Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsJan 28, 2021

FinalThursday, Jan 28, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	6	5	6	17
BOS	2	1	1	4		BOS	9	7	4	20

: PIT 42BOS 34
: PIT 1.08BOS 1.62
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 1
Hits: PIT 26BOS 20
Blocks: PIT 9BOS 9
PIM: PIT 4BOS 6
: PIT 37%BOS 63%

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. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 12:31, −7:26 down on his 19:57 season average over 36 games.

Points
Patrice Bergeron had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:50.Bergeron
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 12:31, −7:26 down on his 19:57 season average over 36 games.Grzelcyk
New line
New look for BOS: Frederic–Studnicka–Lindholm skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frederic Studnicka Lindholm
Luck
BOS scored 4 goals on 1.62 expected goals (34 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Cody Ceci (PIT) played 23:45, +5:20 up on his 18:25 season average over 52 games.Ceci
New line
New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Coyle skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bergeron Marchand Coyle
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Smith–Ritchie skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Smith Ritchie
PP1
PIT's PP1 (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) went scoreless in 4:52 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel

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 76 of 76 attempts · BOS 34 · PIT 42

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 24% of the game, BOS 33%.

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
	43	36
	1.01	1.61
	1.00	1.58
	2	5
	2	5
	20	25
	−0.068	+0.068
	24%	33%

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.