Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 27, 2021

FinalTuesday, Apr 27, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	14	8	9	31
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	11	6	9	26

: BOS 48PIT 52
: BOS 2.49PIT 2.24
PP goals: BOS 0PIT 0
Hits: BOS 50PIT 25
Blocks: BOS 21PIT 7
PIM: BOS 9PIT 7
: BOS 57%PIT 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at PIT. David Krejci (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Coyle–Kuraly–Frederic skated 5:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
David Krejci had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:49.Krejci
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Kuraly–Frederic skated 5:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Kuraly Frederic
Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 27:52, +3:57 up on his 23:55 season average over 50 games.McAvoy
Usage
Nick Ritchie (BOS) played 11:07, −4:20 down on his 15:27 season average over 55 games.Ritchie
Usage
Jared McCann (PIT) played 18:03, +4:02 up on his 14:01 season average over 42 games.McCann
Usage
Connor Clifton (BOS) played 14:57, −3:21 down on his 18:18 season average over 43 games.Clifton
PP1
PIT's PP1 (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and McCann) went scoreless in 3:24 of 5v4 time with 12 attempts.Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel McCann
Cats
Jeremy Lauzon (BOS) threw 6 hits and blocked 4 shots, a night for hits leagues.Lauzon

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 100 of 100 attempts · PIT 52 · BOS 48

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 28%.

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
	54	44
	2.63	1.58
	2.50	1.56
	10	4
	6	2
	13	14
	+0.078	−0.078
	30%	28%

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
13:0675% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
12:2084% CF
L3Coyle – Kuraly – Frederic
5:3613% CF
L4Wagner – Lazar – Ritchie
3:0825% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
16:3065% CF
D2Miller – Reilly
11:5752% CF
D3Clifton – Lauzon
9:4825% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
1:42100% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Hall – Reilly – McAvoy
0:16
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:54
PK2FCoyle – Wagner
1:28
PK1DLauzon – McAvoy
3:30
PK2DMiller – Reilly
0:36

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
14:1632% CF
L2Carter – Zucker – McCann
7:3350% CF
L3Blueger – Kapanen – Aston-Reese
5:3956% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Rodrigues
5:3363% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:2523% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
13:4663% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
11:5786% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
3:24100% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Kapanen – Marino – Rodrigues
2:32
PK1FSceviour – Blueger
0:42
PK2FCarter – Aston-Reese
0:31
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
1:02

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

18:10
BOSDavid Krejci (Charlie McAvoy, Tuukka Rask)backhand0.03 xG
BOS: Krejci, Smith, Hall, Reilly, McAvoyPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, Guentzel
BOS 1 – 0 PIT

3rd period

9:11
BOSBrad Marchand (David Pastrnak, Curtis Lazar)wrist0.06 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Reilly, Pastrnak, McAvoyPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Ceci, Guentzel
BOS 2 – 0 PIT
12:18
BOSTaylor Hall (David Krejci, Mike Reilly)snap0.07 xG
BOS: Krejci, Smith, Hall, Miller, ReillyPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
BOS 3 – 0 PIT
17:39
PITJeff Carter (Kris Letang, Kasperi Kapanen)slap0.11 xG
BOS: Marchand, Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoyPIT: Carter, Letang, Matheson, Kapanen, McCann
BOS 3 – 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 Krejci C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.16	2	0	0	16:49	—	—	73	92
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:29	—	—	74	95
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.22	2	0	0	15:11	—	—	70	85
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.66	2	0	0	20:26	—	—	78	64
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.51	2	1	0	17:57	—	—	81	75
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	1	1	0	6	0.51	2	0	0	16:47	—	—	80	73
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	15:02	—	—	21	58
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	6	0	0	15:00	—	—	18	43
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	10:47	—	—	6	19
Nick Ritchie L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	11:07	—	—	36	56
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	5	0	0	10:35	—	—	7	4
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	10:28	—	—	29	21
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	2	0	27:52	—	—	66	66
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	2	0	22:18	—	—	67	70
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	4	2	17:52	—	—	55	83
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.01	1	1	2	16:44	—	—	54	72
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	4	5	18:45	—	—	23	9
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:57	—	—	31	11

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.24	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:18	—	—	34	23
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.25	3	1	0	21:14	—	—	35	23
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.83	1	1	0	20:38	—	—	33	21
Jeff Carter C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.28	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	59	64
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	50	59
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	50	53
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:03	—	—	59	75
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	5	0	0	14:36	—	—	52	66
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	12:57	—	—	47	64
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	11:12	—	—	50	30
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:51	—	—	55	31
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	8:06	—	—	56	32
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	26:19	—	—	27	25
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:58	—	—	22	27
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	61	64
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	16:29	—	—	52	20
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	78	86
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	14:13	—	—	75	80

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.49	57:58

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.