down on his 14:38 season average over 31 games.Tanev
Goalie
Dan Vladar (BOS) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +5 against a season average of 29.8; the win.Vladar
Usage
Jakub Zboril (BOS) played 12:37, −4:34 down on his 17:11 season average over 41 games.Zboril
Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 30:16, +6:24 up on his 23:52 season average over 50 games.McAvoy
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 22:27, +3:55 up on his 18:32 season average over 47 games.Pastrnak

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 106 of 106 attempts · PIT 47 · BOS 59

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 41% of the game, PIT 33%.

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
	59	41
	2.06	1.40
	2.00	1.34
	7	12
	2	4
	18	17
	+0.080	−0.080
	41%	33%

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
11:4365% CF
L2Kuraly – Frederic – Kuhlman
6:4458% CF
L3Krejci – Smith – DeBrusk
4:3150% CF
L4Coyle – Ritchie – Steen
3:3855% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
10:3965% CF
D2Kampfer – Tinordi
6:0367% CF
D3Clifton – Zboril
5:0750% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
5:21100% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Coyle – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:4450% CF
PK1FKuraly – DeBrusk
2:21
PK2FBergeron – Coyle
1:10
PK1DTinordi – McAvoy
3:01
PK2DKampfer – Clifton
0:57

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
13:3944% CF
L2Kapanen – Rodrigues – Tanev
4:0855% CF
L3Sceviour – Jankowski – Lafferty
3:3450% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
10:0023% CF
D2Ruhwedel – Pettersson
8:2640% CF
D3Matheson – Ceci
6:5050% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – Kapanen
4:20100% CF
PP2Matheson – Kapanen – Pettersson – Angello – Rodrigues
0:41
PK1FSceviour – Rodrigues
2:23
PK2FJankowski – Tanev
2:01
PK1DLetang – Ceci
2:45
PK2DDumoulin – Ruhwedel
1:38

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:20
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Brad Marchand, Matt Grzelcyk)backhand0.14 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Ritchie, PastrnakPIT: Dumoulin, Ceci, Rodrigues, Aston-Reese
BOS 1 – 0 PIT
15:22
PITBrandon Tanev (Evan Rodrigues, Kasperi Kapanen)wrist0.11 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Clifton, Pastrnak, ZborilPIT: Matheson, Kapanen, Pettersson, Rodrigues, Tanev
BOS 1 – 1 PIT

3rd period

7:07
BOSTrent Frederic (Jakub Zboril, Patrice Bergeron)wrist0.05 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Pastrnak, Zboril, McAvoy, FredericPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel, Rodrigues
BOS 2 – 1 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.90	0	0	4	22:27	—	—	66	60
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	3	2	2	21:54	—	—	70	69
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.23	3	0	2	21:06	—	—	62	59
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	4	0	0	13:06	—	—	63	68
Karson Kuhlman C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:12	—	—	57	66
Trent Frederic C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	3	1	0	9:06	—	—	67	72
David Krejci C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	54	73
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	14:59	—	—	52	69
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	13:34	—	—	55	57
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	6	2	0	16:05	—	—	48	28
Nick Ritchie L	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.35	3	0	0	13:51	—	—	55	39
Oskar Steen C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	5	0	0	9:13	—	—	60	57
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	3	1	0	30:16	—	—	60	65
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	23:42	—	—	63	76
Steven Kampfer D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	2	0	15:13	—	—	66	57
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	4	0	0	10:55	—	—	58	51
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	18:59	—	—	44	41
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	63	60

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	2.11	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.18	0	0	0	24:16	—	—	41	47
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.40	2	1	0	22:42	—	—	41	45
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.44	1	1	0	22:10	—	—	38	46
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:24	—	—	43	39
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	3	0	0	17:08	—	—	50	51
Brandon Tanev L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	5	2	15	8:03	—	—	43	53
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	2	0	0	15:01	—	—	36	29
Colton Sceviour C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	13:21	—	—	53	39
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	6	1	0	12:00	—	—	36	36
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	6	2	0	28:11	—	—	31	37
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:43	—	—	30	25
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	13:44	—	—	45	52
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	12:31	—	—	42	55
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	20:57	—	—	50	18
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	18:34	—	—	52	52
Zachary Aston-Reese L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	12:49	—	—	25	13
Anthony Angello C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	4	0	0	8:38	—	—	60	44
Evgeni Malkin C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	3:43	—	—	0	0

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	2.32	58:11

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.