Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 25, 2021

FinalSunday, Apr 25, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	0	0		BOS	10	8	12	30
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	10	11	8	29

: BOS 45PIT 52
: BOS 1.31PIT 2.49
PP goals: BOS 0PIT 0
Hits: BOS 33PIT 33
Blocks: BOS 14PIT 8
PIM: BOS 2PIT 0
: BOS 48%PIT 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Boston Bruins 1–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 1–0 at home. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Coyle–Lazar–DeBrusk skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for BOS: Coyle–Lazar–DeBrusk skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Lazar DeBrusk
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New look for BOS: Wagner–Kuraly–Ritchie skated 5:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Kuraly Ritchie
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Evan Rodrigues (PIT) played 8:13, −6:04 down on his 14:17 season average over 34 games.Rodrigues
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John Marino (PIT) played 15:42, −5:08 down on his 20:50 season average over 51 games.Marino
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Jared McCann (PIT) played 17:54, +3:53 up on his 14:01 season average over 42 games.McCann
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Sean Kuraly (BOS) played 10:12, −3:57 down on his 14:09 season average over 46 games.Kuraly
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Jason Zucker (PIT) played 18:54, +3:18 up on his 15:36 season average over 37 games.Zucker
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Jeff Carter (PIT) played 19:56, +3:26 up on his 16:30 season average over 53 games.Carter

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 97 of 97 attempts · PIT 52 · BOS 45

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 12% of the game, PIT 50%.

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
	52	61
	1.48	2.91
	1.46	2.83
	2	12
	4	6
	19	17
	−0.016	+0.017
	12%	50%

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

L1Krejci – Smith – Hall
15:5038% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
13:2967% CF
L3Coyle – Lazar – DeBrusk
7:0836% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Ritchie
5:1836% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
18:2446% CF
D2Miller – Reilly
17:1145% CF
D3Kampfer – Lauzon
11:5838% CF

PK1FKrejci – Marchand
0:29
PK1DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:29

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Carter – Zucker – McCann
16:3248% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
16:1760% CF
L3Blueger – Kapanen – Aston-Reese
13:0157% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Rodrigues
6:3350% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
21:4954% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
18:2043% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
14:4663% CF

PP1Carter – Letang – Dumoulin – Zucker – McCann
0:29100% CF

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

4:03
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Brian Dumoulin)snap0.11 xG
BOS: Wagner, Miller, Kuraly, Reilly, RitchiePIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
BOS 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Krejci C	L1	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	20:16	—	—	39	40
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0.06	3	2	0	19:27	—	—	38	39
Craig Smith C	L1	0	4	0.43	1	0	0	17:36	—	—	39	39
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	4	0.15	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	68	49
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	3	0.03	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	64	47
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	2	0.07	0	0	2	14:55	—	—	68	46
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	14:37	—	—	46	34
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	2	0.05	3	1	0	14:26	—	—	38	24
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	35	20
Nick Ritchie L	L4	-1	2	0.07	4	0	0	11:49	—	—	36	18
Sean Kuraly C	L4	-1	2	0.01	2	0	0	10:12	—	—	39	23
Chris Wagner R	L4	-1	2	0.02	2	1	0	9:15	—	—	37	22
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	23:47	—	—	49	38
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	19:44	—	—	47	38
Mike Reilly D	D2	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	21:05	—	—	47	36
Kevan Miller D	D2	-1	0	0.00	6	3	0	20:35	—	—	47	38
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	17:04	—	—	43	28
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	38	24

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	29	28	1	.966	2.49	58:10

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Jeff Carter C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	19:56	—	—	53	70
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	2	18:54	—	—	48	64
Jared McCann L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	5	0	17:54	—	—	52	65
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	0	18:58	—	—	59	74
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	2	0	18:39	—	—	66	79
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.32	1	2	18:17	—	—	64	79
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	5	0	15:02	—	—	50	57
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.33	2	0	14:23	—	—	61	61
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	13:58	—	—	52	57
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	1	8:13	—	—	39	65
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	7:57	—	—	42	60
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	7:49	—	—	46	67
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	2	0	24:59	—	—	56	74
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	2	1	24:50	—	—	54	74
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	2	19:50	—	—	48	59
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	19:15	—	—	43	57
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	15:42	—	—	64	67
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	15:24	—	—	63	66

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	1.31	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.