Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsNov 23, 2018

Final / OTFriday, Nov 23, 2018· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	0	1	0	0	1		PIT	9	16	11	1	37
BOS	0	1	0	1	2		BOS	12	13	10	2	37

: PIT 67BOS 60
: PIT 2.44BOS 1.58
PP goals: PIT 1BOS 0
Hits: PIT 25BOS 28
Blocks: PIT 14BOS 16
PIM: PIT 0BOS 4
: PIT 56%BOS 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 in overtime at home. Joakim Nordstrom (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Marchand–Pastrnak–Forsbacka Karlsson skated 16:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for BOS: Marchand–Pastrnak–Forsbacka Karlsson skated 16:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchand Pastrnak Forsbacka Karlsson
Usage
Kevan Miller (BOS) played 27:01, +9:31 up on his 17:30 season average over 38 games.Miller
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Heinen–DeBrusk skated 15:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Heinen DeBrusk
Goalie
Jaroslav Halak (BOS) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +8 against a season average of 28.9; the win.Halak
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946); the overtime loss.Jarry
Usage
Daniel Sprong (PIT) played 4:18, −7:47 down on his 12:05 season average over 62 games.Sprong
Usage
John Moore (BOS) played 25:57, +7:18 up on his 18:39 season average over 60 games.Moore
New line
New look for BOS: Nordstrom–Cave–Acciari skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nordstrom Cave Acciari

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 127 of 127 attempts · BOS 60 · PIT 67

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 31% of the game, BOS 18%.

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
	71	68
	2.39	1.77
	2.30	1.75
	8	8
	6	13
	30	28
	+0.054	−0.054
	31%	18%

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

L1Malkin – Kessel – Pearson
14:5245% CF
L2Brassard – Simon – Aston-Reese
11:1764% CF
L3Crosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel
9:4955% CF
L4Sheahan – Rust – Sprong
3:3214% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
22:5657% CF
D2Maatta – Riikola
14:2748% CF
D3Johnson – Oleksiak
13:5755% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
2:26100% CF
PP2Johnson – Brassard – Pearson – Maatta – Simon
0:31

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Marchand – Pastrnak – Forsbacka Karlsson
16:4039% CF
L2Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk
15:1865% CF
L3Nordstrom – Cave – Acciari
9:3841% CF
L4Backes – Wagner – Kuraly
8:3250% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
20:4340% CF
D2Moore – Krug
13:5552% CF
D3Clifton – Lauzon
1:1575% CF

PK1FMarchand – Acciari
1:04
PK2FWagner – Nordstrom
0:42
PK1DMoore – Miller
1:04
PK2DGrzelcyk – Lauzon
0:36

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:09
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Kris Letang, Phil Kessel)slap0.05 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselBOS: Marchand, Moore, Miller, Acciari
PIT 1 – 0 BOS
13:40
BOSJake DeBrusk (David Krejci, Kevan Miller)snap0.02 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Rust, SprongBOS: Krejci, Clifton, Heinen, Lauzon, DeBrusk
PIT 1 – 1 BOS

OT period

1:57
BOSJoakim Nordstrom (Torey Krug, David Pastrnak)tip-in0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kessel, DumoulinBOS: Nordstrom, Krug, Pastrnak
PIT 1 – 2 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		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.22	0	1	20:54	—	—	42	49
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.28	0	0	20:48	—	—	44	51
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	2	17:09	—	—	44	55
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	16:52	—	—	61	61
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	1	2	15:07	—	—	61	67
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	12:40	—	—	64	89
Sidney Crosby C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.39	0	1	23:12	—	—	56	65
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	4	0	21:24	—	—	58	66
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	0	13:31	—	—	53	57
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	2	0	13:51	—	—	46	55
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	6:49	—	—	29	31
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	4:18	—	—	20	39
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.14	1	1	29:01	—	—	54	69
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	2	2	24:26	—	—	57	75
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	17:30	—	—	39	21
Juuso Riikola D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	15:52	—	—	46	27
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	2	18:09	—	—	49	54
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	14:33	—	—	55	62

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	O	37	35	2	.946	1.58	61:42

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.24	1	2	0	20:20	—	—	37	26
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	40	27
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	44	28
David Krejci C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.22	1	2	2	18:44	—	—	63	66
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	69	69
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	1	1	0	18:00	—	—	65	66
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	8	1	0	13:45	—	—	36	49
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.09	1	1	0	12:04	—	—	40	38
Colby Cave C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	11:33	—	—	40	38
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	3	0	0	10:58	—	—	46	48
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	3	0	0	10:49	—	—	50	48
David Backes R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	2	0	0	8:57	—	—	53	47
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	4	3	2	27:01	—	—	43	29
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	1	0	23:26	—	—	41	29
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	25:57	—	—	47	58
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	23:50	—	—	55	53
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:55	—	—	63	55
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:54	—	—	65	76

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	2.44	61:57

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.