Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsMar 1, 2018

FinalThursday, Mar 1, 2018· TD Garden

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

4

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Boston BruinsBOS

8

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	3	0	1	4		PIT	7	8	11	26
BOS	5	3	0	8		BOS	14	15	9	38

: PIT 40BOS 74
: PIT 2.35BOS 3.35
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 3
Hits: PIT 28BOS 30
Blocks: PIT 25BOS 5
PIM: PIT 19BOS 17
: PIT 47%BOS 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Pittsburgh Penguins 8–4

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 8–4 at home. David Krejci (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 0A.

Points
David Krejci had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:25.Krejci
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David Pastrnak had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:13.Pastrnak
Points
Olli Maatta had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:23.Maatta
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Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:17.Kessel
Points
Rick Nash had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:19.Nash
Points
Riley Nash had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:12.Nash
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Torey Krug had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:33.Krug
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Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:02.Marchand

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 114 of 114 attempts · BOS 74 · PIT 40

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 20% of the game, BOS 57%.

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
	30	60
	0.93	2.44
	0.86	2.41
	8	16
	4	7
	16	23
	+0.002	−0.002
	20%	57%

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 – Rust – Guentzel
10:3842% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
7:0033% CF
L3Brassard – Kessel – Sheary
4:490% CF
L4Sheahan – Kuhnhackl – Rowney
2:3733% CF
D1Schultz – Maatta
10:4522% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
9:4833% CF
D3Hunwick – Oleksiak
2:510% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
7:00100% CF
PP2Brassard – Schultz – Sheahan – Rust – Maatta
0:40100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
4:03
PK2FKuhnhackl – Rowney
1:27
PK1DHunwick – Oleksiak
2:42
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:33

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Gionta – Backes – Wingels
8:1861% CF
L2Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
8:0780% CF
L3Marchand – Nash – Pastrnak
7:3075% CF
L4Nash – Krejci – DeBrusk
7:2875% CF
D1Miller – Krug
11:0968% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
9:3874% CF
D3Holden – Carlo
8:2679% CF

PP1Nash – Backes – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak
4:1086% CF
PP2Gionta – Krejci – Holden – DeBrusk – McAvoy
3:26100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Schaller
2:15
PK2FMarchand – Wingels
1:38
PK1DChara – Miller
2:36
PK2DHolden – Carlo
1:34

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:35
PITOlli Maatta (Evgeni Malkin)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Hagelin, Schultz, MaattaBOS: Chara, Marchand, Nash, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 1 – 0 BOS
1:45
BOSDavid Krejci (Rick Nash, Zdeno Chara)backhand0.12 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Oleksiak, RowneyBOS: Chara, Nash, Krejci, DeBrusk, McAvoy
PIT 1 – 1 BOS
2:53
BOSRiley Nash (David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand)deflected0.10 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Hagelin, Schultz, MaattaBOS: Marchand, Nash, Miller, Krug, Pastrnak
PIT 1 – 2 BOS
5:27
BOSRick NashPP (Torey Krug, Brad Marchand)tip-in0.11 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Rust, Oleksiak, RowneyBOS: Nash, Backes, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
PIT 1 – 3 BOS
9:27
PITPhil Kessel (Patric Hornqvist, Evgeni Malkin)snap0.05 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz, DumoulinBOS: Chara, Nash, Nash, Wingels, Carlo
PIT 2 – 3 BOS
12:49
BOSDavid Backes (Brian Gionta)wrist0.05 xG
PIT: Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Oleksiak, Maatta, RowneyBOS: Gionta, Backes, Holden, Wingels, Carlo
PIT 2 – 4 BOS
16:07
BOSTorey Krug (David Pastrnak, Riley Nash)slap0.02 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Brassard, Kessel, Oleksiak, ShearyBOS: Marchand, Nash, Miller, Krug, Pastrnak
PIT 2 – 5 BOS
19:57
PITRiley Sheahanslap0.02 xG
PIT: Brassard, Schultz, Sheahan, Maatta, ShearyBOS: Chara, Nash, Backes, Krejci, McAvoy
PIT 3 – 5 BOS

2nd period

2:16
BOSDavid KrejciPP (Nick Holden, Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Rust, Maatta, RowneyBOS: Gionta, Krejci, Holden, DeBrusk, McAvoy
PIT 3 – 6 BOS
14:33
BOSDavid KrejciPP (Brian Gionta, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.21 xG
PIT: Schultz, Kuhnhackl, Maatta, RowneyBOS: Gionta, Krejci, Holden, DeBrusk, McAvoy
PIT 3 – 7 BOS
17:42
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Zdeno Chara, Charlie McAvoy)tip-in0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Hagelin, Dumoulin, OleksiakBOS: Chara, Krejci, Pastrnak, DeBrusk, McAvoy
PIT 3 – 8 BOS

3rd period

5:15
PITOlli Maatta (Phil Kessel, Derick Brassard)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Brassard, Kessel, Sheahan, Oleksiak, MaattaBOS: Marchand, Nash, Holden, Pastrnak, Carlo
PIT 4 – 8 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	0	0	0	0	4	0.68	2	0	0	20:49	—	—	43	31
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	2	0	16:57	—	—	50	42
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:59	—	—	47	31
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.08	2	4	4	19:19	—	—	33	31
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.63	1	3	0	17:39	—	—	26	21
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	32	22
Phil Kessel R	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.31	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	17	26
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	2	0	0	15:15	—	—	23	25
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:41	—	—	25	5
Riley Sheahan C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	0	2	0	14:28	—	—	47	52
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	6	0	0	8:06	—	—	50	26
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:30	—	—	50	26
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	2	3	0	20:09	—	—	26	35
Olli Maatta D	D1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.07	3	3	4	19:23	—	—	33	48
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	2	0	25:44	—	—	39	20
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	4	4	19:41	—	—	40	25
Matt Hunwick D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:05	—	—	15	14
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	3	2	5	12:26	—	—	30	27

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry	L	33	28	5	.848	2.87	54:33
Casey DeSmith(start)	—	5	2	3	.400	0.48	5:27

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tommy Wingels C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:21	—	—	48	54
Brian Gionta R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.22	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	58	64
David Backes R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.12	3	1	0	13:35	—	—	64	62
Tim Schaller L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	2	14:08	—	—	77	52
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	72	61
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	0	0	11:39	—	—	64	66
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	2	2	0	1	0.11	1	0	2	17:02	—	—	72	72
David Pastrnak R	L3	1	2	3	+1	4	0.44	0	0	2	15:13	—	—	75	78
Riley Nash C	L3	1	1	2	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	13:12	—	—	74	71
David Krejci C	L4	3	0	3	+1	3	0.58	1	0	2	16:25	—	—	65	93
Rick Nash L	L4	1	1	2	-1	5	0.38	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	69	84
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	13:46	—	—	73	93
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.12	4	1	0	21:01	—	—	55	71
Torey Krug D	D1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.11	1	0	2	20:33	—	—	71	86
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	2	1	7	19:18	—	—	68	72
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	2	2	0	1	0.05	4	0	0	17:58	—	—	71	74
Nick Holden D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.37	3	0	0	20:25	—	—	60	63
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	16:59	—	—	77	75

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	26	22	4	.846	2.35	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.