Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsFeb 8, 2022

FinalTuesday, Feb 8, 2022· TD Garden

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

4

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Boston BruinsBOS

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	1	4		PIT	10	8	7	25
BOS	2	0	0	2		BOS	17	18	10	45

: PIT 48BOS 73
: PIT 3.06BOS 3.08
PP goals: PIT 1BOS 1
Hits: PIT 30BOS 22
Blocks: PIT 19BOS 13
PIM: PIT 6BOS 20
: PIT 45%BOS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at BOS. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:00 together.

Points
Danton Heinen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:55.Heinen
Points
David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:05.Pastrnak
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:02.Rust
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:51.Guentzel
Points
Taylor Hall had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:37.Hall
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:00 together.Bergeron Marchand Hall Pastrnak McAvoy
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:34 together.Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel Rodrigues
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +16 against a season average of 29.5; the win.Jarry

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 121 of 121 attempts · BOS 73 · PIT 48

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 25% of the game, BOS 39%.

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
	40	72
	1.45	2.57
	1.35	2.31
	10	11
	2	8
	20	18
	−0.082	+0.082
	25%	39%

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
14:5139% CF
L2Carter – McGinn – Kapanen
8:5037% CF
L3Heinen – Rodrigues – Zohorna
8:4960% CF
L4Boyle – Simon – Aston-Reese
4:170% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:4833% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
9:0659% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
8:4922% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – Rodrigues
3:34100% CF
PP2Carter – Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Zohorna
1:23
PK1FCarter – McGinn
1:54
PK2FBoyle – Aston-Reese
1:47
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
2:33
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
1:26

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
10:3970% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
9:4382% CF
L3Foligno – Lazar – Nosek
7:2663% CF
L4Coyle – DeBrusk – Steen
7:2557% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:5060% CF
D2Reilly – Carlo
10:4262% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
10:1257% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
3:0067% CF
PP2Foligno – Smith – Coyle – Grzelcyk – DeBrusk
0:49100% CF
PK1FLazar – Nosek
2:47
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:59
PK1DForbort – Carlo
2:34
PK2DClifton – McAvoy
1:34

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:01
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Taylor Hall, Patrice Bergeron)slap0.14 xG
PIT: Boyle, Dumoulin, Marino, Aston-ReeseBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 0 – 1 BOS
15:34
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Taylor Hall, Erik Haula)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Matheson, McGinn, KapanenBOS: Haula, Hall, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 0 – 2 BOS

2nd period

4:18
PITDanton Heinen (Brock McGinn, Mike Matheson)backhand0.10 xG
PIT: Carter, Matheson, McGinn, Ruhwedel, HeinenBOS: Haula, Hall, Reilly, Pastrnak, Carlo
PIT 1 – 2 BOS
4:46
PITDanton Heinen (John Marino, Evan Rodrigues)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Pettersson, Heinen, Marino, Rodrigues, ZohornaBOS: Coyle, Forbort, Clifton, DeBrusk, Steen
PIT 2 – 2 BOS
12:53
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel)snap0.10 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, RodriguesBOS: Forbort, Lazar, Nosek, Carlo
PIT 3 – 2 BOS

3rd period

18:31
PITBryan RustEN (Jake Guentzel)wrist0.91 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelBOS: Marchand, Smith, Coyle, Hall, Pastrnak, McAvoy
PIT 4 – 2 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	+1	5	0.55	2	1	2	22:27	—	—	39	49
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.21	0	2	0	21:51	—	—	39	49
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	1.41	3	1	0	20:02	—	—	37	58
Brock McGinn L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	33	33
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	3	0	0	16:11	—	—	39	37
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	0	0	11:13	—	—	30	28
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	46	31
Danton Heinen L	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.22	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	46	34
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	11:42	—	—	56	43
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	1	0	11:26	—	—	8	0
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:33	—	—	0	0
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	6:02	—	—	13	0
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	26:36	—	—	29	29
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	5	0	25:56	—	—	35	49
John Marino D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	68	70
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:52	—	—	41	29
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	2	1	2	15:58	—	—	22	20
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:41	—	—	22	19

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	45	43	2	.956	3.08	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	2	0	2	-1	4	0.35	2	0	0	19:05	—	—	58	66
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	2	2	-1	5	0.34	0	1	2	15:37	—	—	67	78
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.27	2	0	0	14:07	—	—	73	80
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.57	0	0	12	21:48	—	—	68	76
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	3	0	2	16:31	—	—	74	82
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	1	1	0	6	0.29	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	72	80
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	64	59
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	11:35	—	—	59	45
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	0	0	10:22	—	—	67	68
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	2	17:17	—	—	50	38
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.13	1	0	2	13:31	—	—	55	24
Oskar Steen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:16	—	—	67	36
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	25:09	—	—	65	64
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	2	0	21:45	—	—	69	57
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	61	52
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	1	1	0	17:59	—	—	68	63
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	15:38	—	—	64	75
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:29	—	—	56	71

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.14	58:55

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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.