Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsNov 24, 2017

FinalFriday, Nov 24, 2017· TD Garden

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

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Boston BruinsBOS

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	0	3		PIT	4	8	8	20
BOS	2	1	1	4		BOS	14	14	5	33

: PIT 51BOS 54
: PIT 2.17BOS 1.81
PP goals: PIT 1BOS 0
Hits: PIT 38BOS 23
Blocks: PIT 11BOS 18
PIM: PIT 4BOS 2
: PIT 48%BOS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:46 together.

Points
David Krejci had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:48.Krejci
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:55.Crosby
Points
Jake DeBrusk had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:46.DeBrusk
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:46 together.Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel Guentzel
Usage
Rob O'Gara (BOS) played 4:55, −10:58 down on his 15:53 season average over 29 games.O'Gara
New line
New look for BOS: Kuraly–Schaller–Acciari skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Schaller Acciari
New line
New look for PIT: Kessel–Sheahan–Guentzel skated 12:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Sheahan Guentzel
Luck
BOS scored 4 goals on 1.81 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · BOS 54 · PIT 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
PIT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 30% of the game, BOS 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BOS

PIT

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	PIT	BOS
	52	58
	1.99	1.66
	1.97	1.63
	12	5
	2	4
	20	29
	−0.016	+0.016
	30%	30%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Hornqvist – Sheary
15:1968% CF
L2Kessel – Sheahan – Guentzel
12:0752% CF
L3Hagelin – Rust – Rowney
9:0354% CF
L4Reaves – McKegg – Kuhnhackl
5:5514% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:3141% CF
D2Hunwick – Schultz
14:5659% CF
D3Maatta – Ruhwedel
13:3755% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel – Guentzel
1:4683% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
1:36
PK2FKuhnhackl – Rowney
1:25
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
2:04
PK2DHunwick – Maatta
1:48

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Pastrnak – Heinen
14:2450% CF
L2Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
10:2050% CF
L3Krejci – Cehlarik – DeBrusk
8:4367% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
14:4344% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
10:4945% CF
D3Miller – Grzelcyk
8:4067% CF

PP1Bergeron – Spooner – Krug – Cehlarik – Pastrnak
2:05100% CF
PP2Krejci – Grzelcyk – Heinen – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:4075% CF
PK1FNash – Schaller
1:05
PK2FBergeron – Heinen
0:33
PK1DChara – Carlo
0:59

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:13
BOSDavid Krejci (Jake DeBrusk, Peter Cehlarik)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Kessel, Schultz, Sheahan, GuentzelBOS: Krejci, Miller, Grzelcyk, Cehlarik, DeBrusk
PIT 0 – 1 BOS
10:51
BOSSean Kuraly (Charlie McAvoy)snap0.05 xG
PIT: Letang, Hornqvist, Hagelin, Dumoulin, RowneyBOS: Chara, Kuraly, Schaller, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 0 – 2 BOS

2nd period

1:02
PITJake GuentzelPP (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)snap0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, GuentzelBOS: Chara, Nash, Schaller, Carlo
PIT 1 – 2 BOS
10:31
BOSMatt Grzelcyk (David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Hagelin, Rust, Maatta, Rowney, RuhwedelBOS: Krejci, Miller, Grzelcyk, Cehlarik, DeBrusk
PIT 1 – 3 BOS
14:07
PITPhil Kessel (Riley Sheahan, Justin Schultz)wrist0.05 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Kessel, Schultz, Sheahan, GuentzelBOS: Krejci, Miller, Krug, Cehlarik, DeBrusk
PIT 2 – 3 BOS
17:44
PITSidney Crosby (Patric Hornqvist, Matt Hunwick)snap0.02 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Crosby, Hornqvist, Schultz, ShearyBOS: Chara, O'Gara, Kuraly, Schaller, Acciari
PIT 3 – 3 BOS

3rd period

5:06
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Riley Nash, Ryan Spooner)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Letang, Reaves, Dumoulin, McKegg, KuhnhacklBOS: Nash, Spooner, Krug, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 3 – 4 BOS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.61	0	1	0	21:55	—	—	66	69
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	4	0	2	20:10	—	—	63	58
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	51	52
Phil Kessel R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.10	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	42	66
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	4	1	0	18:42	—	—	52	74
Riley Sheahan C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.32	3	1	0	16:08	—	—	41	56
Carter Rowney C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	1	0	15:50	—	—	35	41
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.38	1	0	2	12:45	—	—	50	60
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	6	0	0	12:30	—	—	47	39
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:15	—	—	25	29
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:48	—	—	18	27
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:04	—	—	13	0
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.07	4	2	0	24:36	—	—	38	32
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	0	0	20:03	—	—	41	19
Matt Hunwick D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	19:12	—	—	49	64
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	2	0	19:02	—	—	61	78
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	46	48
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	14:44	—	—	50	76

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	1.81	58:24

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.44	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	56	46
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	4	0	22:03	—	—	50	32
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	21:23	—	—	52	37
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	5	3	0	15:22	—	—	50	46
Tim Schaller L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	13:44	—	—	53	49
Sean Kuraly C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.28	2	1	0	13:32	—	—	52	49
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	2	2	+1	4	0.28	2	1	0	18:46	—	—	61	63
David Krejci C	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.03	0	0	2	17:48	—	—	56	37
Peter Cehlarik L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	60	48
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	2	2	0	24:27	—	—	54	44
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.15	2	1	0	22:43	—	—	44	40
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	1	2	0	18:12	—	—	49	39
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	56	44
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	68	69
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.08	1	1	0	11:52	—	—	60	61
Riley Nash C	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:28	—	—	47	55
Ryan Spooner C	—	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	10:46	—	—	50	48
Rob O'Gara D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	4:55	—	—	33	12

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	W	20	17	3	.850	2.17	60:00

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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.