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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 15, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 1 43
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 26

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:47 BOS Matt Grzelcyk (1) PP Brad Marchand (20), David Pastrnak (11) 1 - 0
16:51 PIT Evan Rodrigues (2) Kasperi Kapanen (12), Evgeni Malkin (16) 1 - 1
18:34 PIT Sidney Crosby (11) Jake Guentzel (15), Brian Dumoulin (4) 1 - 2
2nd Period
11:40 PIT Evgeni Malkin (8) PP Sidney Crosby (17), Kris Letang (15) 1 - 3
3rd Period
19:44 PIT Jake Guentzel (11) Bryan Rust (11), Sidney Crosby (18) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:17 PIT Bryan Rust Slashing 2
2nd Period
00:28 BOS David Pastrnak Interference 2
06:59 PIT Marcus Pettersson Delaying game puck over glass 2
10:31 BOS Connor Clifton Tripping 2
12:13 BOS Connor Clifton Roughing 2
3rd Period
02:40 PIT Sidney Crosby Tripping 2
13:12 PIT Teddy Blueger Hooking 2
16:24 BOS Jakub Zboril Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 67 56 43 1 2.4 58.2
Pittsburgh Penguins 48 33 26 4 2.8 41.8

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.4 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 6:47 of 1st, a 4% chancePIT goal, 16:51 of 1st, a 1% chancePIT goal, 18:34 of 1st, a 4% chancePIT goal, 11:40 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 19:44 of 3rd, a 62% chancePIT 2.8BOS 2.4

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
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak9:4081.072.80-1
David Krejci · Craig Smith · Jake DeBrusk9:3666.757.70-0
Sean Kuraly · Trent Frederic · Karson Kuhlman6:3045.569.60-0
Charlie Coyle · Nick Ritchie · Anders Bjork6:2935.741.20-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy11:3675.064.20-0
Connor Clifton · Jakub Zboril9:2442.132.50-0
Steven Kampfer · Jarred Tinordi6:4450.069.90-1

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

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
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 1 0 1 -1 0 8 2 21:20 0.34 26-11 0.91-0.62
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 -2 0 6 2 20:13 0.42 20-9 0.60-0.38
88 David Pastrnak R 0 1 1 -2 2 5 3 19:45 0.34 19-8 0.53-0.36
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:27 0.05 10-12 0.35-0.50
10 Trent Frederic C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:48 0.09 8-10 0.21-0.12
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 13:11 0.22 17-7 0.31-0.22
20 Karson Kuhlman C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:30 0.07 9-8 0.27-0.09
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:24 0.01 7-13 0.29-0.51
25 Jarred Tinordi D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 8 14:20 0.02 9-12 0.21-0.24
27 Nick Ritchie L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 16:56 0.28 10-12 0.40-0.50
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:16 0.03 19-5 0.52-0.18
44 Steven Kampfer D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:21 17-10 0.38-0.27
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:54 0.01 16-10 0.40-0.35
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:25 9-12 0.28-0.17
67 Jakub Zboril D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 21:34 0.09 17-15 0.30-0.35
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 25:03 0.07 26-14 0.94-0.63
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:48 0.27 16-8 0.32-0.23
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 14:17 0.03 10-14 0.15-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak L 25 22 3 59:19 1.75 -1.25

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel13:1241.247.61-0
Evgeni Malkin · Kasperi Kapanen · Evan Rodrigues10:3647.461.11-0
Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev · Zachary Aston-Reese9:0830.811.50-0
Colton Sceviour · Mark Jankowski · Anthony Angello5:2463.663.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin15:4535.939.32-0
Mike Matheson · Cody Ceci13:5650.041.90-0
Chad Ruhwedel · Marcus Pettersson9:2146.259.00-0

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 2 3 2 2 3 0 22:25 0.27 14-23 0.50-0.66
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 21:43 14-21 0.50-0.61
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 17:02 0.52 11-12 0.42-0.33
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:46 0.15 10-12 0.30-0.28
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 22:55 0.01 14-29 0.51-0.89
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 21:42 0.12 14-23 0.50-0.65
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:38 0.05 10-12 0.30-0.27
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 26:48 0.27 15-26 0.59-0.80
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 22:15 0.03 17-19 0.40-0.50
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:55 6-9 0.21-0.18
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:46 0.01 16-15 0.34-0.37
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 15:01 0.01 7-12 0.18-0.28
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:21 0.01 6-8 0.21-0.21
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:56 6-12 0.15-0.36
57 Anthony Angello C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 07:08 0.06 8-4 0.22-0.13
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 06:12 0.14 7-6 0.22-0.18
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:39 0.05 5-15 0.05-0.40
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:28 0.01 8-7 0.25-0.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 43 42 1 59:44 2.38 +1.38