Colorado Avalanche vs. Boston BruinsJan 18, 2024

FinalThursday, Jan 18, 2024· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	1	1	0	2		COL	12	16	4	32
BOS	3	0	2	5		BOS	14	8	9	31

: COL 63BOS 63
: COL 2.66BOS 4.85
PP goals: COL 0BOS 1
Hits: COL 32BOS 27
Blocks: COL 17BOS 14
PIM: COL 4BOS 4
: COL 51%BOS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Boston Bruins beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2

Boston Bruins beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for BOS: Heinen–Steen–Boqvist skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
David Pastrnak had a hat trick (3 points) on 8 shots in 21:09.Pastrnak
Points
Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:56.DeBrusk
Points
Charlie Coyle had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:32.Coyle
New line
New look for BOS: Heinen–Steen–Boqvist skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Steen Boqvist
New line
New look for BOS: Frederic–Geekie–Lauko skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frederic Geekie Lauko
New line
New look for BOS: van Riemsdyk–Zacha–DeBrusk skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Zacha DeBrusk
PP1
BOS's PP1 (Marchand, van Riemsdyk, Coyle, Pastrnak and McAvoy) went scoreless in 4:03 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Marchand van Riemsdyk Coyle Pastrnak McAvoy
Shots
David Pastrnak (BOS) led everyone with 8 shot on goals, scoring 3 times.Pastrnak

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · BOS 63 · COL 63

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 25% of the game, BOS 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BOS

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	BOS
	66	60
	2.59	2.65
	2.45	2.56
	16	12
	4	7
	18	19
	−0.008	+0.008
	25%	38%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen
14:2552% CF
L2Wood – Colton – O'Connor
10:5564% CF
L3Cogliano – Johansen – Kiviranta
9:0648% CF
D1Toews – Makar
17:1945% CF
D2Manson – Girard
14:5461% CF
D3Johnson – Malinski
12:2140% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Colton – Makar
2:12100% CF
PP2Johansen – Wood – Toews – Girard – Malinski
0:33100% CF
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
0:58
PK2FWood – Olofsson
0:45
PK1DToews – Makar
3:00
PK2DManson – Girard
1:07

Current COL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Marchand – Coyle – Pastrnak
10:2653% CF
L2Heinen – Steen – Boqvist
8:3550% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Zacha – DeBrusk
8:0745% CF
L4Frederic – Geekie – Lauko
7:3138% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Lohrei
15:0645% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Wotherspoon
14:4131% CF
D3Lindholm – McAvoy
14:1258% CF

PP1Marchand – van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Pastrnak – McAvoy
4:0383% CF
PP2Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – DeBrusk – McAvoy
0:45100% CF
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
0:45
PK2FZacha – DeBrusk
0:35
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
1:54
PK2DGrzelcyk – Wotherspoon
0:51

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.70	0	1	0	21:48	—	—	52	66
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	0	0	0	21:44	—	—	46	59
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	1	1	0	21:03	—	—	48	64
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	1	0	16:10	—	—	66	41
Miles Wood L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.24	4	1	0	15:55	—	—	63	44
Ross Colton C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.21	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	62	33
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	0	0	14:28	—	—	46	50
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	46	49
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	2	0	12:47	—	—	43	54
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.12	2	3	0	27:32	—	—	47	53
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	1	1	0	22:10	—	—	49	48
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	3	0	19:41	—	—	63	70
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	5	1	4	18:21	—	—	64	73
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	2	0	15:07	—	—	45	33
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	13:44	—	—	41	22
Fredrik Olofsson L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	5	1	0	11:39	—	—	40	61
Jason Polin R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:36	—	—	33	45
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	3	0	0	7:06	—	—	33	45

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	2.92	58:37

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	21:19	—	—	54	60
David Pastrnak R	L1	3	0	3	+1	8	2.42	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	50	50
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.21	2	0	2	20:32	—	—	57	53
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	0	13:43	—	—	46	28
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	10:29	—	—	56	40
Oskar Steen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	9:35	—	—	44	24
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.10	3	2	0	16:56	—	—	53	81
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.59	1	1	0	15:51	—	—	33	59
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.45	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	56	75
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	14:01	—	—	37	39
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	37	34
Jakub Lauko C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	6	0	0	8:25	—	—	50	46
Mason Lohrei D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	16:31	—	—	50	48
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	45	42
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	19:13	—	—	40	51
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	32	47
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	+2	5	0.32	3	3	0	24:11	—	—	58	54
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:15	—	—	63	62

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.66	59:58

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

David Pastrnak (BOS) 1st 0:44 · assists Charlie Coyle · Forecheck turnover · 48.1 mph shot.

David Pastrnak · 1st 0:44 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Jakub Lauko · 1st 4:58 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 19.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s
Type: rebound

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Miles Wood · 1st 7:32 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Jake DeBrusk · 1st 14:52 · BOS

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 38.7 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s
Type: deflection

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 16:20 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 9.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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David Pastrnak · 3rd 17:24 · BOS PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: one-timer

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David Pastrnak · 3rd 19:38 · BOS EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 39.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Boston BruinsJan 18, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

David Pastrnak · 1st 0:44 · BOS

Jakub Lauko · 1st 4:58 · BOS

Miles Wood · 1st 7:32 · COL

Jake DeBrusk · 1st 14:52 · BOS

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 16:20 · COL

David Pastrnak · 3rd 17:24 · BOS PP

David Pastrnak · 3rd 19:38 · BOS EN