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Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins

Dec 7, 2013 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 30
Boston Bruins 3 21

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:33 PIT Chris Kunitz (1) PP Sidney Crosby (1), Matt Niskanen (1) 1 - 0
10:13 BOS Reilly Smith (1) Patrice Bergeron (1) 1 - 1
13:13 PIT James Neal (1) PP Matt Niskanen (2), Simon Despres (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
18:31 BOS David Krejci (1) Milan Lucic (1), Jarome Iginla (1) 2 - 2
19:47 BOS Zdeno Chara (1) Reilly Smith (1), Brad Marchand (1) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:21 BOS Zdeno Chara Cross checking 2
05:44 BOS Shawn Thornton Roughing 2
07:19 BOS Milan Lucic Fighting 5
07:19 PIT Deryk Engelland Fighting 5
11:06 PIT James Neal Kneeing 2
11:06 BOS Shawn Thornton Match penatly 10 minutes 10
17:42 PIT Chris Conner High sticking 2
2nd Period
00:44 BOS Brad Marchand High sticking double minor 4
08:52 PIT Simon Despres Holding 2
11:22 BOS Jarome Iginla Holding 2
11:52 PIT Chris Kunitz Slashing 2
3rd Period
03:43 PIT Chris Kunitz Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 53 38 30 2 2.0 54.1
Boston Bruins 53 31 21 3 1.7 45.9

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdBoston 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: 2.0 expected, 2 scored · Boston Bruins: 1.7 expected, 3 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 6:33 of 1st, a 6% chancePIT goal, 13:13 of 1st, a 5% chanceBOS goal, 10:13 of 1st, a 5% chanceBOS goal, 18:31 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBOS goal, 19:47 of 3rd, a 4% chancePIT 2.0BOS 1.7

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
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby7:0041.739.20-1
Joe Vitale · Chris Conner · Brandon Sutter3:0671.4100.00-0
Jussi Jokinen · James Neal · Jayson Megna3:0566.70.00-0
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · James Neal2:5750.068.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Olli Maatta6:1683.3100.00-0
Kris Letang · Olli Maatta5:4330.844.10-1
Deryk Engelland · Kris Letang5:0657.160.30-0

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
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 0 0 3 5 25:44 0.13 19-5 0.45-0.05
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 0 1 -1 4 2 2 18:17 0.16 11-11 0.39-0.26
81 James Neal L 1 0 1 -1 2 5 1 18:11 0.54 10-7 0.48-0.23
6 Simon Despres D 0 1 1 -2 2 1 3 15:08 0.02 11-6 0.27-0.19
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 22:44 0.13 9-11 0.40-0.27
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 22:51 0.01 9-16 0.29-0.31
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 21:59 13-11 0.30-0.15
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 18:34 0.08 7-15 0.10-0.22
12 Chuck Kobasew R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:55 0.05 6-3 0.08-0.15
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 08:34 0.14 8-3 0.24-0.01
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:24 0.35 10-9 0.17-0.07
20 Jayson Megna C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:01 9-6 0.24-0.13
23 Chris Conner R 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:05 0.02 7-7 0.13-0.08
23 Zach Sill C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 10:25 0.02 8-3 0.12-0.10
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 12:55 0.12 8-7 0.16-0.14
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:54 0.16 6-1 0.11-0.00
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:16 2-2 0.02-0.00
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 31:18 0.08 12-17 0.43-0.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury L 21 18 3 59:45 1.66 -1.34

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Reilly Smith8:5766.768.42-0
Jarome Iginla · David Krejci · Milan Lucic8:5550.027.70-0
Jarome Iginla · Carl Soderberg · David Krejci2:1428.60.00-0
Chris Kelly · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille2:0750.041.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dennis Seidenberg · Torey Krug10:2945.836.50-0
Zdeno Chara · Dougie Hamilton8:5550.055.21-0
Matt Bartkowski · Kevan Miller8:4341.718.50-0

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
19 Reilly Smith R 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 16:04 0.38 9-6 0.23-0.23
33 Zdeno Chara D 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 25:35 0.04 9-9 0.27-0.30
46 David Krejci C 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 22:33 0.07 13-17 0.09-0.39
17 Milan Lucic L 0 1 1 1 5 1 3 15:18 0.08 11-11 0.09-0.21
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 22:49 0.27 9-9 0.26-0.14
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 2 4 1 4 18:42 0.10 13-8 0.32-0.12
88 Jarome Iginla R 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 19:53 0.07 13-16 0.08-0.38
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 26:40 0.04 15-16 0.41-0.55
7 Dougie Hamilton D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:08 0.07 7-9 0.13-0.19
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:18 3-7 0.16-0.36
12 Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:26 0.32 5-6 0.20-0.33
21 Loui Eriksson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:21 0-1 0.00-0.00
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 02:13 0-2 0.00-0.02
22 Chris Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:39 0.03 2-5 0.14-0.24
34 Carl Soderberg C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:13 6-11 0.10-0.21
44 Matt Bartkowski D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:34 0.04 6-10 0.04-0.22
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:11 0.17 14-13 0.24-0.34
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:50 5-9 0.02-0.15
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask W 30 28 2 59:44 2.01 +0.01