Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsMar 9, 2024

FinalSaturday, Mar 9, 2024· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	14	11	14	39
BOS	0	3	2	5		BOS	8	9	6	23

: PIT 70BOS 49
: PIT 2.58BOS 3.34
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 1
Hits: PIT 30BOS 34
Blocks: PIT 8BOS 16
PIM: PIT 4BOS 2
: PIT 45%BOS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 at home. Pavel Zacha (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Rakell–Bunting skated 13:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pavel Zacha had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:18.Zacha
Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:01.Marchand
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:49.Pastrnak
Points
Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:25.DeBrusk
Points
Hampus Lindholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:05.Lindholm
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rakell–Bunting skated 13:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rakell Bunting
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BOS) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +9 against a season average of 30.2; the win.Ullmark
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Acciari–Gruden skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Acciari Gruden

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 119 of 119 attempts · BOS 49 · PIT 70

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 29% 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
	74	47
	2.29	2.99
	2.28	2.90
	11	13
	5	6
	24	19
	−0.035	+0.036
	29%	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 – Rakell – Bunting
13:2069% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Puustinen
12:1368% CF
L3Carter – Acciari – Gruden
8:5944% CF
L4Eller – Puljujarvi – Bemstrom
7:1863% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
18:1971% CF
D2Letang – Joseph
14:4267% CF
D3Graves – Ludvig
11:3817% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rakell – Bunting – Puustinen
2:0083% CF
PK1FEller – Acciari
1:49
PK2FCarter – Gruden
1:07
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
1:38
PK2DGraves – Joseph
0:55

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Heinen – Zacha
12:2450% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk
10:5833% CF
L3Brazeau – Boqvist – Lauko
10:0657% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Frederic – Geekie
10:0327% CF
D1Lindholm – Carlo
18:3140% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
17:3531% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Lohrei
14:2548% CF

PP1Marchand – van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Pastrnak – McAvoy
1:1950% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Zacha – DeBrusk – Geekie – Lohrei
1:1683% CF
PK1FHeinen – Zacha
0:42
PK2FCoyle – DeBrusk
0:17
PK1DCarlo – McAvoy
1:20
PK2DLindholm – Grzelcyk
0:32

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:26
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Jake DeBrusk, Pavel Zacha)slap0.04 xG
PIT: Eller, Graves, Puljujarvi, Bemstrom, LudvigBOS: Shattenkirk, Pastrnak, Zacha, DeBrusk, Lohrei
PIT 0 – 1 BOS
12:48
BOSPavel ZachaPP (Morgan Geekie, Mason Lohrei)tip-in0.15 xG
PIT: Eller, Graves, Acciari, JosephBOS: Shattenkirk, Zacha, DeBrusk, Geekie, Lohrei
PIT 0 – 2 BOS
18:25
BOSBrad Marchand (Charlie Coyle, Hampus Lindholm)backhand0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell, Pettersson, BuntingBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Lindholm, Carlo, DeBrusk
PIT 0 – 3 BOS

3rd period

2:51
PITKris Letang (Sidney Crosby)slap0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Bunting, JosephBOS: Coyle, Lindholm, Carlo, DeBrusk, Geekie
PIT 1 – 3 BOS
9:36
BOSJake DeBrusk (Brad Marchand, Hampus Lindholm)snap0.05 xG
PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell, Pettersson, BuntingBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Lindholm, Carlo, DeBrusk
PIT 1 – 4 BOS
15:33
BOSPavel Zacha (David Pastrnak, Danton Heinen)wrist0.26 xG
PIT: Letang, Eller, Puljujarvi, Joseph, BemstromBOS: Shattenkirk, Pastrnak, Heinen, Zacha, Lohrei
PIT 1 – 5 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
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	3	0	0	19:36	—	—	67	38
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	1	0	0	17:58	—	—	68	42
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	5	0	2	16:53	—	—	70	40
Valtteri Puustinen R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	67	64
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	66	62
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.52	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	69	74
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	16:22	—	—	45	30
Jonathan Gruden L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	41	29
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	44	32
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.14	0	1	0	12:44	—	—	55	33
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	0	0	10:45	—	—	62	40
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.11	1	0	0	9:01	—	—	56	26
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.02	5	1	0	23:29	—	—	72	58
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	9	0.21	1	1	0	22:20	—	—	74	66
Kris Letang D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.09	2	0	0	21:35	—	—	69	42
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	68	43
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	19:36	—	—	38	34
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	2	2	13:55	—	—	24	14

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	3.34	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	2	1	3	+2	2	0.54	1	0	0	18:18	—	—	45	62
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.14	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	53	71
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	48	63
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.58	2	1	0	16:26	—	—	33	57
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.36	0	1	2	16:01	—	—	35	59
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.33	2	1	0	15:25	—	—	38	58
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	5	0	0	12:35	—	—	53	83
Jakub Lauko C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	4	1	0	12:13	—	—	44	59
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	57	89
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	4	0	0	15:50	—	—	25	34
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	2	0	14:21	—	—	26	31
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	28	41
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.30	3	1	0	21:05	—	—	38	61
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	2	0	21:02	—	—	39	64
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	1	0	22:16	—	—	34	33
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	19:31	—	—	27	21
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.05	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	48	73
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.07	3	2	0	17:17	—	—	47	70

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	2.58	59:05

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

David Pastrnak (BOS) 2nd 2:26 · assists Jake DeBrusk, Pavel Zacha · Cycle · 24.5 mph shot.

David Pastrnak · 2nd 2:26 · BOS

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Pavel Zacha · 2nd 12:48 · BOS PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Brad Marchand · 2nd 18:25 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Kris Letang · 3rd 2:51 · PIT

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 72.8 mph
Distance: 63 ft

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Jake DeBrusk · 3rd 9:36 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.7 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Pavel Zacha · 3rd 15:33 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 5.9 s

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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.