Sat, Mar 1, 2025·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Boston Bruins 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 63% of the time.
55%
9%
29%
PIT winsBOS wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
PIT forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BOS's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Pastrnak–Zacha–Geekie | Viel–Kastelic–Beecher | Coyle–Lindholm–Merkulov | Kastelic–Koepke–Beecher | Pastrnak–Geekie–Poitras | Coyle–Pastrnak–Zacha | Coyle–Lindholm–Koepke | Marchand–Coyle–Lindholm | Koepke–Poitras–Merkulov | Coyle–Lindholm–Geekie | Coyle–Poitras–Merkulov | Zadorov–Carlo | Peeke–Lohrei | Wotherspoon–Mitchell | Mitchell–Lohrei | Wotherspoon–Lohrei | Wotherspoon–Peeke | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby–Rust–Rakell | 2:420.01–0.00 | 1:430.00–0.03 | 1:180.00–0.00 | 1:070.12–0.06 | 0:580.02–0.06 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 6:400.17–0.03 | 4:140.12–0.12 | |||||||||
| Malkin–Beauvillier–Glass | 1:360.14–0.20 | 1:570.00–0.38 | 0:550.00–0.00 | 0:480.08–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 4:190.34–0.38 | 2:390.00–0.21 | 1:010.00–0.01 | ||||||||
| Hayes–Heinen–Tomasino | 1:370.05–0.10 | 0:300.02–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:560.02–0.00 | 4:010.05–0.21 | |||||||||||
| Acciari–Bemstrom–Lizotte | 1:410.09–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:310.17–0.00 | 1:580.17–0.00 | 1:260.00–0.00 | 0:520.09–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Malkin–Beauvillier–Tomasino | 0:430.01–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.07 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 0:450.01–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Hayes–Glass–Bemstrom | 0:400.04–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 1:180.04–0.00 | 1:030.00–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Heinen–Acciari–Lizotte | 0:300.02–0.00 | 0:410.02–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Karlsson–Grzelcyk | 3:290.13–0.20 | 1:180.00–0.00 | 1:140.08–0.06 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 3:580.19–0.00 | 4:040.04–0.26 | 1:210.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.04 | |||||||||
| Shea–Desharnais | 0:520.14–0.00 | 0:510.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 1:170.17–0.00 | 1:390.00–0.00 | 1:250.01–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Letang–Grzelcyk | 0:580.01–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.03 | 0:530.05–0.10 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 1:420.01–0.03 | 1:240.00–0.00 | 1:160.05–0.00 | |||||||||
| Letang–Shea | 0:490.00–0.01 | 0:320.02–0.00 | 1:320.15–0.00 | 1:210.00–0.21 | |||||||||||||
| Karlsson–Shea | 0:570.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 1:060.01–0.06 | 1:380.00–0.00 | 1:450.00–0.06 | ||||||||||||
| Grzelcyk–Shea | 0:480.00–0.00 | 0:300.02–0.00 | 1:190.02–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.01 | 1:010.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Letang–Karlsson | 1:110.03–0.14 | 0:400.12–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Letang–Desharnais | 0:490.00–0.24 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 1:220.00–0.31 | 0:330.00–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Karlsson–Desharnais | 0:420.00–0.00 | 0:520.00–0.00 | 1:220.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.24 | 0:350.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Letang–Joseph | 1:160.17–0.00 | 1:410.17–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
PITBOSFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Erik KarlssonPIT | 26 | 29:07 | 1:07 | 2:25 | 5 | 2 |
 Brandon CarloBOS | 27 | 25:27 | 0:57 | 2:39 | 0 | 4 |
 Nikita ZadorovBOS | 27 | 24:19 | 0:54 | 2:49 | 0 | 3 |
 Matt GrzelcykPIT | 27 | 24:10 | 0:54 | 2:00 | 8 | 1 |
 Rickard RakellPIT | 23 | 23:17 | 1:01 | 2:36 | 5 | 0 |
 Kris LetangPIT | 26 | 22:50 | 0:53 | 1:59 | 4 | 2 |
 Bryan RustPIT | 23 | 22:09 | 0:58 | 2:24 | 5 | 0 |
 Mason LohreiBOS | 24 | 21:43 | 0:54 | 2:22 | 2 | 6 |
 Charlie CoyleBOS | 27 | 21:41 | 0:48 | 1:25 | 2 | 5 |
 Sidney CrosbyPIT | 25 | 21:34 | 0:52 | 2:29 | 6 | 0 |
 Pavel ZachaBOS | 24 | 20:23 | 0:51 | 1:48 | 1 | 4 |
 Elias LindholmBOS | 28 | 20:18 | 0:44 | 1:31 | 3 | 8 |
 David PastrnakBOS | 21 | 20:16 | 0:58 | 2:03 | 2 | 0 |
 Evgeni MalkinPIT | 19 | 19:33 | 1:02 | 2:23 | 4 | 0 |
 Ryan SheaPIT | 26 | 19:22 | 0:45 | 1:13 | 3 | 2 |
 Andrew PeekeBOS | 25 | 18:14 | 0:44 | 1:13 | 1 | 7 |
 Kevin HayesPIT | 20 | 17:36 | 0:53 | 2:03 | 5 | 2 |
 Morgan GeekieBOS | 17 | 17:30 | 1:02 | 1:48 | 4 | 0 |
 Parker WotherspoonBOS | 21 | 16:23 | 0:47 | 1:21 | 0 | 4 |
 Philip TomasinoPIT | 17 | 14:59 | 0:53 | 1:22 | 3 | 0 |
 Cody GlassPIT | 18 | 14:36 | 0:49 | 1:06 | 3 | 2 |
 Anthony BeauvillierPIT | 19 | 14:09 | 0:45 | 1:07 | 3 | 1 |
 John BeecherBOS | 22 | 13:42 | 0:37 | 1:17 | 0 | 9 |
 Cole KoepkeBOS | 19 | 13:02 | 0:41 | 1:02 | 0 | 5 |
 Vincent DesharnaisPIT | 19 | 12:34 | 0:40 | 1:08 | 2 | 1 |
 Matthew PoitrasBOS | 15 | 12:11 | 0:49 | 1:20 | 0 | 1 |
 Georgii MerkulovBOS | 14 | 11:54 | 0:51 | 1:17 | 1 | 1 |
 Ian MitchellBOS | 17 | 11:42 | 0:41 | 1:08 | 0 | 1 |
 Mark KastelicBOS | 18 | 10:55 | 0:36 | 1:06 | 0 | 4 |
 Danton HeinenPIT | 13 | 10:45 | 0:50 | 1:11 | 3 | 0 |
 Noel AcciariPIT | 15 | 9:45 | 0:39 | 1:09 | 0 | 2 |
 Blake LizottePIT | 14 | 9:43 | 0:42 | 0:54 | 0 | 2 |
 Emil BemstromPIT | 13 | 8:58 | 0:41 | 1:07 | 0 | 3 |
 Jeffrey VielBOS | 9 | 6:28 | 0:43 | 1:04 | 0 | 1 |
 Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT | 6 | 3:35 | 0:36 | 0:53 | 0 | 1 |
 Brad MarchandBOS | 3 | 2:18 | 0:46 | 0:50 | 1 | 1 |