Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Apr 21, 2022 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	0	52
Pittsburgh Penguins	4	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
07:49	PIT	Jake Guentzel (38)	Sidney Crosby (52), Rickard Rakell (20)	0 - 1
2nd Period
06:10	PIT	Jason Zucker (8)	Jeff Carter (24), John Marino (24)	0 - 2
16:12	PIT	Jake Guentzel (39)	Kris Letang (56)	0 - 3
3rd Period
17:55	PIT	Jake Guentzel (40)	Unassisted	0 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:48	BOS	Taylor Hall	Slashing	2
3rd Period
07:27	PIT	Marcus Pettersson	Interference	2
10:16	PIT	Chad Ruhwedel	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	78	64	52	0	3.0	60.2
Pittsburgh Penguins	55	47	32	4	3.5	39.8

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

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.0 expected, 0 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.5 expected, 4 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Jake DeBrusk	12:42	69.0	69.7	0-1
Craig Smith · Charlie Coyle · Trent Frederic	6:56	46.2	55.6	0-2
Erik Haula · Taylor Hall · Curtis Lazar	6:30	71.4	49.4	0-0
Nick Foligno · Curtis Lazar · Tomas Nosek	5:02	63.6	53.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy	15:50	57.7	49.5	0-1
Mike Reilly · Brandon Carlo	13:22	51.7	42.2	0-1
Derek Forbort · Connor Clifton	9:42	68.0	76.7	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

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
3	Charlie Coyle	C	-3	0	1	0	15:50	0.19	17-9	0.74-0.31
6	Mike Reilly	D	-2	0	2	0	21:03	0.04	25-16	1.12-0.87
10	Trent Frederic	C	-2	0	4	3	11:39	0.28	13-9	0.56-0.31
15	Craig Smith	C	-2	0	3	2	15:58	0.41	11-15	0.43-0.54
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	2	4	15:30	0.28	23-9	0.70-0.56
21	Marc McLaughlin	C	0	0	1	0	09:22	0.01	10-10	0.25-0.33
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	-2	0	2	1	20:57	0.02	17-16	0.38-0.60
25	Brandon Carlo	D	-2	0	2	3	18:38	0.02	19-19	0.72-1.04
27	Derek Forbort	D	0	0	4	3	17:23	0.12	23-11	0.76-0.33
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	-2	0	2	0	16:54	0.19	20-9	0.83-0.36
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	1	1	17:25	0.11	17-11	0.46-0.61
63	Brad Marchand	L	-2	0	8	2	19:38	0.50	22-10	0.91-0.37
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	3	3	11:48	0.11	14-12	0.34-0.43
71	Taylor Hall	L	-1	2	2	0	17:02	0.07	16-11	0.45-0.61
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	-1	0	4	3	24:40	0.08	23-14	0.84-0.45
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	-2	0	5	5	18:52	0.41	21-9	0.88-0.36
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	3	3	13:38	0.08	23-10	0.70-0.30
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	3	3	13:06	0.11	11-14	0.22-0.51

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	L	31	28	3	58:37	2.86	-0.14

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Rickard Rakell · Jake Guentzel	13:17	59.4	56.2	1-0
Teddy Blueger · Brock McGinn · Danton Heinen	11:13	52.6	51.2	0-0
Jeff Carter · Jason Zucker · Bryan Rust	10:04	16.7	26.9	1-0
Brian Boyle · Kasperi Kapanen · Evan Rodrigues	8:04	28.6	53.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	17:16	34.2	34.2	1-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino	15:15	45.2	59.6	1-0
Mike Matheson · Chad Ruhwedel	13:00	41.7	57.5	1-0

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
59	Jake Guentzel	C	3	0	3	3	0	5	1	19:29	0.69	22-17	0.99-0.81
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	12:43	0.12	6-24	0.32-0.96
6	John Marino	D	0	1	1	1	0	4	2	20:10	0.07	14-18	0.54-0.37
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	24:17	0.03	18-27	0.69-1.10
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	1	1	3	0	4	2	19:58	0.33	23-18	0.99-0.91
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	13:34		7-28	0.41-1.14
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	1	0	4	1	18:35	0.28	21-15	0.90-0.64
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	22:59	0.07	14-31	0.55-1.40
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	15:00		11-15	0.60-0.48
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	18:27	0.17	12-18	0.56-0.50
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	10:31	0.15	4-10	0.21-0.18
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	16:10	0.68	5-23	0.37-0.89
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:23	0.01	5-13	0.23-0.21
26	Brock McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:26		10-13	0.26-0.27
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	17:38	0.11	16-21	0.57-0.66
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	09:56	0.03	6-11	0.25-0.18
58	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:57	0.17	10-11	0.26-0.27
73	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:47		11-12	0.28-0.30

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Casey DeSmith	W, SO	52	52	0	60:00	2.98	+2.98