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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 7, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 5 25
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 35

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:51 BOS Ryan Spooner (4) Kevan Miller (8), Jake DeBrusk (12) 1 - 0
03:53 PIT Jamie Oleksiak (3) Matt Hunwick (2), Carl Hagelin (5) 1 - 1
11:04 PIT Phil Kessel (18) PP Sidney Crosby (26), Evgeni Malkin (25) 1 - 2
13:27 PIT Kris Letang (3) Sidney Crosby (27) 1 - 3
2nd Period
07:18 BOS Brad Marchand (17) Patrice Bergeron (16) 2 - 3
08:18 BOS Noel Acciari (6) Brandon Carlo (5), Brad Marchand (23) 3 - 3
12:14 BOS David Pastrnak (17) Unassisted 4 - 3
17:08 BOS David Backes (8) Zdeno Chara (8), Danton Heinen (20) 5 - 3
19:56 PIT Evgeni Malkin (16) PP Sidney Crosby (28), Patric Hornqvist (13) 5 - 4
3rd Period
02:54 PIT Riley Sheahan (4) Unassisted 5 - 5
Overtime
02:51 PIT Evgeni Malkin (17) Phil Kessel (29), Kris Letang (24) 5 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:23 PIT Jamie Oleksiak Interference 2
10:04 BOS Matt Grzelcyk Interference 2
13:44 PIT Kris Letang Slashing 2
2nd Period
18:21 BOS Charlie McAvoy Tripping 2
3rd Period
04:39 BOS Danton Heinen Tripping 2
18:59 PIT Jamie Oleksiak Ps slash on breakaway 0

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 53 35 25 5 2.0 49.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 61 46 35 6 2.9 51.0

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh 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: 2.0 expected, 5 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.9 expected, 6 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 1:51 of 1st, a 10% chanceBOS goal, 7:18 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBOS goal, 8:18 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 12:14 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBOS goal, 17:08 of 2nd, a 2% chancePIT goal, 3:53 of 1st, a 3% chancePIT goal, 11:04 of 1st, a 5% chancePIT goal, 13:27 of 1st, a 3% chancePIT goal, 19:56 of 2nd, a 15% chancePIT goal, 2:54 of 3rd, a 3% chancePIT goal, 2:51 of overtime, a 18% chancePIT 2.9BOS 2.0

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
David Krejci · Ryan Spooner · Jake DeBrusk12:3229.625.91-1
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak11:5175.051.12-0
David Backes · Riley Nash · Danton Heinen10:2056.541.61-0
Sean Kuraly · Tim Schaller · Noel Acciari9:2850.047.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Charlie McAvoy18:5251.541.23-0
Kevan Miller · Matt Grzelcyk14:2040.049.71-1
Torey Krug · Brandon Carlo12:0244.430.11-0

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
63 Brad Marchand L 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 19:11 0.26 14-8 0.43-0.29
15 Ryan Spooner C 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 15:48 0.11 9-20 0.24-0.55
21 David Backes R 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 13:39 0.13 15-12 0.72-0.82
52 Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:08 0.24 8-12 0.28-0.28
88 David Pastrnak R 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 17:53 0.06 15-6 0.32-0.24
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 16:23 0.03 14-17 0.36-0.81
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 26:44 0.05 24-17 0.76-0.67
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:12 0.31 12-6 0.24-0.25
58 Danton Heinen L 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 13:43 0.11 14-12 0.61-0.85
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 16:03 0.11 10-21 0.35-0.59
86 Kevan Miller D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:49 0.03 14-14 0.70-0.44
18 Riley Nash C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:03 0.21 15-13 0.71-0.84
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 16:03 0.04 10-14 0.47-0.47
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:22 0.08 10-22 0.33-0.61
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:06 0.02 13-18 0.33-0.76
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:30 0.02 10-8 0.28-0.20
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 12:13 9-7 0.16-0.19
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 24:08 0.16 19-18 0.49-0.65
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask OTL 35 29 6 62:51 2.92 -3.08

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Daniel Sprong · Dominik Simon12:1052.946.71-1
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Carl Hagelin11:4755.661.31-1
Phil Kessel · Jake Guentzel · Conor Sheary8:1750.055.20-1
Ryan Reaves · Riley Sheahan · Tom Kuhnhackl5:5366.781.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin16:2348.458.52-2
Matt Hunwick · Jamie Oleksiak15:4353.851.71-2
Justin Schultz · Olli Maatta15:3044.819.90-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
71 Evgeni Malkin C 2 1 3 0 0 5 1 20:57 0.78 11-17 0.49-0.62
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 3 3 -1 0 2 0 22:38 0.11 12-12 0.33-0.35
8 Phil Kessel R 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 18:51 0.16 16-15 0.93-0.75
58 Kris Letang D 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 23:55 0.14 20-17 1.25-0.53
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 1 0 1 -1 2 1 3 18:33 0.04 15-14 0.47-0.38
8 Riley Sheahan C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 14:04 0.05 13-8 0.41-0.14
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 18:21 0.01 15-13 0.42-0.38
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 17:03 0.11 12-11 0.40-0.34
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 18:36 0.20 11-13 0.49-0.37
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:13 0.02 15-18 0.74-0.53
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:46 0.04 16-17 0.30-0.65
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:28 0.19 17-16 0.62-0.65
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:12 0.07 11-14 0.20-0.38
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 11:42 0.25 14-6 0.50-0.10
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:55 0.08 11-15 0.54-0.74
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:10 0.05 11-13 0.31-0.32
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 13:38 0.54 15-12 0.68-0.49
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 06:39 10-4 0.43-0.08
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry 19 14 5 37:08 1.71 -3.29
30 Matt Murray W 6 6 0 25:35 0.30 +0.30