Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsNov 4, 2019

FinalMonday, Nov 4, 2019· TD Garden

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

4

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Boston BruinsBOS

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	4	0	4		PIT	9	21	14	44
BOS	2	1	3	6		BOS	10	6	10	26

: PIT 64BOS 45
: PIT 3.24BOS 3.08
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 0
Hits: PIT 26BOS 29
Blocks: PIT 9BOS 12
PIM: PIT 8BOS 4
: PIT 54%BOS 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 3A. Jaroslav Halak (BOS) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +15 against a season average of 29.2; the win.

Points
Brad Marchand had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 2 shots in 24:21.Marchand
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:34.Pastrnak
Points
David Krejci had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:35.Krejci
Goalie
Jaroslav Halak (BOS) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +15 against a season average of 29.2; the win.Halak
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 17:41, −8:11 down on his 25:52 season average over 60 games.Letang
Luck
BOS scored 6 goals on 3.09 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–Galchenyuk skated 9:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rust Galchenyuk
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 13:42, −6:11 down on his 19:53 season average over 54 games.Rust

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 109 of 109 attempts · BOS 45 · PIT 64

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 42% of the game, BOS 29%.

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
	67	43
	3.53	2.28
	3.36	2.22
	17	7
	5	1
	17	17
	+0.028	−0.028
	42%	29%

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 – Guentzel – Simon
13:3661% CF
L2Malkin – Rust – Galchenyuk
9:4469% CF
L3Bjugstad – McCann – Kahun
9:2765% CF
L4Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
9:0167% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:2157% CF
D2Johnson – Marino
13:3553% CF
D3Schultz – Pettersson
13:2163% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Schultz – Guentzel
1:23100% CF
PP2Dumoulin – Bjugstad – Galchenyuk – McCann – Pettersson
0:36100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
2:41
PK2FRust – Aston-Reese
1:58
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
2:22
PK2DJohnson – Pettersson
1:46

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
14:0556% CF
L2Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk
8:4729% CF
L3Wagner – Kuraly – Hughes
8:4129% CF
L4Coyle – Ritchie – Bjork
7:1020% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
13:5552% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
11:5848% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Clifton
11:3517% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
3:2550% CF
PP2Krejci – Coyle – Grzelcyk – Heinen – McAvoy
2:2350% CF
PK1FWagner – Kuraly
0:47
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:36
PK1DChara – Carlo
1:23
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:35

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:24
BOSJake DeBruskwrist0.05 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, SimonBOS: Chara, Krejci, Heinen, DeBrusk, McAvoy
PIT 0 – 1 BOS
13:05
BOSBrad Marchand (David Pastrnak, Zdeno Chara)wrist0.18 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Guentzel, Pettersson, SimonBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 0 – 2 BOS

2nd period

4:22
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Brad Marchand, Brandon Carlo)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GalchenyukBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, Carlo
PIT 0 – 3 BOS
5:35
PITDominik Kahun (Jared McCann, Justin Schultz)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Schultz, Bjugstad, McCann, Pettersson, KahunBOS: Coyle, Ritchie, Krug, Bjork, Carlo
PIT 1 – 3 BOS
9:56
PITNick Bjugstad (Kris Letang, Brian Dumoulin)snap0.17 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Bjugstad, McCann, KahunBOS: Chara, Coyle, Ritchie, Clifton, Bjork
PIT 2 – 3 BOS
15:59
PITBryan Rust (Evgeni Malkin, Alex Galchenyuk)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Rust, Galchenyuk, MarinoBOS: Wagner, Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Clifton, Hughes
PIT 3 – 3 BOS
19:57
PITJohn Marinobackhand0.08 xG
PIT: Johnson, Bjugstad, McCann, Pettersson, MarinoBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 4 – 3 BOS

3rd period

8:14
BOSTorey Krug (Brad Marchand, David Krejci)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Malkin, Schultz, Rust, PetterssonBOS: Krejci, Marchand, Krug, McAvoy
PIT 4 – 4 BOS
18:03
BOSBrad Marchandwrist0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Guentzel, Marino, SimonBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Wagner, Carlo
PIT 4 – 5 BOS
19:46
BOSPatrice BergeronEN (David Krejci, Brad Marchand)wrist0.75 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Schultz, Galchenyuk, Guentzel, PetterssonBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Carlo
PIT 4 – 6 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-4	2	0.44	2	0	0	20:44	—	—	60	59
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-4	5	0.83	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	61	58
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	57	57
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	58	63
Bryan Rust R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.35	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	59	61
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.16	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	69	62
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.34	1	1	2	12:38	—	—	68	58
Jared McCann L	L3	0	1	1	+3	2	0.11	3	0	0	11:25	—	—	60	58
Dominik Kahun C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:16	—	—	63	61
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	56	71
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	2	13:14	—	—	55	68
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	6	0	0	13:12	—	—	69	71
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.10	3	5	0	24:18	—	—	54	46
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.13	1	0	2	17:41	—	—	60	62
John Marino D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.13	0	2	2	21:35	—	—	52	41
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	0	0	18:00	—	—	61	62
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	1	1	-2	4	0.14	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	71	83
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	19:14	—	—	68	79

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry	L	14	12	2	.857	1.07	34:37
Matt Murray(start)	—	11	8	3	.727	1.26	24:22

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	2	3	5	+4	2	0.18	0	0	0	24:21	—	—	63	66
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	0	1	+3	3	1.12	1	0	0	21:47	—	—	58	61
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.46	3	1	0	20:34	—	—	52	58
David Krejci C	L2	0	2	2	+3	2	0.16	0	0	2	16:35	—	—	25	24
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	15:22	—	—	35	49
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.28	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	39	50
Chris Wagner R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	0	0	12:14	—	—	33	17
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	5	1	0	11:43	—	—	29	16
Cameron Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	2	0	9:53	—	—	32	7
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:40	—	—	32	35
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	10:02	—	—	13	7
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	4	0	0	8:51	—	—	15	9
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.04	0	1	0	22:31	—	—	51	56
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.24	0	2	0	21:02	—	—	46	53
Torey Krug D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.08	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	40	39
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	5	1	2	18:52	—	—	53	63
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:31	—	—	13	3
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:58	—	—	20	7

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	44	40	4	.909	3.24	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.