Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsJan 2, 2023

FinalMonday, Jan 2, 2023· Fenway Park

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	14	6	7	27
BOS	0	0	2	2		BOS	10	9	10	29

: PIT 57BOS 56
: PIT 2.26BOS 2.65
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 0
Hits: PIT 19BOS 31
Blocks: PIT 17BOS 16
PIM: PIT 6BOS 6
: PIT 56%BOS 44%

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. Jake DeBrusk (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Ty Smith (PIT) played 10:27, −10:58 down on his 21:25 season average over 8 games.

Points
Jake DeBrusk had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:31.DeBrusk
Usage
Ty Smith (PIT) played 10:27, −10:58 down on his 21:25 season average over 8 games.Smith
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Zucker–Rakell skated 11:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Zucker Rakell
Usage
Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) played 7:21, −6:26 down on his 13:47 season average over 65 games.Kapanen
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 26:06, +8:18 up on his 17:48 season average over 80 games.Rust
Usage
Danton Heinen (PIT) played 5:07, −5:44 down on his 10:51 season average over 64 games.Heinen
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 22:18, +3:49 up on his 18:29 season average over 72 games.Marchand
Usage
Craig Smith (BOS) played 5:32, −5:33 down on his 11:05 season average over 63 games.Smith

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 113 of 113 attempts · BOS 56 · PIT 57

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 30% 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
	60	56
	2.12	2.71
	2.08	2.54
	6	17
	11	5
	20	11
	+0.036	−0.036
	30%	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
16:2257% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
11:0357% CF
L3Carter – Blueger – McGinn
7:5123% CF
D1Pettersson – Rutta
16:0756% CF
D2Friedman – Joseph
8:3843% CF
D3Dumoulin – Smith
7:4369% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel – Pettersson
2:36100% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Rust – Kapanen – Joseph
1:11100% CF
PK1FCarter – Rust
1:19
PK2FBlueger – McGinn
1:15
PK1DPettersson – Rutta
1:15
PK2DRuhwedel – Friedman
0:45

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
9:4150% CF
L2Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha
8:1940% CF
L3Coyle – Hall – Frederic
6:1750% CF
L4Foligno – Smith – Nosek
4:1640% CF
D1Forbort – Clifton
12:1032% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
11:4426% CF
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
10:5948% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
2:27100% CF
PP2Krejci – Foligno – Hall – Zacha – McAvoy
1:43100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:02
PK2FCoyle – Nosek
1:00
PK1DForbort – Carlo
1:54
PK2DLindholm – McAvoy
0:49

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:40
PITKasperi Kapanen (Danton Heinen, Jeff Carter)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Carter, Kapanen, Pettersson, Heinen, RuttaBOS: Coyle, Forbort, Hall, Clifton, Frederic
PIT 1 – 0 BOS

3rd period

7:46
BOSJake DeBrusk (Brad Marchand, Matt Grzelcyk)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Carter, Dumoulin, Rust, Pettersson, RuttaBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, DeBrusk
PIT 1 – 1 BOS
17:36
BOSJake DeBrusk (Taylor Hall, David Krejci)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Malkin, Dumoulin, Zucker, Rakell, RuhwedelBOS: Krejci, Hall, Grzelcyk, Carlo, DeBrusk
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
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	26:06	—	—	50	39
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	23:51	—	—	55	52
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.35	1	2	0	23:42	—	—	54	52
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.48	0	3	0	21:51	—	—	57	49
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	1	0	0	19:09	—	—	56	49
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	52	39
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	16:25	—	—	33	20
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	2	11:35	—	—	38	29
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	35	15
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	3	2	0	25:56	—	—	55	67
Jan Rutta D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	5	0	22:15	—	—	54	59
Mark Friedman D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	13:00	—	—	42	43
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	2	12:25	—	—	42	27
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	3	1	2	19:16	—	—	55	35
Ty Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	64	32
Chad Ruhwedel D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:13	—	—	39	15
Kasperi Kapanen R	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	7:21	—	—	62	73
Danton Heinen L	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	5:07	—	—	77	82

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith	L	21	19	2	.905	2.13	42:45
Tristan Jarry(start)	—	8	8	0	.1000	0.52	15:30

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.45	1	1	0	22:18	—	—	54	62
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.38	1	1	0	21:22	—	—	66	69
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.45	1	1	0	17:31	—	—	63	65
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	2	1	2	18:31	—	—	43	50
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:44	—	—	30	31
David Krejci C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	2	0	0	16:33	—	—	41	44
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.39	2	0	0	14:26	—	—	62	86
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.19	1	1	0	13:54	—	—	33	47
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	11:25	—	—	26	32
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	5	0	0	10:02	—	—	50	66
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	9:47	—	—	50	46
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	5:32	—	—	50	50
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	1	0	18:59	—	—	39	42
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	5	1	0	15:25	—	—	39	44
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	1	2	24:11	—	—	50	65
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	2	0	19:38	—	—	40	65
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	2	0	23:00	—	—	58	56
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	2	2	15:00	—	—	55	58

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.26	59:42

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.