Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 14, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	2	30
Pittsburgh Penguins	0	30

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:53	BOS	Milan Lucic (15)	David Pastrnak (10), Dougie Hamilton (30)	1 - 0
3rd Period
19:22	BOS	Zdeno Chara (7)	Gregory Campbell (5)	2 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:18	BOS	Dennis Seidenberg	Tripping	2
10:51	PIT	David Perron	Tripping	2
18:28	BOS	Loui Eriksson	Hooking	2
2nd Period
05:31	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	Interference	2
13:48	BOS	Chris Kelly	High sticking	2
3rd Period
06:15	PIT	Ben Lovejoy	Hooking	2
19:22	PIT	Steve Downie	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	54	39	30	2	3.4	47.7
Pittsburgh Penguins	58	45	30	0	1.8	52.3

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

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.4 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.8 expected, 0 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Kelly · Loui Eriksson · Carl Soderberg	11:55	31.6	48.2	0-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Reilly Smith	10:19	50.0	56.2	0-0
Gregory Campbell · Max Talbot · Daniel Paille	9:28	63.2	46.4	0-0
Milan Lucic · Ryan Spooner · David Pastrnak	7:35	58.3	58.8	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dennis Seidenberg · Matt Bartkowski	14:16	43.5	57.1	0-0
Zdeno Chara · Dougie Hamilton	11:57	52.2	56.2	1-0
Adam McQuaid · Torey Krug	9:17	50.0	46.9	0-0

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
17	Milan Lucic	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	14:44	0.55	11-7	0.68-0.18
33	Zdeno Chara	D	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	24:13	0.02	18-14	1.13-0.56
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	17:30	0.02	13-12	0.57-0.49
9	Gregory Campbell	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	15:38	0.10	14-10	0.34-0.40
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	12:20	0.09	9-7	0.66-0.17
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	22:53	0.01	16-16	0.56-0.36
12	Daniel Paille	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	12:38	0.14	12-9	0.34-0.41
15	Ryan Spooner	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	12:32	0.20	8-11	0.25-0.35
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14:56	0.14	11-16	0.29-0.42
21	Loui Eriksson	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	17:00	0.58	8-13	0.46-0.24
22	Chris Kelly	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	14:25	0.05	6-13	0.22-0.24
25	Max Talbot	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	13:13	0.09	13-9	0.34-0.41
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:29	0.08	9-14	0.87-0.25
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:37	0.08	10-10	0.29-0.22
44	Matt Bartkowski	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	20:09	0.02	12-19	0.89-0.45
47	Torey Krug	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16:12	0.20	10-14	0.14-0.26
54	Adam McQuaid	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17:04		13-15	0.22-0.34
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:27	0.02	12-16	0.51-0.41

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Tuukka Rask	W, SO	30	30	0	60:00	1.75	+1.75

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patric Hornqvist · Nick Spaling · David Perron	11:41	52.2	38.9	0-0
Chris Kunitz · Blake Comeau · Brandon Sutter	9:33	61.1	38.0	0-0
Daniel Winnik · Steve Downie · Beau Bennett	6:20	60.0	87.8	0-0
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Blake Comeau	2:36	50.0	85.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Martin · Kris Letang	14:18	64.3	63.7	0-0
Rob Scuderi · Ian Cole	14:15	31.8	31.9	0-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Ben Lovejoy	12:27	69.6	62.7	0-0

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
7	Rob Scuderi	D	-1	0	0	0	18:37	0.01	8-17	0.31-0.77
7	Paul Martin	D	-1	0	1	1	20:12	0.05	18-10	0.44-0.25
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	1	6	20:06	0.02	17-11	0.49-0.43
15	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	6	8	17:07	0.39	17-11	0.49-0.43
16	Nick Spaling	C	-1	0	0	5	16:17	0.04	13-11	0.33-0.51
17	Steve Downie	R	-1	2	3	5	13:26	0.11	10-9	0.35-0.09
20	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	3	1	18:13	0.11	13-10	0.27-0.83
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	-1	2	1	4	16:58	0.03	18-11	0.48-0.79
26	Daniel Winnik	L	-1	0	0	4	15:28	0.15	13-9	0.42-0.23
27	Craig Adams	R	-1	0	0	0	09:13		4-9	0.03-0.73
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	2	2	17:46	0.05	10-15	0.39-0.66
40	Maxim Lapierre	C	-1	0	0	3	10:32	0.01	8-11	0.14-0.29
55	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	6	1	21:24	0.30	17-14	0.40-0.72
57	David Perron	L	-1	2	1	5	17:24	0.01	13-12	0.34-0.51
58	Kris Letang	D	-1	0	1	3	25:16	0.12	19-17	0.44-0.74
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	-1	2	4	5	18:17	0.23	13-12	0.34-0.51
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	04:15	0.09	4-4	0.21-0.04
78	Beau Bennett	R	0	0	1	2	13:48	0.04	10-12	0.29-0.25

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Thomas Greiss	L	29	28	1	59:03	2.49	+1.49