Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 1, 2025

FinalSaturday, Mar 1, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	0	1	3		BOS	12	8	6	26
PIT	0	0	2	2		PIT	11	5	17	33

: BOS 44PIT 70
: BOS 2.75PIT 2.86
PP goals: BOS 1PIT 0
Hits: BOS 18PIT 27
Blocks: BOS 21PIT 7
PIM: BOS 16PIT 6
: BOS 37%PIT 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at PIT. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, Geekie and Lohrei) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:31 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:16.Pastrnak
Points
Pavel Zacha had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:23.Zacha
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, Geekie and Lohrei) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:31 together.Lindholm Pastrnak Zacha Geekie Lohrei
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 2:18, −16:15 down on his 18:33 season average over 70 games.Marchand
Usage
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 3:35, −11:56 down on his 15:31 season average over 46 games.Joseph
New line
New look for BOS: Viel–Kastelic–Beecher skated 4:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Viel Kastelic Beecher
Usage
Kevin Hayes (PIT) played 17:36, +5:38 up on his 11:58 season average over 63 games.Hayes
Usage
Charlie Coyle (BOS) played 21:41, +4:45 up on his 16:56 season average over 82 games.Coyle

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 114 of 114 attempts · PIT 70 · BOS 44

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 24% of the game, PIT 41%.

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
	40	59
	1.45	1.31
	1.42	1.24
	6	7
	5	5
	31	20
	−0.074	+0.074
	24%	41%

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

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
7:4818% CF
L2Viel – Kastelic – Beecher
4:18100% CF
L3Coyle – Lindholm – Merkulov
3:1780% CF
D1Zadorov – Carlo
16:4138% CF
D2Peeke – Lohrei
12:3744% CF
D3Wotherspoon – Mitchell
7:0244% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Lohrei
2:3167% CF
PP2Coyle – Wotherspoon – Mitchell – Poitras – Merkulov
0:40
PK1FLindholm – Zacha
2:34
PK2FCoyle – Beecher
1:35
PK1DZadorov – Carlo
2:51
PK2DWotherspoon – Peeke
2:24

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
12:3167% CF
L2Malkin – Beauvillier – Glass
8:2843% CF
L3Hayes – Heinen – Tomasino
5:4846% CF
L4Acciari – Bemstrom – Lizotte
4:4971% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
11:0165% CF
D2Shea – Desharnais
5:1878% CF
D3Letang – Joseph
2:12100% CF

PP1Crosby – Hayes – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk
3:4150% CF
PP2Malkin – Letang – Karlsson – Heinen – Tomasino
2:07100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Glass
0:52
PK2FHayes – Beauvillier
0:39
PK1DLetang – Shea
1:07
PK2DGrzelcyk – Desharnais
0:48

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:32
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Pavel Zacha, Morgan Geekie)wrist0.22 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Peeke, Geekie, LohreiPIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Grzelcyk, Beauvillier, Glass
BOS 1 – 0 PIT
6:33
BOSMason LohreiPP (Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak)snap0.12 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, Geekie, LohreiPIT: Rust, Acciari, Shea, Desharnais
BOS 2 – 0 PIT

3rd period

14:01
PITAnthony BeauvillierSH (Kevin Hayes)wrist0.29 xG
BOS: Coyle, Pastrnak, Wotherspoon, Mitchell, PoitrasPIT: Hayes, Beauvillier, Shea, Desharnais
BOS 2 – 1 PIT
19:19
BOSCharlie CoyleEN (Nikita Zadorov)wrist0.51 xG
BOS: Coyle, Zadorov, Carlo, BeecherPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Hayes, Rust, Rakell
BOS 3 – 1 PIT
19:38
PITRickard Rakell (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.08 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Zacha, CarloPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Hayes, Rust, Rakell
BOS 3 – 2 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
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:23	—	—	13	31
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.75	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	32	41
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	22	38
John Beecher C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	13:42	—	—	67	92
Mark Kastelic C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	1	4	10:55	—	—	63	74
Jeffrey Viel L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	2	6:28	—	—	65	67
Charlie Coyle C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.61	1	1	2	21:41	—	—	37	51
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	2	0	20:18	—	—	40	44
Georgii Merkulov C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	4	0	11:54	—	—	38	55
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	25:27	—	—	39	49
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	2	24:19	—	—	40	47
Mason Lohrei D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	1	1	0	21:43	—	—	36	46
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	2	0	18:14	—	—	47	64
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	16:23	—	—	43	71
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:42	—	—	43	62
Cole Koepke L	—	0	0	0	0	5	0.32	5	1	4	13:02	—	—	50	82
Matthew Poitras C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	50	62
Brad Marchand L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:18	—	—	0	0

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.86	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.66	0	0	0	23:17	—	—	64	56
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.53	0	0	0	22:09	—	—	64	56
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	0	0	2	21:34	—	—	64	56
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	1	2	19:33	—	—	52	38
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	50	37
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	6	0	0	14:09	—	—	52	37
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.22	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	53	20
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:59	—	—	57	32
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:45	—	—	50	16
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	9:45	—	—	80	100
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	2	9:43	—	—	75	99
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	8:58	—	—	83	100
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	0	29:07	—	—	68	58
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	24:10	—	—	64	40
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	2	0	19:22	—	—	67	57
Vincent Desharnais D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	5	1	0	12:34	—	—	38	38
Kris Letang D	D3	0	0	0	0	7	0.32	3	1	0	22:50	—	—	55	44
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:35	—	—	100	100

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.24	57:54

Goal anatomy

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

David Pastrnak (BOS) 1st 1:32 · assists Pavel Zacha, Morgan Geekie · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 17.6 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

David Pastrnak · 1st 1:32 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 17.6 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Mason Lohrei · 1st 6:33 · BOS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 68.1 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Anthony Beauvillier · 3rd 14:01 · PIT SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 74.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Charlie Coyle · 3rd 19:19 · BOS EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.0 mph
Distance: 111 ft

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Rickard Rakell · 3rd 19:38 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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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.