Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Boston BruinsApr 2, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 2, 2022· TD Garden

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Boston BruinsBOS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	1	0	2		CBJ	5	15	4	24
BOS	1	1	3	5		BOS	15	12	15	42

: CBJ 52BOS 66
: CBJ 2.62BOS 5.84
PP goals: CBJ 0BOS 1
Hits: CBJ 33BOS 24
Blocks: CBJ 12BOS 18
PIM: CBJ 2BOS 2
: CBJ 39%BOS 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +7 against a season average of 32.5; the loss.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:00.Marchand
Points
Erik Haula had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:32.Haula
Points
Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:42.DeBrusk
Points
Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:24.McAvoy
Points
Patrice Bergeron had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:08.Bergeron
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +7 against a season average of 32.5; the loss.Merzlikins
Usage
Dean Kukan (CBJ) played 21:48, +5:39 up on his 16:09 season average over 40 games.Kukan
Usage
Trent Frederic (BOS) played 15:53, +4:18 up on his 11:35 season average over 59 games.Frederic

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

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

BOS
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · BOS 66 · CBJ 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 21% of the game, BOS 50%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

CBJ

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	CBJ	BOS
	53	71
	2.67	4.57
	2.54	4.19
	10	17
	4	7
	31	23
	−0.057	+0.057
	21%	50%

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Voracek – Roslovic – Laine
13:4225% CF
L2Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Sillinger
11:4050% CF
L3Kuraly – Danforth – Chinakhov
11:3955% CF
L4Gaunce – Bemstrom – Robinson
8:1541% CF
D1Kukan – Bean
19:0439% CF
D2Gavrikov – Peeke
18:2438% CF
D3Bayreuther – Boqvist
12:3544% CF

PP1Nyquist – Roslovic – Bean – Bemstrom – Chinakhov
0:55100% CF
PP2Voracek – Kuraly – Bjorkstrand – Peeke – Boqvist
0:45
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
0:56
PK2FNyquist – Roslovic
0:56
PK1DKukan – Gavrikov
0:49
PK2DBean – Bayreuther
0:08

Current CBJ line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Smith – Coyle – Frederic
13:3955% CF
L2Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
13:3285% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
12:1162% CF
L4Foligno – Lazar – Nosek
7:3638% CF
D1Lindholm – McAvoy
18:3560% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
10:2271% CF
D3Forbort – Reilly
8:5429% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
1:5250% CF
PP2Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Carlo – DeBrusk
0:17
PK1FCoyle – Frederic
0:56
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:33
PK1DForbort – Carlo
1:04
PK2DLindholm – McAvoy
0:56

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:09
BOSErik Haula (Taylor Hall, Charlie McAvoy)snap0.27 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Roslovic, Kukan, Laine, BayreutherBOS: Haula, Hall, Lindholm, Pastrnak, McAvoy
CBJ 0 – 1 BOS
19:32
CBJGustav Nyquist (Cole Sillinger, Adam Boqvist)snap0.24 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Bayreuther, Boqvist, SillingerBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, DeBrusk, McAvoy
CBJ 1 – 1 BOS

2nd period

0:42
CBJJustin Danforth (Egor Chinakhov, Sean Kuraly)snap0.22 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Kukan, Bean, Danforth, ChinakhovBOS: Smith, Coyle, Forbort, Reilly, Frederic
CBJ 2 – 1 BOS
18:13
BOSBrad Marchand (Patrice Bergeron, Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.23 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Roslovic, Kukan, Laine, BeanBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Forbort, DeBrusk, McAvoy
CBJ 2 – 2 BOS

3rd period

16:06
BOSErik HaulaPP (Brandon Carlo, Hampus Lindholm)tip-in0.11 xG
CBJ: Kuraly, Bean, Bayreuther, ChinakhovBOS: Smith, Haula, Lindholm, Carlo, DeBrusk
CBJ 2 – 3 BOS
18:00
BOSJake DeBruskEN (Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.70 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Nyquist, Kuraly, Bjorkstrand, Laine, BoqvistBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, DeBrusk, McAvoy
CBJ 2 – 4 BOS
19:54
BOSCharlie CoyleEN (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand)wrist0.49 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Laine, Bean, Bemstrom, SillingerBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Coyle, Forbort, Carlo
CBJ 2 – 5 BOS

Box score

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

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	27	6
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	0	0	-4	0	0.04	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	24	6
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	30	10
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	41	37
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.33	1	1	0	17:12	—	—	56	48
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	15:16	—	—	42	39
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:44	—	—	53	56
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	2	0	0	14:58	—	—	58	48
Justin Danforth R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.58	1	0	0	14:13	—	—	53	52
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	0	0	11:22	—	—	42	50
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	2	0	0	10:04	—	—	45	51
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	2	0	0	9:54	—	—	37	45
Jake Bean D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	2	0	22:32	—	—	42	27
Dean Kukan D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	4	0	0	21:48	—	—	39	21
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	3	0	22:05	—	—	44	41
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	1	2	20:09	—	—	38	34
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:43	—	—	46	61
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	1	0	14:24	—	—	47	54

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	40	37	3	.925	3.99	57:25

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.60	0	1	0	17:15	—	—	50	55
Trent Frederic C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	3	2	0	15:53	—	—	51	53
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.44	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	53	58
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	+1	7	0.77	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	74	73
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	2	17:21	—	—	74	79
Erik Haula L	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.39	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	82	84
Brad Marchand L	L3	1	2	3	+2	1	1.00	3	1	0	19:00	—	—	62	85
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	2	2	+2	4	0.41	0	2	0	18:08	—	—	61	83
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	1.22	1	1	0	14:42	—	—	66	85
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	9:41	—	—	35	24
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	5	0	0	9:37	—	—	31	17
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	9:08	—	—	33	21
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.20	1	3	0	24:24	—	—	62	71
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	23:53	—	—	56	71
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	4	0	20:23	—	—	66	76
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	17:04	—	—	63	67
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:52	—	—	48	47
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	45	34

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.62	59:42

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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.