Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsNov 29, 2024

FinalFriday, Nov 29, 2024· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	12	16	8	36
BOS	1	0	0	1		BOS	9	11	11	31

: PIT 62BOS 54
: PIT 2.70BOS 2.50
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 0
Hits: PIT 15BOS 25
Blocks: PIT 15BOS 12
PIM: PIT 8BOS 6
: PIT 52%BOS 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Boston Bruins 2–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 2–1 at BOS. Philip Tomasino (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Bunting–Beauvillier–Lizotte skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for PIT: Bunting–Beauvillier–Lizotte skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bunting Beauvillier Lizotte
Goalie
Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +8 against a season average of 28.1; the loss.Swayman
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Tomasino–O'Connor skated 6:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Tomasino O'Connor
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 2.50 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jack St. Ivany (PIT) played 11:55, −4:42 down on his 16:37 season average over 18 games.St. Ivany
Usage
Parker Wotherspoon (BOS) played 13:57, −4:09 down on his 18:06 season average over 54 games.Wotherspoon
Usage
Ryan Shea (PIT) played 13:00, −3:49 down on his 16:49 season average over 38 games.Shea
Usage
Cole Koepke (BOS) played 7:33, −3:45 down on his 11:18 season average over 72 games.Koepke

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 116 of 116 attempts · BOS 54 · PIT 62

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 24%.

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
	66	48
	2.83	2.24
	2.73	2.21
	16	7
	4	2
	19	22
	+0.025	−0.025
	26%	24%

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 – Rakell
12:5771% CF
L2Bunting – Beauvillier – Lizotte
7:1743% CF
L3Malkin – Tomasino – O'Connor
6:0265% CF
L4Hayes – Nieto – Acciari
6:0050% CF
D1Letang – Grzelcyk
18:1136% CF
D2Karlsson – Pettersson
17:0771% CF
D3Shea – St. Ivany
10:0355% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Hayes – Rust – Rakell
2:2667% CF
PP2Letang – Grzelcyk – Bunting – Lizotte – Tomasino
0:09100% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
2:34
PK2FRust – Lizotte
1:53
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
3:04
PK2DShea – St. Ivany
0:53

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
10:4350% CF
L2Marchand – Lindholm – Brazeau
8:3355% CF
L3Johnson – Coyle – Frederic
6:5231% CF
L4Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher
4:5150% CF
D1Zadorov – Peeke
14:4848% CF
D2McAvoy – Lohrei
11:5646% CF
D3Carlo – Wotherspoon
11:3941% CF

PP1Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
3:55100% CF
PP2Johnson – Coyle – Brazeau – Geekie – Lohrei
0:400% CF
PK1FLindholm – Zacha
0:48
PK2FMarchand – Coyle
0:29
PK1DCarlo – McAvoy
0:51
PK2DZadorov – Wotherspoon
0:00

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	0.33	1	0	0	20:52	—	—	67	81
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.58	3	0	0	20:08	—	—	67	81
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	19:40	—	—	67	74
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	2	15:59	—	—	54	40
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	14:38	—	—	40	25
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	4	0	0	13:32	—	—	40	23
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	1	2	16:03	—	—	63	70
Philip Tomasino R	L3	1	0	1	+1	7	0.54	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	64	71
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	11:14	—	—	57	50
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	11:26	—	—	50	45
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:48	—	—	50	56
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	8:55	—	—	50	56
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	26:23	—	—	38	33
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	21:54	—	—	39	32
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.15	1	4	0	24:21	—	—	70	68
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.07	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	72	69
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	13:00	—	—	52	43
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:55	—	—	57	45

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.50	59:55

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.43	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	43	45
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.53	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	47	53
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	46	52
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	2	0	21:36	—	—	37	31
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	3	0	2	20:31	—	—	52	45
Justin Brazeau R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	13:11	—	—	58	42
Charlie Coyle C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	35	36
Tyler Johnson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:11	—	—	32	30
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:55	—	—	21	24
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	9:29	—	—	46	70
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	6	0	0	9:14	—	—	38	66
Cole Koepke L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	7:33	—	—	57	51
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.22	2	1	0	21:17	—	—	42	36
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	19:59	—	—	50	46
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	24:07	—	—	45	50
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	2	0	20:44	—	—	38	42
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:50	—	—	41	48
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	13:57	—	—	39	46

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	2.70	57:59

Goal anatomy

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

Charlie Coyle (BOS) 1st 1:24 · assists Trent Frederic, Tyler Johnson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 68.5 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Charlie Coyle · 1st 1:24 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Rickard Rakell · 2nd 19:59 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.5 mph
Distance: 50 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Philip Tomasino · 3rd 7:26 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 30.9 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsNov 29, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Boston Bruins 2–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

Charlie Coyle · 1st 1:24 · BOS

Rickard Rakell · 2nd 19:59 · PIT

Philip Tomasino · 3rd 7:26 · PIT