Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 13, 2024

FinalSaturday, Apr 13, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	4	2	6		BOS	7	12	12	31
PIT	0	2	2	4		PIT	13	8	11	32

: BOS 67PIT 69
: BOS 6.75PIT 2.90
PP goals: BOS 0PIT 1
Hits: BOS 29PIT 17
Blocks: BOS 21PIT 15
PIM: BOS 4PIT 6
: BOS 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 at PIT. Pavel Zacha (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Bunting) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:41 together.

Points
Drew O'Connor had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:27.O'Connor
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:04.Malkin
Points
Michael Bunting had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:55.Bunting
Points
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:21.Zacha
Points
Charlie Coyle had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:21.Coyle
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:59.Pastrnak
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Bunting) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:41 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Rust Bunting
New line
New look for BOS: Frederic–Geekie–Beecher skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frederic Geekie Beecher

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 136 of 136 attempts · PIT 69 · 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 43% of the game, PIT 23%.

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
	61	70
	4.84	2.24
	4.54	2.13
	20	11
	7	2
	16	23
	−0.016	+0.016
	43%	23%

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

L1Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk
10:3443% CF
L2Pastrnak – Heinen – Zacha
10:0163% CF
L3Frederic – Geekie – Beecher
5:570% CF
L4Maroon – Boqvist – Lauko
5:0446% CF
D1Lindholm – Carlo
12:0253% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
9:3157% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Peeke
8:5150% CF

PP1Marchand – Pastrnak – Zacha – DeBrusk – McAvoy
3:4086% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Maroon – Coyle – Heinen – Geekie
1:5250% CF
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
1:09
PK2FHeinen – Zacha
1:08
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
2:03
PK2DMcAvoy – Peeke
1:08

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – O'Connor
12:1744% CF
L2Malkin – Rakell – Bunting
11:0659% CF
L3Eller – Smith – Puustinen
8:1588% CF
L4Carter – Bemstrom – Zohorna
3:3957% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
15:5055% CF
D2Letang – Joseph
14:5159% CF
D3Shea – St. Ivany
7:3950% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Bunting
1:4167% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Smith – Rakell
1:31100% CF
PK1FEller – O'Connor
2:55
PK2FCarter – Rust
2:46
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:18
PK2DShea – St. Ivany
1:24

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:08
BOSJake DeBrusk (Andrew Peeke, Charlie Coyle)wrist0.58 xG
BOS: Marchand, Shattenkirk, Coyle, DeBrusk, PeekePIT: Eller, Karlsson, Smith, Rakell, Pettersson
BOS 1 – 0 PIT
8:22
BOSPavel Zacha (Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.30 xG
BOS: Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Heinen, Zacha, McAvoyPIT: Malkin, Letang, Rakell, Bunting, Joseph
BOS 2 – 0 PIT
10:27
PITBryan Rust (Drew O'Connor, Sidney Crosby)tip-in0.08 xG
BOS: Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Heinen, Zacha, McAvoyPIT: Crosby, Rust, Pettersson, Joseph, O'Connor
BOS 2 – 1 PIT
11:35
BOSKevin Shattenkirk (David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha)snap0.04 xG
BOS: Shattenkirk, Pastrnak, Heinen, Zacha, PeekePIT: Carter, Eller, Karlsson, Smith, Pettersson
BOS 3 – 1 PIT
14:54
BOSBrad MarchandSH (Charlie Coyle)wrist0.21 xG
BOS: Marchand, Coyle, Lindholm, CarloPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Bunting
BOS 4 – 1 PIT
15:52
PITMichael BuntingPP (Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson)tip-in0.36 xG
BOS: Zacha, DeBrusk, McAvoy, PeekePIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Bunting
BOS 4 – 2 PIT

3rd period

4:32
PITDrew O'ConnorSH (Lars Eller)wrist0.25 xG
BOS: Marchand, Pastrnak, Zacha, DeBrusk, McAvoyPIT: Letang, Eller, Shea, O'Connor
BOS 4 – 3 PIT
14:10
BOSMorgan Geekie (Jakub Lauko, Trent Frederic)wrist0.19 xG
BOS: Grzelcyk, McAvoy, Frederic, Geekie, LaukoPIT: Carter, Letang, Eller, Smith, Shea
BOS 5 – 3 PIT
17:13
BOSDanton HeinenEN (David Pastrnak)wrist0.71 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Heinen, Zacha, CarloPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Karlsson, Rust, Bunting
BOS 6 – 3 PIT
18:39
PITEvgeni Malkin (Michael Bunting, Rickard Rakell)snap0.32 xG
BOS: Shattenkirk, Frederic, Peeke, Geekie, BeecherPIT: Malkin, Rakell, Pettersson, Bunting, Joseph
BOS 6 – 4 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
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.90	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	50	76
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	1.48	2	0	0	17:57	—	—	45	76
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.06	1	3	0	16:21	—	—	47	80
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.88	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	63	73
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.79	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	61	64
Danton Heinen L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.76	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	64	68
Morgan Geekie C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	4	0	2	14:11	—	—	15	29
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:32	—	—	25	38
John Beecher C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.25	2	0	0	12:03	—	—	21	23
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	2	13:42	—	—	45	75
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	5	0	0	13:16	—	—	33	78
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.81	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	56	94
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:46	—	—	44	57
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	4	0	21:02	—	—	49	65
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	3	5	0	21:57	—	—	43	71
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	3	0	17:27	—	—	45	71
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	3	2	0	17:03	—	—	48	73
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	52	72

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	32	28	4	.875	2.90	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	-1	7	0.66	0	1	0	21:40	—	—	48	39
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	4	0	0	19:48	—	—	42	35
Drew O'Connor L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.36	1	2	0	18:27	—	—	44	40
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	1	2	-2	1	0.36	0	2	2	18:04	—	—	55	30
Michael Bunting L	L2	1	1	2	-2	2	0.45	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	60	30
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	54	23
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:08	—	—	65	29
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.21	1	0	0	16:41	—	—	59	30
Valtteri Puustinen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	10:47	—	—	82	85
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.25	1	0	0	12:46	—	—	36	9
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:35	—	—	44	17
Radim Zohorna L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	5:26	—	—	50	13
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	-4	5	0.15	1	1	2	23:52	—	—	50	31
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	22:51	—	—	56	46
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	2	3	0	25:10	—	—	54	22
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	0	0	19:21	—	—	59	42
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:21	—	—	47	14
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	50	13

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	—	16	13	3	.813	3.03	31:35
Tristan Jarry	L	14	12	2	.857	2.13	26:27

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jake DeBrusk (BOS) 2nd 8:08 · assists Andrew Peeke, Charlie Coyle · Rebound · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 11.2 mph shot · 7.3 s from entry to goal.

Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 8:08 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 11.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s
Type: rebound

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Pavel Zacha · 2nd 8:22 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.1 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: rebound

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Bryan Rust · 2nd 10:27 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Kevin Shattenkirk · 2nd 11:35 · BOS

Play: cycle
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 68.6 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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Brad Marchand · 2nd 14:54 · BOS SH

Play: cycle
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Michael Bunting · 2nd 15:52 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Drew O'Connor · 3rd 4:32 · PIT SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Morgan Geekie · 3rd 14:10 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Danton Heinen · 3rd 17:13 · BOS EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.4 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 18:39 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 43.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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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.