Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsJan 16, 2020

FinalThursday, Jan 16, 2020· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	10	10	10	30
BOS	2	0	2	4		BOS	12	12	6	30

: PIT 53BOS 55
: PIT 2.52BOS 3.98
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 0
Hits: PIT 30BOS 23
Blocks: PIT 14BOS 12
PIM: PIT 15BOS 15
: PIT 47%BOS 53%

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 home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for BOS: Coyle–Bjork–DeBrusk skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:02.Pastrnak
Points
Karson Kuhlman had 2 assists (2 points) in 9:56.Kuhlman
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Bjork–DeBrusk skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Bjork DeBrusk
New line
New look for BOS: Heinen–Kuhlman–Lindholm skated 4:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Kuhlman Lindholm
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 2.52 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Danton Heinen (BOS) played 9:02, −5:31 down on his 14:33 season average over 66 games.Heinen
Usage
Par Lindholm (BOS) played 8:07, −3:12 down on his 11:19 season average over 39 games.Lindholm
Usage
Alex Galchenyuk (PIT) played 7:57, −4:26 down on his 12:23 season average over 58 games.Galchenyuk

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 108 of 108 attempts · BOS 55 · PIT 53

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 21% of the game, BOS 40%.

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
	36	42
	0.97	1.46
	0.96	1.45
	5	5
	6	4
	19	16
	−0.022	+0.022
	21%	40%

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 – McCann – Simon
10:4767% CF
L2Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
7:3744% CF
L3Malkin – Rust – Kahun
6:5160% CF
L4Hornqvist – Agozzino – Galchenyuk
3:1433% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
13:0736% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
11:5860% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Riikola
5:4750% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Rust
2:5933% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – McCann – Marino – Riikola – Kahun
2:2380% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
2:57
PK2FRust – Aston-Reese
1:23
PK1DJohnson – Letang
4:12
PK2DPettersson – Marino
1:36

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly
8:2838% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
8:1067% CF
L3Coyle – Bjork – DeBrusk
8:0260% CF
L4Heinen – Kuhlman – Lindholm
4:3340% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
9:3062% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
9:1643% CF
D3Moore – Grzelcyk
6:5633% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
4:2475% CF
PP2Coyle – Grzelcyk – Heinen – Bjork – McAvoy
2:08100% CF
PK1FKuhlman – Lindholm
1:19
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:09
PK1DChara – Carlo
2:00
PK2DMoore – McAvoy
1:51

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:24
PITSidney Crosby (Dominik Simon, Jack Johnson)slap0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Letang, McCann, SimonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, Carlo
PIT 1 – 0 BOS
10:03
BOSSean Kuraly (Karson Kuhlman, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Johnson, Letang, Hornqvist, Agozzino, GalchenyukBOS: Chara, Kuraly, Carlo, DeBrusk, Kuhlman
PIT 1 – 1 BOS
12:16
BOSPar Lindholm (Karson Kuhlman)deflected0.07 xG
PIT: Blueger, Pettersson, Marino, Tanev, Aston-ReeseBOS: Moore, Grzelcyk, Heinen, Kuhlman, Lindholm
PIT 1 – 2 BOS

3rd period

3:19
BOSPatrice Bergeron (David Pastrnak)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Galchenyuk, Pettersson, MarinoBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, Carlo
PIT 1 – 3 BOS
19:07
BOSBrad MarchandEN (David Pastrnak)wrist0.81 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Rust, McCannBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Carlo
PIT 1 – 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	0	1	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	61	55
Jared McCann L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	2	1	0	19:54	—	—	50	37
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	1	0	0	16:39	—	—	50	38
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	33	29
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	36	33
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	1	0	2	10:57	—	—	40	43
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.29	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	57	52
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.00	1	0	0	19:21	—	—	48	34
Dominik Kahun C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	44	46
Patric Hornqvist R	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	4	0	7	11:50	—	—	36	23
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	1	0	0	7:57	—	—	36	54
Andrew Agozzino L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:14	—	—	38	66
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	3	1	2	27:50	—	—	41	19
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	5	0	19:24	—	—	33	12
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	2	1	2	22:20	—	—	48	48
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	3	2	2	20:41	—	—	64	64
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	4	1	0	13:54	—	—	36	50
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	2	0	12:12	—	—	54	72

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.40	58:25

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Kuraly C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	3	1	0	14:08	—	—	47	38
Joakim Nordstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	1	0	12:06	—	—	50	33
Chris Wagner R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	11:22	—	—	40	14
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	1.85	1	0	0	20:37	—	—	54	69
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.30	0	2	0	20:02	—	—	56	74
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	2	1	2	18:36	—	—	63	82
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.38	3	2	0	18:45	—	—	48	63
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.28	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	67	89
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	2	15:45	—	—	56	58
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:56	—	—	56	62
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	0	0	9:02	—	—	33	32
Par Lindholm C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	8:07	—	—	56	53
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	1	1	0	20:51	—	—	67	69
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	0	0	20:37	—	—	55	71
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	1	3	0	22:58	—	—	50	58
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	7	16:06	—	—	48	58
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	60	51
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	46	54

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.52	59:53

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.