Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 13, 2025

FinalSunday, Apr 13, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	2	1	4		BOS	13	13	6	32
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	6	9	9	24

: BOS 60PIT 48
: BOS 3.84PIT 2.23
PP goals: BOS 1PIT 1
Hits: BOS 15PIT 27
Blocks: BOS 9PIT 11
PIM: BOS 8PIT 8
: BOS 51%PIT 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at PIT. Elias Lindholm (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Lettieri–Mittelstadt–Koepke skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:09.Lindholm
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:16.Pastrnak
Points
Pavel Zacha had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:19.Zacha
New line
New look for BOS: Lettieri–Mittelstadt–Koepke skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lettieri Mittelstadt Koepke
New line
New look for BOS: Zacha–Lauko–Lysell skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zacha Lauko Lysell
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 17:21, −6:16 down on his 23:37 season average over 73 games.Letang
Usage
Conor Timmins (PIT) played 22:49, +5:59 up on his 16:50 season average over 67 games.Timmins
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BOS) played 20:59, +3:13 up on his 17:46 season average over 59 games.Jokiharju

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 108 of 108 attempts · PIT 48 · BOS 60

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 42% of the game, PIT 32%.

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
	53	44
	2.61	1.58
	2.31	1.55
	13	5
	2	7
	35	26
	+0.027	−0.027
	42%	32%

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

L1Lettieri – Mittelstadt – Koepke
9:3167% CF
L2Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie
8:5633% CF
L3Khusnutdinov – Duran – Minten
7:0775% CF
L4Zacha – Lauko – Lysell
6:4850% CF
D1Zadorov – Jokiharju
14:5948% CF
D2Wotherspoon – Mitchell
12:1848% CF
D3Peeke – Lohrei
11:4062% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie – Mittelstadt – Lohrei
3:3183% CF
PP2Zacha – Lettieri – Jokiharju – Khusnutdinov – Lysell
1:17100% CF
PK1FZacha – Minten
1:48
PK2FLauko – Khusnutdinov
0:52
PK1DWotherspoon – Peeke
2:54
PK2DJokiharju – Lohrei
0:37

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Rakell – Heinen
9:0727% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Koivunen
8:3369% CF
L3Koppanen – Tomasino – Ponomarev
3:16100% CF
L4Hayes – Dewar – Puustinen
2:56100% CF
D1Karlsson – Timmins
8:5729% CF
D2Letang – Grzelcyk
8:0931% CF
D3Graves – Shea
6:0075% CF

PP1Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Koivunen
4:0375% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Karlsson – Hayes
0:54
PK1FKoppanen – Dewar
1:24
PK2FHeinen – Ponomarev
1:15
PK1DKarlsson – Grzelcyk
2:03
PK2DShea – Timmins
1:45

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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	61	70
Vinni Lettieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.45	1	1	0	14:18	—	—	67	77
Cole Koepke L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	67	73
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.31	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	30	39
Elias Lindholm C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.27	0	2	0	16:09	—	—	35	27
Morgan Geekie C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	37	38
Fraser Minten C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.31	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	67	84
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	59	77
Riley Duran C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	0	2	11:51	—	—	65	59
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	47	52
Jakub Lauko C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.65	3	0	0	12:55	—	—	36	42
Fabian Lysell R	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.37	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	65	68
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	48	61
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	1	0	4	19:21	—	—	48	65
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	2	2	19:45	—	—	54	58
Ian Mitchell D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:03	—	—	48	41
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	20:01	—	—	64	65
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	2	0	19:56	—	—	65	73

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.23	59:54

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.79	2	1	0	21:19	—	—	27	17
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	0	2	16:00	—	—	33	27
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	35	29
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.41	1	0	0	21:59	—	—	50	54
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.18	1	0	0	19:31	—	—	50	51
Ville Koivunen R	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.10	0	0	2	17:47	—	—	58	44
Vasily Ponomarev C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	1	0	11:43	—	—	50	46
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	10:33	—	—	80	73
Joona Koppanen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	0	0	8:44	—	—	50	24
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	6	2	0	13:24	—	—	64	44
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:53	—	—	73	74
Valtteri Puustinen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:12	—	—	29	0
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	24:03	—	—	36	31
Conor Timmins D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	2	0	22:49	—	—	47	41
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	1	2	0	24:25	—	—	54	47
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	5	2	4	17:21	—	—	27	35
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:35	—	—	50	21
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:40	—	—	43	9

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	3.20	59:51

Goal anatomy

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

Morgan Geekie (BOS) 2nd 11:56 · assists David Pastrnak, Elias Lindholm · Rush · carried in · 70.5 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Morgan Geekie · 2nd 11:56 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 70.5 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Elias Lindholm · 1st 19:57 · BOS

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 9.2 s

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Fabian Lysell · 2nd 8:52 · BOS PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Rickard Rakell · 2nd 19:44 · PIT PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 9.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s
Type: rebound

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Jakub Lauko · 3rd 17:30 · BOS EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.1 mph
Distance: 61 ft
Entry to goal: 0.9 s

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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.

Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 13, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

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

Goal anatomy

Morgan Geekie · 2nd 11:56 · BOS

Elias Lindholm · 1st 19:57 · BOS

Fabian Lysell · 2nd 8:52 · BOS PP

Rickard Rakell · 2nd 19:44 · PIT PP

Jakub Lauko · 3rd 17:30 · BOS EN