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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 1, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 3 26
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:32 BOS David Pastrnak (32) Pavel Zacha (24), Morgan Geekie (13) 1 - 0
06:33 BOS Mason Lohrei (4) PP Pavel Zacha (25), David Pastrnak (43) 2 - 0
3rd Period
14:01 PIT Anthony Beauvillier (13) SH Kevin Hayes (8) 2 - 1
19:19 BOS Charlie Coyle (14) SH Nikita Zadorov (12) 3 - 1
19:38 PIT Rickard Rakell (26) PP Bryan Rust (23), Sidney Crosby (44) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:09 PIT Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2
08:01 PIT Sidney Crosby Slashing 2
08:01 BOS Jeffrey Viel Roughing 2
08:01 BOS Mark Kastelic Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
08:59 BOS Charlie Coyle Tripping 2
18:33 BOS Nikita Zadorov Slashing 2
2nd Period
09:48 BOS John Beecher Tripping 2
3rd Period
03:38 PIT Erik Karlsson Ps tripping on breakaway 0
04:49 BOS Mark Kastelic Roughing 2
12:29 PIT Blake Lizotte Interference 2
18:26 BOS Cole Koepke High sticking double minor 4

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 42 35 26 3 2.6 37.8
Pittsburgh Penguins 72 49 33 2 2.8 62.2

How the game went

5051015202530Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 1:32 of 1st, a 26% chanceBOS goal, 6:33 of 1st, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 19:19 of 3rd, a 38% chancePIT goal, 14:01 of 3rd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 19:38 of 3rd, a 11% chancePIT 2.8BOS 2.6

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.

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 Pastrnak · Pavel Zacha · Morgan Geekie7:4818.246.61-0
Jeffrey Viel · Mark Kastelic · John Beecher4:1877.8100.00-0
Charlie Coyle · Elias Lindholm · Georgii Merkulov3:1780.077.80-0
Mark Kastelic · Cole Koepke · John Beecher3:020.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nikita Zadorov · Brandon Carlo16:2930.832.80-0
Andrew Peeke · Mason Lohrei12:3043.866.21-0
Parker Wotherspoon · Ian Mitchell6:5944.482.20-0

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
88 David Pastrnak R 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 20:16 0.63 9-19 0.51-0.61
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 20:23 3-20 0.26-0.47
3 Charlie Coyle C 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 21:41 0.09 11-19 0.31-0.48
6 Mason Lohrei D 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 21:43 0.28 9-16 0.40-0.33
39 Morgan Geekie C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:30 5-18 0.35-0.44
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 24:19 16-29 0.57-0.86
14 Ian Mitchell D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:42 6-8 0.23-0.16
18 John Beecher C 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 13:42 8-7 0.35-0.04
20 Andrew Peeke D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:14 0.03 9-10 0.52-0.22
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25:27 0.01 14-27 0.50-0.76
25 Jeffrey Viel L 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 06:28 0.19 9-8 0.35-0.18
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:18 0.40 12-18 0.32-0.59
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:23 0.02 9-12 0.33-0.15
42 Georgii Merkulov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:54 0.04 9-15 0.32-0.25
45 Cole Koepke L 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 13:02 0.31 8-8 0.18-0.16
47 Mark Kastelic C 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 10:55 0.12 10-9 0.36-0.15
51 Matthew Poitras C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:11 0.07 8-8 0.31-0.15
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:18 0-4 0.00-0.20
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Joonas Korpisalo W 33 31 2 60:00 2.78 +0.78

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell12:3166.760.40-0
Evgeni Malkin · Anthony Beauvillier · Cody Glass8:2852.438.00-1
Kevin Hayes · Danton Heinen · Philip Tomasino5:4846.215.00-0
Noel Acciari · Emil Bemstrom · Blake Lizotte4:4971.4100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Matt Grzelcyk10:5964.751.00-1
Ryan Shea · Vincent Desharnais5:1677.899.70-0
Kris Letang · Matt Grzelcyk5:0655.625.70-0

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
67 Rickard Rakell R 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 23:17 0.58 16-9 0.32-0.30
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 14:09 0.21 17-12 0.45-0.64
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:36 0.22 9-8 0.11-0.38
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 22:09 0.51 16-9 0.32-0.30
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 21:34 0.13 16-9 0.32-0.30
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:22 0.04 20-10 0.32-0.26
7 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:35 4-0 0.20-0.00
12 Cody Glass C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:36 0.14 14-10 0.41-0.58
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:10 0.10 21-12 0.47-0.63
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 09:43 0.01 9-3 0.34-0.01
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:45 0.07 8-2 0.33-0.00
52 Emil Bemstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:58 0.20 10-2 0.40-0.00
53 Philip Tomasino R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:59 13-10 0.18-0.36
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 22:50 0.32 26-18 0.66-0.70
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:45 0.01 8-8 0.07-0.30
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 29:07 0.03 21-10 0.65-0.57
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 19:33 0.15 17-12 0.47-0.64
73 Vincent Desharnais D 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 12:34 0.05 10-11 0.16-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Alex Nedeljkovic L 25 23 2 57:54 2.19 +0.19