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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 18, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 6 34
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:20 PIT Conor Sheary (1) Sidney Crosby (14) 0 - 1
10:03 BOS Frank Vatrano (3) Ryan Spooner (11), Landon Ferraro (4) 1 - 1
2nd Period
01:03 BOS Patrice Bergeron (10) SH Brad Marchand (8) 2 - 1
02:39 PIT Trevor Daley (1) Sidney Crosby (15), Conor Sheary (1) 2 - 2
09:39 BOS Loui Eriksson (12) PP Ryan Spooner (12), David Krejci (21) 3 - 2
3rd Period
00:35 BOS Patrice Bergeron (11) Zdeno Chara (13), Brad Marchand (9) 4 - 2
12:18 BOS Frank Vatrano (4) Ryan Spooner (13), Jimmy Hayes (10) 5 - 2
15:18 BOS Frank Vatrano (5) Ryan Spooner (14) 6 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:39 BOS Patrice Bergeron Holding 2
17:59 BOS David Krejci Tripping 2
2nd Period
00:34 BOS Kevan Miller Tripping 2
09:22 PIT Ian Cole High sticking 2
14:52 BOS Ryan Spooner Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
17:57 PIT Ben Lovejoy Hooking 2
19:41 BOS Brett Connolly Kneeing 2
3rd Period
00:15 PIT Sidney Crosby Kneeing 2
04:33 PIT Sergei Plotnikov Roughing 2
04:33 BOS Adam McQuaid Roughing 2
05:03 PIT Sidney Crosby Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 60 42 34 6 3.2 45.1
Pittsburgh Penguins 62 48 32 2 2.5 54.9

How the game went

420246810Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadBoston Bruins 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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.2 expected, 6 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.5 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 10:03 of 1st, a 4% chanceBOS goal, 1:03 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 9:39 of 2nd, a 34% chanceBOS goal, 0:35 of 3rd, a 34% chanceBOS goal, 12:18 of 3rd, a 33% chanceBOS goal, 15:18 of 3rd, a 17% chancePIT goal, 8:20 of 1st, a 8% chancePIT goal, 2:39 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBOS 3.2PIT 2.5

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Loui Eriksson · David Krejci · Matt Beleskey10:5354.533.90-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Brett Connolly9:5742.916.20-1
Jimmy Hayes · Ryan Spooner · Frank Vatrano8:1566.778.92-0
Max Talbot · Landon Ferraro · Alex Khokhlachev7:4030.050.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kevan Miller · Torey Krug9:5652.949.31-0
Zdeno Chara · Adam McQuaid8:5718.86.00-1
Dennis Seidenberg · Colin Miller6:5062.531.30-0

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 Ryan Spooner C 0 4 4 3 2 2 2 15:31 0.21 13-14 0.81-0.54
77 Frank Vatrano R 3 0 3 3 0 4 1 10:16 0.58 12-8 0.82-0.24
37 Patrice Bergeron C 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 19:57 0.57 13-16 0.13-0.68
63 Brad Marchand L 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 18:20 0.05 11-20 0.13-0.80
21 Loui Eriksson L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:39 0.82 14-12 0.18-0.43
10 Jimmy Hayes R 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 11:30 11-10 0.78-0.40
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 24:08 0.05 13-21 0.72-0.54
41 Landon Ferraro C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:10 0.08 5-10 0.29-0.35
46 David Krejci C 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 18:10 0.12 13-11 0.19-0.37
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 22:48 0.04 16-21 0.42-1.08
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:54 0.04 19-11 0.83-0.50
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 12:25 0.04 9-15 0.11-0.63
25 Max Talbot C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:13 0.16 6-10 0.27-0.28
39 Matt Beleskey L 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 14:27 0.13 13-14 0.19-0.47
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 18:02 0.29 15-11 0.25-0.26
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 20:16 8-23 0.27-0.94
76 Alex Khokhlachev C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:01 3-8 0.24-0.33
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 18:13 11-14 0.26-0.39
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask W 32 30 2 60:00 2.43 +0.43

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Conor Sheary9:3468.039.42-1
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Kevin Porter8:5210.073.50-0
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · David Perron8:0863.674.20-1
Patric Hornqvist · Nick Bonino · Sergei Plotnikov7:0946.270.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ben Lovejoy · Brian Dumoulin15:4360.090.21-0
Trevor Daley · Olli Maatta14:3255.646.11-1
Ian Cole · David Warsofsky10:5348.038.50-2

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
43 Conor Sheary L 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 14:46 0.23 19-9 0.54-0.82
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 1 4 2 1 17:29 0.21 21-12 0.65-0.82
83 Trevor Daley D 1 0 1 -2 0 4 1 20:56 0.11 19-12 0.44-0.39
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:50 0.03 19-14 0.85-0.11
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 20:35 0.05 16-14 0.33-0.39
5 David Warsofsky D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:34 0.02 14-13 0.59-0.88
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:36 1-13 0.16-0.08
8 Phil Kessel R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:14 0.46 16-6 0.76-0.16
11 Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:12 3-11 0.21-0.08
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:32 0.14 12-16 0.27-0.34
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:18 0.19 18-8 0.52-0.80
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:38 0.17 4-11 0.20-0.08
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 19:43 0.14 18-12 0.83-0.09
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 -2 2 4 4 15:12 0.11 14-15 0.64-0.88
57 David Perron L 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 13:53 0.13 12-10 0.37-0.35
61 Sergei Plotnikov L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 10:26 13-13 0.37-0.32
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:20 0.32 15-10 0.74-0.14
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:39 0.17 16-6 0.76-0.16
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Jeff Zatkoff L 34 28 6 59:50 3.13 -2.87