Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsApr 3, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 3, 2021· TD Garden

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

5

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Boston BruinsBOS

7

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	2	5		PIT	9	9	10	28
BOS	0	5	2	7		BOS	6	11	11	28

: PIT 42BOS 41
: PIT 2.10BOS 2.95
PP goals: PIT 1BOS 1
Hits: PIT 25BOS 28
Blocks: PIT 7BOS 8
PIM: PIT 8BOS 10
: PIT 40%BOS 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 7–5

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 7–5 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 1A.

Points
Brad Marchand had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 6 shots in 18:21.Marchand
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David Pastrnak had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:27.Pastrnak
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Jake Guentzel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:10.Guentzel
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Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:48.Crosby
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David Krejci had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:40.Krejci
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Mark Jankowski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 8:18.Jankowski
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Craig Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:25.Smith
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Nick Ritchie had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:05.Ritchie

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 83 of 83 attempts · BOS 41 · 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 26% of the game, BOS 30%.

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
	38	40
	1.56	2.09
	1.52	2.05
	7	8
	1	4
	17	23
	−0.038	+0.038
	26%	30%

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
15:3352% CF
L2Zucker – McCann – Rodrigues
13:1356% CF
L3Gaudreau – Tanev – Aston-Reese
7:4178% CF
L4Jankowski – Lafferty – Angello
5:0033% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:1650% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
14:3752% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
10:3246% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
0:26100% CF
PP2Crosby – Letang – Dumoulin – Zucker – McCann
0:06100% CF
PK1FJankowski – Tanev
0:57
PK2FGaudreau – Aston-Reese
0:43
PK1DCeci – Marino
0:57
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
0:22

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Ritchie – Pastrnak
13:3359% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
12:1776% CF
L3Coyle – Kuraly – Bjork
12:0931% CF
L4Senyshyn – Frederic – Studnicka
6:5525% CF
D1Kampfer – Zboril
15:3141% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
15:2067% CF
D3Tinordi – Clifton
10:3927% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – McAvoy
1:19100% CF
PP2Krejci – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak – McAvoy
0:53
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
0:26
PK2FKrejci – Pastrnak
0:21
PK1DKampfer – Tinordi
0:47

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:24
PITMark Jankowski (Mike Matheson)tip-in0.06 xG
PIT: Jankowski, Matheson, Ceci, Lafferty, AngelloBOS: Coyle, Tinordi, Kuraly, Clifton, Bjork
PIT 1 – 0 BOS

2nd period

0:11
BOSPatrice Bergeronwrist0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Smith, Grzelcyk, McAvoy
PIT 1 – 1 BOS
0:45
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Nick Ritchie, David Krejci)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, MarinoBOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, Ritchie, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 1 – 2 BOS
2:45
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.19 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelBOS: Smith, Tinordi, Clifton, Frederic, Studnicka
PIT 2 – 2 BOS
5:11
PITJared McCannPP (Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, McCannBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Kampfer, Tinordi
PIT 3 – 2 BOS
14:56
BOSBrad Marchand (Matt Grzelcyk, Craig Smith)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Jankowski, Pettersson, Lafferty, Angello, MarinoBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Smith, Grzelcyk, McAvoy
PIT 3 – 3 BOS
18:29
BOSDavid KrejciPP (Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak)tip-in0.09 xG
PIT: Jankowski, Ceci, Marino, TanevBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 3 – 4 BOS
19:40
BOSBrad Marchand (Craig Smith, Charlie McAvoy)tip-in0.10 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, McCann, RodriguesBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Smith, Grzelcyk, McAvoy
PIT 3 – 5 BOS

3rd period

4:38
PITCody Ceci (Mark Jankowski, Sam Lafferty)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Jankowski, Matheson, Ceci, Lafferty, AngelloBOS: Coyle, Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Bjork, McAvoy
PIT 4 – 5 BOS
13:28
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Nick Ritchie)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Zucker, Matheson, Ceci, McCann, RodriguesBOS: Krejci, Kampfer, Ritchie, Pastrnak, Zboril
PIT 4 – 6 BOS
18:45
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Zucker, Guentzel, MarinoBOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, Ritchie, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 5 – 6 BOS
18:59
BOSBrad MarchandEN (Charlie Coyle)wrist0.76 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, McCann, MarinoBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Tinordi, McAvoy
PIT 5 – 7 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	2	3	-1	3	0.22	0	1	0	22:48	—	—	48	52
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	2	3	-1	4	0.49	1	0	0	21:10	—	—	52	57
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.16	2	0	0	19:49	—	—	52	56
Jared McCann L	L2	1	0	1	-3	5	0.42	1	1	0	19:17	—	—	56	30
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	4	0	0	18:09	—	—	50	25
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	2	0	2	15:54	—	—	47	26
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	13:25	—	—	50	47
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	1	0	0	11:49	—	—	54	52
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	10:40	—	—	64	57
Mark Jankowski L	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	8:18	—	—	40	31
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	7:45	—	—	25	16
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:09	—	—	46	35
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	24:35	—	—	48	42
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	4	23:45	—	—	50	44
Cody Ceci D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	50	48
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	50	48
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:14	—	—	44	32
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:51	—	—	53	46

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	27	21	6	.778	2.19	58:26

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Krejci C	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.18	2	2	0	20:40	—	—	59	83
David Pastrnak R	L1	2	1	3	+1	5	0.45	2	0	0	20:27	—	—	55	79
Nick Ritchie L	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:05	—	—	56	81
Brad Marchand L	L2	3	1	4	+4	6	1.26	0	0	2	18:21	—	—	73	74
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	1	0	1	+3	4	0.56	1	0	4	17:10	—	—	76	80
Craig Smith C	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.24	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	67	62
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	14:50	—	—	31	36
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:38	—	—	29	22
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	31	28
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:13	—	—	20	2
Zach Senyshyn R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:41	—	—	25	3
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:19	—	—	22	2
Jakub Zboril D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	21:35	—	—	44	46
Steven Kampfer D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	2	0	20:36	—	—	46	53
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.09	0	2	2	25:24	—	—	67	84
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	1	0	2	19:08	—	—	64	78
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	0	0	16:21	—	—	44	42
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	2	1	0	15:03	—	—	29	21

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	28	23	5	.821	2.10	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.