Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 21, 2022

FinalThursday, Apr 21, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	0	0		BOS	11	19	22	52
PIT	1	2	1	4		PIT	13	12	7	32

: BOS 78PIT 55
: BOS 2.94PIT 3.80
PP goals: BOS 0PIT 0
Hits: BOS 36PIT 26
Blocks: BOS 8PIT 14
PIM: BOS 2PIT 4
: BOS 52%PIT 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Boston Bruins 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–0 at home. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 52 shots and stopped 52 (.1000), +22 against a season average of 29.6; the win.

Points
Jake Guentzel had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:29.Guentzel
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 52 shots and stopped 52 (.1000), +22 against a season average of 29.6; the win.DeSmith
Luck
BOS scored 0 goals on 2.94 expected goals (78 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jeff Carter (PIT) played 13:34, −4:10 down on his 17:44 season average over 75 games.Carter
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (PIT) played 10:23, −5:31 down on his 15:54 season average over 81 games.Rodrigues
Usage
Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) played 9:56, −4:39 down on his 14:35 season average over 78 games.Kapanen
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 18:52, +3:53 up on his 14:59 season average over 76 games.DeBrusk
Usage
Curtis Lazar (BOS) played 15:30, +3:33 up on his 11:57 season average over 69 games.Lazar

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 133 of 133 attempts · PIT 55 · 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 33% of the game, PIT 34%.

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
	78	52
	2.38	2.63
	2.26	2.49
	11	10
	7	4
	17	17
	−0.018	+0.018
	33%	34%

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 – DeBrusk
12:4269% CF
L2Smith – Coyle – Frederic
6:5646% CF
L3Haula – Hall – Lazar
6:3071% CF
L4Foligno – Nosek – McLaughlin
4:5920% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
15:5458% CF
D2Reilly – Carlo
13:2852% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
9:4268% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:4188% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Coyle – Reilly – Grzelcyk
1:1480% CF
PK1FLazar – Nosek
1:45
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:14
PK1DForbort – McAvoy
1:59

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
13:1759% CF
L2Blueger – McGinn – Heinen
11:1353% CF
L3Carter – Zucker – Rust
10:0417% CF
L4Boyle – Kapanen – Rodrigues
8:0429% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:2134% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
15:2345% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
13:0142% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Rakell – Guentzel
2:00100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
2:39
PK2FBoyle – Rust
1:09
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
2:39
PK2DLetang – Matheson
0:38

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	-2	8	0.71	2	0	0	19:38	—	—	69	74
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	-2	5	0.19	5	0	0	18:52	—	—	70	73
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	-2	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	69	72
Craig Smith C	L2	-2	3	0.48	2	1	0	15:58	—	—	42	27
Charlie Coyle C	L2	-3	1	0.21	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	65	55
Trent Frederic C	L2	-2	4	0.10	3	0	0	11:39	—	—	59	39
Erik Haula L	L3	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	61	37
Taylor Hall L	L3	-1	2	0.07	0	0	2	17:02	—	—	59	38
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	2	0.27	4	0	0	15:30	—	—	72	51
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	3	0.07	3	0	0	13:06	—	—	44	24
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	3	0.16	3	0	0	11:48	—	—	54	38
Marc McLaughlin C	L4	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:22	—	—	50	26
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	-1	4	0.10	3	1	0	24:40	—	—	62	63
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	-2	2	0.04	1	2	0	20:57	—	—	52	49
Mike Reilly D	D2	-2	2	0.06	0	0	0	21:03	—	—	61	36
Brandon Carlo D	D2	-2	2	0.02	3	0	0	18:38	—	—	50	27
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	4	0.11	3	3	0	17:23	—	—	68	65
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	3	0.07	3	1	0	13:38	—	—	70	68

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	3.52	58:37

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.26	2	0	0	19:58	—	—	56	59
Jake Guentzel C	L1	3	0	3	+3	5	1.14	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	56	64
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.37	1	0	0	18:35	—	—	58	69
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:47	—	—	48	53
Brock McGinn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:26	—	—	44	53
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	1	0	0	12:57	—	—	48	54
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.78	1	1	0	16:10	—	—	18	41
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:34	—	—	20	35
Jason Zucker L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	20	36
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	2	0	0	10:31	—	—	29	68
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	10:23	—	—	28	66
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	1	0	9:56	—	—	35	73
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	2	0	24:17	—	—	40	45
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	5	1	0	22:59	—	—	31	37
John Marino D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.05	2	3	0	20:10	—	—	44	66
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	1	2	17:38	—	—	43	59
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.32	1	2	0	18:27	—	—	40	58
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:00	—	—	42	62

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	52	52	0	.1000	2.94	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 PenguinsApr 21, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Boston Bruins 4–0

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