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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 5, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 3 27
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 46

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
02:57 BOS Gregory Campbell (1) Daniel Paille (1), Shawn Thornton (1) 1 - 0
07:18 BOS Benoit Pouliot (1) Rich Peverley (1) 2 - 0
3rd Period
01:07 BOS Tyler Seguin (1) PP Patrice Bergeron (1), Rich Peverley (2) 3 - 0
10:54 PIT Matt Cooke (1) Joe Vitale (1) 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:27 PIT Pascal Dupuis Holding 2
08:25 PIT Simon Despres Slashing 2
12:19 BOS Gregory Campbell Interference 2
2nd Period
03:19 BOS Brad Marchand Tripping 2
03:19 PIT Matt Niskanen Fighting 5
03:19 BOS Brad Marchand Fighting 5
04:09 BOS Zdeno Chara Interference 2
08:04 PIT Simon Despres Tripping 2
16:06 BOS Rich Peverley Hooking 2
16:06 BOS Benoit Pouliot Interference goalkeeper 2
20:00 PIT Jordan Staal Interference 2
3rd Period
04:39 PIT Chris Kunitz Tripping 2
11:08 BOS Gregory Campbell Fighting 5
11:08 PIT Joe Vitale Fighting 5

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 57 49 27 3 3.0 48.9
Pittsburgh Penguins 65 56 46 1 4.4 51.1

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadBoston Bruins ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.0 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.4 expected, 1 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 2:57 of 2nd, a 16% chanceBOS goal, 7:18 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 1:07 of 3rd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 10:54 of 3rd, a 13% chancePIT 4.4BOS 3.0

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Boston Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kelly · Rich Peverley · Benoit Pouliot10:5448.356.51-0
Nathan Horton · David Krejci · Milan Lucic10:5061.170.20-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Tyler Seguin8:2557.949.40-1
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille3:2333.377.51-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrew Ference · Adam McQuaid9:1671.481.90-0
Zdeno Chara · Johnny Boychuk8:4750.055.10-0
Joe Corvo · Dennis Seidenberg7:0850.060.51-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Rich Peverley C 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 20:38 0.26 16-21 1.06-1.36
9 Gregory Campbell C 1 0 1 1 7 1 1 08:39 0.16 6-8 0.31-0.30
67 Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 14:23 0.47 16-19 1.09-1.17
91 Tyler Seguin C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 13:02 0.15 12-8 0.41-0.37
12 Daniel Paille L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 06:18 0.24 4-6 0.35-0.25
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 04:57 0.08 4-6 0.36-0.08
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 18:37 0.16 12-11 0.43-0.66
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:37 0.03 10-16 0.52-0.68
8 Nathan Horton R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:17 11-8 0.50-0.25
17 Milan Lucic L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:29 0.14 12-11 0.56-0.41
21 Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:11 0.02 15-16 0.69-1.02
22 Chris Kelly C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:41 0.28 17-21 1.23-1.15
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 25:43 0.20 20-21 1.17-0.90
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 20:01 0.54 12-12 0.56-0.41
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:27 0.09 17-12 0.91-0.39
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:24 0.06 17-21 0.96-1.28
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 -1 7 2 0 14:48 0.17 13-10 0.43-0.40
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:05 11-8 0.62-0.27
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Tim Thomas 46 45 1 59:43 4.35 +3.35

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal7:0370.066.30-0
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby6:1244.429.00-0
Steve Sullivan · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal5:0433.310.30-0
Arron Asham · Craig Adams · Joe Vitale2:490.00.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Martin · Matt Niskanen6:5067.972.41-0
Alexandre Picard · Simon Despres5:1766.766.70-0
Paul Martin · Simon Despres5:0633.333.60-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
24 Matt Cooke L 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 16:20 0.17 12-8 0.42-0.23
14 Joe Vitale C 0 1 1 -1 5 0 0 07:43 5-8 0.35-0.56
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 13:32 0.04 10-13 0.40-0.43
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 29:43 0.03 29-24 1.67-1.07
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 -1 2 6 1 15:30 0.23 14-16 0.58-1.04
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 21:43 0.27 18-11 0.85-0.28
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 17:28 0.49 15-17 0.75-1.07
15 Steve Sullivan L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:11 0.03 11-11 0.55-0.58
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 18:29 0.09 28-18 1.66-1.08
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:15 0.07 0-2 0.00-0.17
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 11:28 5-13 0.22-0.97
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 21:44 13-13 0.33-0.67
45 Arron Asham R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 04:58 0.12 4-6 0.20-0.37
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 14:05 0.52 19-9 0.86-0.39
54 Alexandre Picard D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:24 0.02 9-11 0.26-0.78
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 21:49 1.26 16-14 0.73-0.70
81 James Neal L 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 18:40 0.41 12-13 0.82-0.64
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:03 0.61 15-18 0.70-1.13
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 27 24 3 58:48 3.03 +0.03