Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsApr 1, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 1, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	2	4		PIT	7	10	6	23
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	2	13	16	31

: PIT 54BOS 58
: PIT 2.90BOS 2.41
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 0
Hits: PIT 29BOS 35
Blocks: PIT 12BOS 15
PIM: PIT 6BOS 4
: PIT 43%BOS 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at BOS. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 6:59, −12:11 down on his 19:10 season average over 26 games.

Usage
Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 6:59, −12:11 down on his 19:10 season average over 26 games.Carlo
Usage
Jakub Zboril (BOS) played 22:12, +5:15 up on his 16:57 season average over 41 games.Zboril
New line
New look for PIT: Gaudreau–Tanev–Aston-Reese skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Tanev Aston-Reese
New line
New look for PIT: Jankowski–Lafferty–Angello skated 5:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski Lafferty Angello
Usage
Frederick Gaudreau (PIT) played 17:10, +4:20 up on his 12:50 season average over 18 games.Gaudreau
Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 29:45, +5:52 up on his 23:53 season average over 50 games.McAvoy
Usage
Jeremy Lauzon (BOS) played 13:42, −5:08 down on his 18:50 season average over 40 games.Lauzon
Usage
John Marino (PIT) played 15:51, −4:59 down on his 20:50 season average over 51 games.Marino

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 112 of 112 attempts · BOS 58 · PIT 54

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 24%.

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
	61	58
	2.81	1.80
	2.70	1.75
	17	4
	4	7
	23	12
	−0.074	+0.074
	42%	24%

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
14:2467% CF
L2Zucker – McCann – Rodrigues
10:1639% CF
L3Gaudreau – Tanev – Aston-Reese
10:0557% CF
L4Jankowski – Lafferty – Angello
5:1740% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
20:5257% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
14:4155% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
12:3436% CF

PP1Crosby – Zucker – Guentzel – McCann – Marino
1:17
PP2Zucker – Matheson – Gaudreau – McCann – Pettersson
0:23
PK1FGaudreau – Aston-Reese
0:48
PK2FJankowski – Tanev
0:34
PK1DCeci – Marino
1:26
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
0:34

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Blidh – Frederic – Kuhlman
10:0053% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
6:4318% CF
L3Coyle – Bjork – Senyshyn
5:3950% CF
L4Krejci – Smith – Ritchie
4:2063% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:0855% CF
D2Clifton – Zboril
10:5856% CF
D3Carlo – Lauzon
0:590% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
1:25100% CF
PP2Bergeron – Krejci – Coyle – McAvoy – Frederic
0:340% CF
PK1FCoyle – Bjork
0:41
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:32
PK1DClifton – Zboril
0:47
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:41

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:01
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Brandon Tanev, Frederick Gaudreau)tip-in0.04 xG
PIT: Gaudreau, Pettersson, Marino, Tanev, Aston-ReeseBOS: Smith, Coyle, Grzelcyk, Clifton, Ritchie
PIT 1 – 0 BOS
13:12
PITMike Matheson (Anthony Angello, Cody Ceci)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Jankowski, Matheson, Ceci, Lafferty, AngelloBOS: Smith, Coyle, Bjork, Lauzon, McAvoy
PIT 2 – 0 BOS

3rd period

11:14
BOSBrad Marchand (Patrice Bergeron, Jakub Zboril)snap0.20 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Ceci, GuentzelBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Smith, Clifton, Lauzon
PIT 2 – 1 BOS
13:07
PITJason Zucker (Evan Rodrigues, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Zucker, Ceci, McCann, Pettersson, RodriguesBOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, Ritchie, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 3 – 1 BOS
17:51
PITJake GuentzelEN (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.55 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Ritchie, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 4 – 1 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	1	1	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	20:57	—	—	59	63
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	1.14	1	0	0	20:43	—	—	64	64
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	61	71
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	42	49
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	33	33
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	3	2	0	14:36	—	—	43	52
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	1	1	0	17:10	—	—	55	71
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.35	4	0	0	16:42	—	—	52	62
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	5	0	0	14:02	—	—	62	79
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	8:12	—	—	39	63
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	8:12	—	—	42	70
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	6:58	—	—	47	67
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	4	1	2	24:52	—	—	55	72
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	3	1	2	24:48	—	—	56	79
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	19:01	—	—	56	53
Mike Matheson D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	50	45
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	48	69
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	15:51	—	—	35	56

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.41	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Trent Frederic C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:03	—	—	58	37
Karson Kuhlman C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	12:21	—	—	56	23
Anton Blidh L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	7	0	0	12:17	—	—	53	20
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	20:38	—	—	48	53
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.42	2	0	2	20:32	—	—	43	50
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	41	43
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	40	28
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:34	—	—	41	32
Zach Senyshyn R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	6	0	0	11:36	—	—	52	41
David Krejci C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	55	42
Nick Ritchie L	L4	0	0	0	-3	4	0.60	3	0	0	17:01	—	—	52	31
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	48	40
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.39	1	2	0	29:45	—	—	54	44
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	1	2	0	22:48	—	—	34	29
Jakub Zboril D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.06	1	2	0	22:12	—	—	63	48
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	20:26	—	—	53	41
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	3	2	13:42	—	—	45	48
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	6:59	—	—	21	7

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.35	57:44

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.