Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins

Dec 16, 2015 · TD Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	0	34
Boston Bruins	3	29

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:52	BOS	Max Talbot (1)	Adam McQuaid (5), Jimmy Hayes (9)	0 - 1
2nd Period
04:00	BOS	Jimmy Hayes (5)	Ryan Spooner (10), Colin Miller (9)	0 - 2
3rd Period
17:17	BOS	Ryan Spooner (8) PP	Patrice Bergeron (21), Loui Eriksson (15)	0 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:39	BOS	Adam McQuaid	Hooking	2
07:28	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Tripping	2
14:05	BOS	Colin Miller	Holding	2
18:11	PIT	David Perron	Interference	2
2nd Period
17:11	BOS	Zdeno Chara	Interference	2
3rd Period
05:45	PIT	Chris Kunitz	Tripping	2
16:40	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	69	55	34	0	1.9	61.5
Boston Bruins	52	43	29	3	2.4	38.5

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: 1.9 expected, 0 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.4 expected, 3 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 · Sidney Crosby · David Perron	11:18	73.7	61.6	0-0
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Conor Sheary	8:55	53.3	49.4	0-0
Matt Cullen · Kevin Porter · Patric Hornqvist	6:07	71.4	80.0	0-0
Matt Cullen · Patric Hornqvist · Conor Sheary	4:44	44.4	46.0	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ben Lovejoy · Brian Dumoulin	17:28	70.0	62.9	0-1
Trevor Daley · Olli Maatta	12:23	60.0	54.3	0-0
Ian Cole · David Warsofsky	8:52	75.0	63.2	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

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	-1	0	0	1	23:11	0.04	23-14	0.50-0.50
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	2	2	20:59	0.05	21-12	0.40-0.27
5	David Warsofsky	D	-1	0	2	0	16:24	0.18	17-14	0.48-0.61
7	Matt Cullen	C	-2	0	1	2	15:49	0.15	16-10	0.39-0.32
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	5	0	18:53	0.30	16-14	0.30-0.52
10	Daniel Sprong	R	-1	0	2	3	07:10	0.05	10-6	0.14-0.23
11	Kevin Porter	C	-1	0	0	5	14:19		17-6	0.42-0.20
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	2	3	1	16:33	0.28	15-10	0.34-0.39
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	10:43	0.08	12-5	0.11-0.12
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	-1	0	3	0	21:43	0.07	22-10	0.49-0.30
28	Ian Cole	D	-1	0	3	2	15:40	0.04	17-6	0.44-0.26
43	Conor Sheary	L	-1	0	3	2	16:41	0.15	14-13	0.33-0.32
57	David Perron	L	0	2	1	0	15:25	0.01	15-7	0.35-0.22
61	Sergei Plotnikov	L	0	0	1	0	10:01	0.02	13-8	0.23-0.29
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	-1	2	4	4	14:34	0.28	17-9	0.52-0.21
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	1	2	18:13	0.07	15-15	0.31-0.40
83	Trevor Daley	D	0	0	0	0	18:40		18-18	0.32-0.46
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	2	3	5	18:47	0.15	17-8	0.52-0.38

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Jeff Zatkoff	L	28	26	2	59:38	1.80	-0.20

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Loui Eriksson · David Krejci · Matt Beleskey	13:07	38.1	44.6	0-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Brett Connolly	10:05	47.6	60.9	0-0
Jimmy Hayes · Ryan Spooner · Frank Vatrano	6:53	21.4	34.3	1-0
Max Talbot · Landon Ferraro · Alex Khokhlachev	6:41	35.7	35.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dennis Seidenberg · Colin Miller	10:56	30.4	47.5	1-0
Zdeno Chara · Adam McQuaid	10:50	52.0	70.1	0-0
Kevan Miller · Torey Krug	10:41	23.5	39.9	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
10	Jimmy Hayes	R	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	09:21	0.19	8-13	0.26-0.31
15	Ryan Spooner	C	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	13:42	0.08	4-13	0.16-0.34
25	Max Talbot	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	13:34	0.05	13-17	0.46-0.40
6	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	14:58	0.04	10-19	0.32-0.47
21	Loui Eriksson	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	21:08	0.03	9-14	0.26-0.34
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	19:15	0.18	10-16	0.32-0.34
54	Adam McQuaid	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	14:19	0.03	17-12	0.55-0.20
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	22:22	0.05	15-27	0.43-0.52
20	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	13:40	0.34	14-14	0.47-0.30
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	21:35	0.02	16-22	0.53-0.47
39	Matt Beleskey	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:24	0.08	10-16	0.34-0.32
41	Landon Ferraro	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	14:04	0.15	9-17	0.27-0.35
46	David Krejci	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	22:07	0.21	8-15	0.23-0.34
47	Torey Krug	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:18	0.10	6-18	0.24-0.53
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	16:08	0.25	13-15	0.45-0.33
76	Alex Khokhlachev	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:55	0.02	6-11	0.16-0.30
77	Frank Vatrano	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	08:59		6-14	0.22-0.31
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	21:21	0.01	11-22	0.35-0.44

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Tuukka Rask	W, SO	34	34	0	59:50	1.88	+1.88