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Boston Bruins vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 8, 2024

Final / SO· Ball Arena
away
BOS
3
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home
COL
4
Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
BOS111003BOS598426
COL120014COL131012136
BOS 53COL 75
BOS 2.84COL 3.32
PP goals
BOS 1COL 1
Hits
BOS 13COL 28
Blocks
BOS 23COL 15
PIM
BOS 12COL 6
BOS 55%COL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (SO)

Colorado Avalanche beat Boston Bruins 4–3 in a shootout at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 8:33 together.

  1. Points
    Brad Marchand had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:21.Marchand
  2. PP1
    COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 8:33 together.MacKinnonDrouinNichushkinRantanenMakar
  3. Usage
    Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 11:50, −8:11 down on his 20:01 season average over 75 games.Carlo
  4. Usage
    Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 28:16, +10:13 up on his 18:03 season average over 78 games.Drouin
  5. Usage
    Mikko Rantanen (COL) played 30:23, +7:34 up on his 22:49 season average over 79 games.Rantanen
  6. Usage
    Nathan MacKinnon (COL) played 30:22, +7:39 up on his 22:43 season average over 81 games.MacKinnon
  7. Usage
    Cale Makar (COL) played 31:17, +6:36 up on his 24:41 season average over 76 games.Makar
  8. Goalie
    Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +7 against a season average of 29.3; the overtime loss.Swayman

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.

Shot map, BOS at COL: 128 attempts, 62 on goal, 6 goals, 6.16 expected goals; best chance John Beecher at 0.33 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • COL
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 128 of 128 attempts · COL 75 · BOS 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BOS at COL: expected goals 3.32 to 2.84 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 75 to 53, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTCOLBOSMROBMMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:45
  • COL
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLBOScontrol2nd3rdOTMarchand · 1st 11:21Rantanen · 1st 16:13O'Connor · 2nd 2:23Beecher · 2nd 10:05Malinski · 2nd 17:56Marchand · 3rd 5:46
  • COL pressure
  • BOS pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 19% of the game, COL 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BOS at COL: 38 players over 64:45; most ice Alexandar Georgiev (65:00) for COL and Jeremy Swayman (65:00) for BOS, 6 goals.

COL
BOS
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
StatBOSCOL
4770
1.642.58
1.602.53
1017
58
1022
+0.053−0.053
19%40%

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.

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 11:21
    BOSBrad MarchandPP (Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak)wrist0.05 xG
    BOS: Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, GeekieCOL: Nichushkin, Olofsson, Toews, Makar
    BOS 1 – 0 COL
  2. 16:13
    COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar)tip-in0.10 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Zacha, Carlo, DeBruskCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
    BOS 1 – 1 COL

2nd period

  1. 2:23
    COLLogan O'Connorwrist0.18 xG
    BOS: Shattenkirk, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, GeekieCOL: Drouin, Girard, Colton, O'Connor, Malinski
    BOS 1 – 2 COL
  2. 10:05
    BOSJohn Beecher (Danton Heinen, Brandon Carlo)wrist0.33 xG
    BOS: Heinen, Carlo, Wotherspoon, Boqvist, BeecherCOL: MacDermid, Rantanen, Girard, O'Connor, Malinski
    BOS 2 – 2 COL
  3. 17:56
    COLSam Malinski (Ryan Johansen)wrist0.04 xG
    BOS: Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Zacha, Wotherspoon, BeecherCOL: Johansen, Nichushkin, Girard, O'Connor, Malinski
    BOS 2 – 3 COL

3rd period

  1. 5:46
    BOSBrad Marchand (Charlie Coyle, Matt Grzelcyk)tip-in0.11 xG
    BOS: Marchand, Coyle, Grzelcyk, DeBrusk, McAvoyCOL: MacKinnon, Drouin, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
    BOS 3 – 3 COL

Decided in the shootout: BOS 3 – 4 COL.

Box score

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

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Pavel Zacha CL1011-240.3211021:52——3434
David Pastrnak RL1011-240.6100021:52——4540
Morgan Geekie CL1000-110.2112015:34——3535
Trent Frederic CL2000000.0110015:21——3223
Danton Heinen LL2011+120.0502214:48——4145
Matthew Poitras CL2000000.0010012:38——338
Brad Marchand LL3202+120.1620220:21——4538
Charlie Coyle CL3011+140.6200217:54——4835
Jake DeBrusk LL3000+120.3101015:34——3534
John Beecher CL4101010.331209:16——5688
Jesper Boqvist CL4000+100.000007:30——6093
Oskar Steen CL4000000.032007:04——5047
Charlie McAvoy DD1000020.0524230:50——4034
Hampus Lindholm DD1000010.0402226:05——4023
Parker Wotherspoon DD2000010.0204020:48——3954
Kevin Shattenkirk DD2000-120.0911013:46——5557
Matt Grzelcyk DD3011000.0102221:08——3730
Brandon Carlo DD3011+100.0012011:50——2743
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)O36333.9173.3265:00

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mikko Rantanen RL1101-240.4702030:23——4930
Nathan MacKinnon CL1011-140.4411030:22——5949
Jonathan Drouin LL1000010.0810028:16——6668
Valeri Nichushkin RL2000+160.5010026:55——5869
Logan O'Connor RL2101+110.4000216:25——6169
Ross Colton CL2000+120.1921013:17——6282
Ryan Johansen CL3011+120.1402011:10——6775
Andrew Cogliano CL3000000.0001210:29——6570
Joel Kiviranta LL3000030.253009:02——7088
Cale Makar DD1011-150.3301031:17——6162
Devon Toews DD1000-110.0524029:50——5459
Samuel Girard DD2000+150.1140018:34——6359
Jack Johnson DD2000010.2131213:37——4450
Sam Malinski DD3101+110.0802015:20——6763
Caleb Jones DD3000000.0040011:06——7089
Kurtis MacDermid L—000-100.002004:53——3316
Fredrik Olofsson L—000000.001004:43——5055
Jason Polin R—000000.084004:22——5055
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)W26233.8852.8465:00

Goal anatomy

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

Brad Marchand (BOS PP) 1st 11:21 · assists Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak · Odd-man rush · passed in · 5-on-4 at the blue line · 72.5 mph shot · 6.1 s from entry to goal.

Brad Marchand · 1st 11:21 · BOS PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
5-on-4
Passes
2
Shot
72.5 mph
Distance
40 ft
Entry to goal
6.1 s

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Logan O'Connor · 2nd 2:23 · COL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
42.3 mph
Distance
10 ft
Entry to goal
4.1 s

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