Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins

Feb 4, 2012 · TD Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	28
Boston Bruins	1	29

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
19:51	PIT	Evgeni Malkin (1) PP	Chris Kunitz (1), James Neal (1)	1 - 0
3rd Period
01:53	PIT	Matt Cooke (1)	Dustin Jeffrey (1), Pascal Dupuis (1)	2 - 0
06:45	BOS	Joe Corvo (1)	Patrice Bergeron (1), Brad Marchand (1)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
19:16	BOS	Rich Peverley	Slashing	2
2nd Period
05:57	BOS	Benoit Pouliot	Hooking	2
08:56	PIT	Pascal Dupuis	High sticking double minor	4
3rd Period
07:28	BOS	Benoit Pouliot	High sticking	2
09:04	BOS	Daniel Paille	Tripping	2
09:04	PIT	Kris Letang	Closing hand on puck	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	46	34	28	2	2.7	43.6
Boston Bruins	58	39	29	1	1.6	56.4

How the game went

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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · Boston Bruins: 1.6 expected, 1 scored

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Boston Bruins

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal	13:46	43.5	36.0	0-0
Matt Cooke · Pascal Dupuis · Dustin Jeffrey	10:03	33.3	72.8	1-0
Steve Sullivan · Tyler Kennedy · Cal O'Reilly	8:39	57.1	87.6	0-0
Richard Park · Craig Adams · Joe Vitale	5:24	66.7	85.2	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · Kris Letang	19:09	32.4	47.4	0-0
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek	15:14	50.0	65.5	0-1
Deryk Engelland · Matt Niskanen	11:40	50.0	61.7	1-0

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

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
24	Matt Cooke	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	17:38	0.59	8-10	0.60-0.20
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	22:18	0.33	13-21	0.22-0.60
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	1	1	1	4	2	2	14:04	0.11	7-10	0.55-0.20
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	18:57	0.33	13-14	0.25-0.35
37	Dustin Jeffrey	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	13:59		7-12	0.63-0.22
81	James Neal	L	0	1	1	0	0	6	3	21:15	0.39	13-17	0.28-0.41
4	Zbynek Michalek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	20:29	0.04	14-13	0.70-0.35
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	12:49	0.02	8-8	0.49-0.30
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:37	0.13	14-13	0.69-0.35
12	Richard Park	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	08:13	0.15	5-2	0.17-0.03
14	Joe Vitale	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	10:40		5-8	0.17-0.23
15	Steve Sullivan	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:58	0.34	9-10	0.59-0.21
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:05	0.03	10-8	0.55-0.30
18	Cal O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:17	0.12	9-9	0.56-0.14
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	11:46		5-6	0.17-0.17
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	22:59		11-23	0.36-0.40
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	14:05	0.11	8-13	0.56-0.39
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	25:51	0.02	11-23	0.36-0.40

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	29	28	1	60:00	1.57	+0.57

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Tyler Seguin	14:37	77.3	76.1	1-0
David Krejci · Rich Peverley · Milan Lucic	9:35	23.5	11.4	0-0
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille	8:54	57.1	61.4	0-0
Chris Kelly · Benoit Pouliot · Zach Hamill	6:56	50.0	11.1	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zdeno Chara · Johnny Boychuk	16:08	75.0	87.6	0-0
Andrew Ference · Adam McQuaid	12:04	43.8	12.3	0-0
Joe Corvo · Dennis Seidenberg	10:53	40.0	18.5	0-1

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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
77	Joe Corvo	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	17:47	0.21	12-12	0.25-0.68
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	20:22	0.06	19-5	0.63-0.15
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	20:10	0.37	20-6	0.52-0.19
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	16:46	0.04	8-10	0.19-0.59
9	Gregory Campbell	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:02	0.27	7-4	0.26-0.09
12	Daniel Paille	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:06		5-5	0.15-0.12
17	Rich Peverley	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14:06		5-14	0.13-0.61
17	Milan Lucic	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:59	0.04	9-15	0.07-0.64
21	Andrew Ference	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	19:09	0.04	14-16	0.26-0.89
22	Shawn Thornton	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:59		5-3	0.25-0.09
22	Chris Kelly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	14:19		14-10	0.20-0.73
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	27:01	0.15	22-9	0.60-0.10
46	David Krejci	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:08		10-16	0.09-0.68
52	Zach Hamill	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	08:19	0.01	7-6	0.18-0.57
54	Adam McQuaid	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:11	0.02	8-12	0.09-0.66
55	Johnny Boychuk	D	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	21:31	0.11	24-9	0.71-0.24
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	12:58		10-9	0.09-0.68
91	Tyler Seguin	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	20:14	0.27	21-9	0.58-0.19

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Tim Thomas	L	28	26	2	59:18	2.68	+0.68