Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsApr 16, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 16, 2022· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	6	9	9	24
BOS	2	0	0	2		BOS	11	5	13	29

: PIT 41BOS 45
: PIT 1.48BOS 1.77
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 0
Hits: PIT 12BOS 9
Blocks: PIT 10BOS 6
PIM: PIT 4BOS 6
: PIT 55%BOS 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at home. Erik Haula (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) played 7:06, −7:32 down on his 14:38 season average over 78 games.

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Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) played 7:06, −7:32 down on his 14:38 season average over 78 games.Kapanen
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Evan Rodrigues (PIT) played 9:05, −6:50 down on his 15:55 season average over 81 games.Rodrigues
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Kris Letang (PIT) played 30:23, +4:40 up on his 25:43 season average over 77 games.Letang
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Nick Foligno (BOS) played 8:10, −4:22 down on his 12:32 season average over 63 games.Foligno
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Brian Dumoulin (PIT) played 17:56, −3:56 down on his 21:52 season average over 75 games.Dumoulin
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Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 19:01, +4:02 up on his 14:59 season average over 76 games.DeBrusk
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Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 11:39, −4:04 down on his 15:43 season average over 71 games.Pettersson
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Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 21:45, +3:49 up on his 17:56 season average over 69 games.Rakell

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 86 of 86 attempts · BOS 45 · PIT 41

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 32% of the game, BOS 32%.

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
	34	49
	1.22	1.93
	1.21	1.85
	7	7
	5	2
	7	11
	+0.052	−0.052
	32%	32%

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 – Rakell – Guentzel
13:4550% CF
L2Carter – Zucker – Rust
10:5314% CF
L3Blueger – McGinn – Heinen
9:0550% CF
L4Boyle – Kapanen – Rodrigues
5:2757% CF
D1Letang – Matheson
18:5036% CF
D2Dumoulin – Marino
12:5135% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Pettersson
10:2056% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Rakell – Guentzel
4:12100% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Matheson – Heinen – Rodrigues
1:48100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
2:34
PK2FBoyle – Rust
1:07
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
2:38
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
1:22

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
12:2972% CF
L2Smith – Coyle – Frederic
8:5464% CF
L3Haula – Hall – Froden
8:4146% CF
L4Foligno – Lazar – McLaughlin
6:1243% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
16:3161% CF
D2Reilly – Carlo
15:1160% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
9:5250% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – Grzelcyk – DeBrusk
2:1475% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Coyle – McAvoy – Froden
1:2750% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:24
PK2FLazar – Froden
1:19
PK1DForbort – Carlo
1:47
PK2DClifton – McAvoy
1:44

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:49
BOSTrent Frederic (Craig Smith)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Carter, Dumoulin, Zucker, Rust, MarinoBOS: Smith, Coyle, Reilly, Carlo, Frederic
PIT 0 – 1 BOS
2:01
BOSErik Haula (Mike Reilly)snap0.08 xG
PIT: Boyle, Ruhwedel, Kapanen, Pettersson, RodriguesBOS: Haula, Hall, Reilly, Carlo, Froden
PIT 0 – 2 BOS

2nd period

5:38
PITDanton Heinen (Teddy Blueger, Brock McGinn)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Blueger, McGinn, Ruhwedel, Pettersson, HeinenBOS: Foligno, Grzelcyk, Lazar, Carlo, McLaughlin
PIT 1 – 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	23:18	—	—	48	50
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	0	2	22:55	—	—	46	49
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	1	1	0	21:45	—	—	55	64
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	2	0	0	21:43	—	—	24	10
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	19	8
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	16:16	—	—	16	5
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	40	33
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:55	—	—	44	41
Danton Heinen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	50	59
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	9:05	—	—	54	21
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:42	—	—	56	28
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	7:06	—	—	63	27
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	30:23	—	—	38	36
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	2	2	21:47	—	—	32	38
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	30	25
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	17:56	—	—	38	43
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	11:45	—	—	56	51
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	56	51

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	1.77	57:54

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	22:16	—	—	68	53
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	2	0	19:42	—	—	68	51
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	73	55
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.45	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	71	88
Craig Smith C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	14:14	—	—	69	85
Trent Frederic C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	73	88
Erik Haula L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.18	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	55	71
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	53	69
Jesper Froden R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	44	69
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	0	0	11:44	—	—	47	42
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	2	8:10	—	—	39	44
Marc McLaughlin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:21	—	—	33	29
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	1	2	24:47	—	—	66	60
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	1	0	21:48	—	—	56	53
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	21:13	—	—	55	57
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	0	0	2	18:30	—	—	65	65
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	46	73
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	56	80

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.48	60:00

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.