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Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins

Apr 3, 2012 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 27
Boston Bruins 3 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:41 PIT Sidney Crosby (1) Pascal Dupuis (1), Kris Letang (1) 1 - 0
14:58 PIT Paul Martin (1) Tyler Kennedy (1), Kris Letang (2) 2 - 0
16:57 BOS Benoit Pouliot (1) Chris Kelly (1), Brian Rolston (1) 2 - 1
2nd Period
00:18 BOS Milan Lucic (1) David Krejci (1), Rich Peverley (1) 2 - 2
18:11 PIT James Neal (1) PP Chris Kunitz (1), Sidney Crosby (1) 3 - 2
18:59 PIT Sidney Crosby (2) PP Kris Letang (3), Evgeni Malkin (1) 4 - 2
3rd Period
06:15 PIT Arron Asham (1) Craig Adams (1), Joe Vitale (1) 5 - 2
08:04 BOS Rich Peverley (1) Milan Lucic (1), David Krejci (2) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:28 BOS David Krejci Delaying game puck over glass 2
07:20 BOS Milan Lucic Roughing 2
07:20 PIT James Neal Roughing 2
2nd Period
17:20 BOS Daniel Paille Charging 2
17:29 BOS Rich Peverley High sticking 2
18:27 PIT James Neal Fighting 5
18:27 BOS Andrew Ference Fighting 5
3rd Period
10:21 PIT Sidney Crosby Delaying game puck over glass 2
19:30 BOS Zdeno Chara Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 49 43 27 5 2.7 43.5
Boston Bruins 57 39 29 3 2.6 56.5

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdBoston Bruins aheadPittsburgh Penguins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.7 expected, 5 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.6 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 7:41 of 1st, a 28% chancePIT goal, 14:58 of 1st, a 24% chancePIT goal, 18:11 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 18:59 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 6:15 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBOS goal, 16:57 of 1st, a 5% chanceBOS goal, 0:18 of 2nd, a 19% chanceBOS goal, 8:04 of 3rd, a 4% chancePIT 2.7BOS 2.6

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal11:1350.049.71-0
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal9:4837.524.70-0
Steve Sullivan · Pascal Dupuis · Sidney Crosby8:1238.935.60-2
Arron Asham · Craig Adams · Joe Vitale6:3027.328.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Martin · Kris Letang13:3259.163.41-3
Brooks Orpik · Zbynek Michalek12:5345.530.80-0
Deryk Engelland · Matt Niskanen8:2246.236.60-0

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

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 2 1 3 -1 2 3 0 18:03 0.78 15-15 0.82-0.61
58 Kris Letang D 0 3 3 0 0 4 1 24:30 0.26 17-15 1.16-0.76
7 Paul Martin D 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 20:18 0.24 17-17 1.02-0.72
45 Arron Asham R 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 10:16 0.15 9-12 0.38-0.79
81 James Neal L 1 0 1 0 7 3 2 15:05 0.27 6-14 0.18-0.64
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 15:55 0.14 11-12 0.47-0.56
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:07 0.14 10-13 0.24-0.56
14 Joe Vitale C 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 11:23 0.08 4-11 0.29-0.63
27 Craig Adams R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 10:41 0.11 6-12 0.27-0.74
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:38 0.14 12-11 0.45-0.44
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:17 0.08 10-13 0.25-0.77
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:49 0.06 15-22 0.38-1.40
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:06 0.02 9-16 0.30-0.84
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 19:36 15-16 0.86-0.51
15 Steve Sullivan L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:54 0.18 8-11 0.29-0.52
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:40 0.02 8-12 0.17-0.30
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:36 0.04 14-16 0.83-0.64
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 24:06 0.04 14-22 0.51-0.93
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Brent Johnson 29 26 3 60:00 2.60 -0.40

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Tyler Seguin12:5757.159.50-1
David Krejci · Rich Peverley · Milan Lucic11:4055.668.22-0
Brian Rolston · Chris Kelly · Benoit Pouliot10:1964.785.91-0
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille10:0533.35.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Dennis Seidenberg14:0266.768.90-0
Joe Corvo · Andrew Ference11:3744.439.61-0
Johnny Boychuk · Torey Krug11:2345.536.91-2

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
17 Rich Peverley C 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 17:53 0.04 18-14 1.02-0.46
17 Milan Lucic L 1 1 2 2 2 3 6 14:58 0.29 17-13 0.89-0.42
46 David Krejci C 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 16:56 0.13 18-14 0.98-0.44
67 Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 11:51 0.26 12-7 0.54-0.13
12 Brian Rolston R 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 13:45 0.26 14-6 0.55-0.09
22 Chris Kelly C 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:18 12-7 0.53-0.13
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 25:09 0.04 28-13 1.72-0.70
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:28 5-7 0.06-0.63
12 Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12:37 6-6 0.16-0.61
21 Andrew Ference D 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 17:44 0.01 12-13 0.43-0.45
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:21 0.02 3-6 0.03-0.61
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 23:01 0.57 22-14 1.33-0.61
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:55 0.03 17-13 0.91-0.59
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:18 0.09 15-13 0.53-0.71
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:48 0.03 12-17 0.38-0.70
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 16:13 0.25 18-14 0.91-0.61
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:43 0.02 14-10 0.49-0.38
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 15:59 0.57 17-13 0.91-0.59
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Marty Turco 27 22 5 59:12 2.73 -2.27