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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 14, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 3 51
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:48 PIT Derek Grant (2) Matt Cullen (3), Garrett Wilson (2) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:56 PIT Phil Kessel (13) Evgeni Malkin (24), Zachary Aston-Reese (3) 0 - 2
11:53 BOS Brandon Carlo (1) Chris Wagner (2), Sean Kuraly (4) 1 - 2
19:01 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese (3) SH Riley Sheahan (2), Brian Dumoulin (9) 1 - 3
3rd Period
07:08 BOS Chris Wagner (3) Charlie McAvoy (6), Sean Kuraly (5) 2 - 3
08:02 BOS David Krejci (5) David Pastrnak (18), Brad Marchand (23) 3 - 3
10:47 PIT Jake Guentzel (13) Kris Letang (18), Sidney Crosby (18) 3 - 4
19:54 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese (4) Sidney Crosby (19), Jack Johnson (6) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:24 BOS Brandon Carlo Holding 2
2nd Period
09:00 PIT Jake Guentzel Slashing 2
17:22 PIT Jake Guentzel Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 81 66 51 3 4.3 66.7
Pittsburgh Penguins 37 30 28 5 2.8 33.3

How the game went

403020100Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 4.3 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 11:53 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 7:08 of 3rd, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 8:02 of 3rd, a 23% chancePIT goal, 17:48 of 1st, a 15% chancePIT goal, 1:56 of 2nd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 19:01 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 10:47 of 3rd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 19:54 of 3rd, a 61% chanceBOS 4.3PIT 2.8

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 · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak14:5165.272.01-2
Chris Wagner · Sean Kuraly · Noel Acciari11:1785.787.91-0
David Backes · Joakim Nordstrom · Colby Cave10:2944.416.00-1
Ryan Donato · Danton Heinen · Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson8:1271.481.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy15:5264.062.41-0
Torey Krug · Brandon Carlo14:4978.681.31-0
Steven Kampfer · John Moore9:0357.175.11-1

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 G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
14 Chris Wagner R 1 1 2 2 0 9 5 12:42 0.94 20-3 1.28-0.16
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 2 2 1 0 1 5 12:03 0.02 19-3 1.17-0.16
25 Brandon Carlo D 1 0 1 1 2 4 3 21:02 0.18 27-8 1.56-0.32
46 David Krejci C 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 19:21 0.52 19-8 1.26-0.45
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 21:50 0.19 19-9 1.52-0.47
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 4 23:09 0.04 21-14 1.31-1.04
88 David Pastrnak R 0 1 1 -2 0 7 0 20:07 0.65 15-10 1.15-0.56
8 Ryan Donato C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:01 0.27 11-6 0.36-0.19
12 Colby Cave C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:24 0.27 13-15 0.38-0.93
20 Joakim Nordstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:10 0.00 14-12 0.78-0.70
21 David Backes R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 4 16:08 0.07 13-13 0.37-0.74
23 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 11:16 0.70 15-6 1.03-0.19
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:54 0.05 19-11 1.11-0.64
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:40 0.02 16-11 1.03-0.43
44 Steven Kampfer D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:04 0.02 15-10 0.96-0.37
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 24:38 0.21 30-10 1.70-0.65
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 14:07 0.17 18-3 1.17-0.16
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 13:49 16-8 1.04-0.47
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak 27 23 4 58:35 2.13 -1.87

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Zachary Aston-Reese11:3838.147.11-1
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel11:3640.048.01-1
Matt Cullen · Derek Grant · Garrett Wilson7:0530.033.71-0
Derick Brassard · Riley Sheahan · Tanner Pearson6:5130.015.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin15:5238.537.91-1
Jamie Oleksiak · Olli Maatta15:0323.125.60-2
Jack Johnson · Marcus Pettersson14:1036.734.81-0

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
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 2 1 3 2 0 5 9 14:13 0.30 8-14 0.50-0.58
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 21:05 0.17 12-21 0.49-0.76
8 Phil Kessel R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:02 0.22 9-14 0.50-0.58
38 Derek Grant C 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 09:11 0.24 4-7 0.24-0.46
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 -1 4 2 3 21:28 0.18 12-23 0.63-1.10
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 22:25 0.01 12-18 0.59-0.79
3 Jack Johnson D 0 1 1 3 0 0 6 20:28 12-24 0.73-1.33
7 Matt Cullen C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:02 4-9 0.38-0.49
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 13:55 0.01 6-14 0.15-0.92
10 Garrett Wilson L 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 08:17 3-7 0.23-0.46
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 21:33 12-16 0.57-0.69
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 15:24 0.27 9-14 0.50-0.63
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 19:10 7-20 0.41-1.14
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 18:46 0.02 8-27 0.41-1.97
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 21:52 0.53 16-32 0.92-2.24
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:22 13-23 0.74-1.75
61 Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:41 0.04 7-22 0.36-2.05
70 Tanner Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:06 0.13 6-15 0.29-1.22
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Casey DeSmith 51 48 3 60:00 4.28 +1.28