Boston Bruins vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 11, 2018

FinalSunday, Mar 11, 2018· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	10	14	8	32
CHI	1	0	2	3		CHI	12	11	16	39

: BOS 61CHI 64
: BOS 2.67CHI 2.77
PP goals: BOS 0CHI 2
Hits: BOS 17CHI 13
Blocks: BOS 18CHI 17
PIM: BOS 10CHI 2
: BOS 39%CHI 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins 3–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins 3–1 at home. Jonathan Toews (CHI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. CHI's first power-play unit (Anisimov, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson and Hinostroza) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 5:05 together.

Points
Jonathan Toews had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:23.Toews
Points
Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:44.Kane
Points
Erik Gustafsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:18.Gustafsson
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Anisimov, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson and Hinostroza) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 5:05 together.Anisimov Toews Kane Gustafsson Hinostroza
New line
New look for BOS: Nash–Nash–Pastrnak skated 8:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Nash Pastrnak
Goalie
Anton Khudobin (BOS) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +11 against a season average of 28.3; the loss.Khudobin
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 19:48, +5:30 up on his 14:18 season average over 69 games.DeBrusk
New line
New look for BOS: Gionta–Krejci–DeBrusk skated 6:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gionta Krejci DeBrusk

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

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

CHI
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · CHI 64 · BOS 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI 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 31% of the game, CHI 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

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
Stat	BOS	CHI
	70	62
	3.11	1.92
	2.92	1.88
	17	14
	5	7
	7	13
	−0.111	+0.112
	31%	34%

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

L1Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
9:2756% CF
L2Nash – Nash – Pastrnak
8:0333% CF
L3Gionta – Krejci – DeBrusk
6:2776% CF
D1Chara – Carlo
13:2452% CF
D2Holden – Grzelcyk
8:4467% CF
D3Miller – Krug
7:3274% CF

PP1Nash – Wingels – Krug – Pastrnak – Heinen
0:50
PP2Gionta – Krejci – Holden – Grzelcyk – DeBrusk
0:48
PK1FKuraly – Acciari
2:52
PK2FNash – Wingels
2:04
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:20
PK2DMcQuaid – Miller
1:23

Current BOS line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Toews – Kane – Saad
12:5654% CF
L2Hayden – Schmaltz – DeBrincat
10:2438% CF
L3Anisimov – Jurco – Highmore
8:5754% CF
L4Sharp – Hinostroza – Kampf
8:2647% CF
D1Oesterle – Rutta
16:1132% CF
D2Keith – Murphy
14:3845% CF
D3Seabrook – Gustafsson
12:2766% CF

PP1Anisimov – Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Hinostroza
5:05100% CF
PP2Keith – Jurco – Hayden – Schmaltz – DeBrincat
2:10100% CF
PK1FToews – Saad
0:49
PK2FSchmaltz – Kampf
0:48
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
0:49
PK2DOesterle – Rutta
0:49

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:26
CHIArtem AnisimovPP (Jonathan Toews, Erik Gustafsson)deflected0.15 xG
BOS: Chara, Miller, Kuraly, AcciariCHI: Anisimov, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Hinostroza
BOS 0 – 1 CHI

3rd period

10:57
BOSZdeno Chara (David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.13 xG
BOS: Chara, Gionta, Krejci, Carlo, DeBruskCHI: Seabrook, Toews, Kane, Saad, Gustafsson
BOS 1 – 1 CHI
16:44
CHIPatrick KanePP (Erik Gustafsson, Jonathan Toews)wrist0.05 xG
BOS: Nash, Miller, Schaller, CarloCHI: Anisimov, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Hinostroza
BOS 1 – 2 CHI
18:55
CHIBrent Seabrook (Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane)snap0.05 xG
BOS: Nash, Krug, Carlo, DeBrusk, AcciariCHI: Seabrook, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Hayden
BOS 1 – 3 CHI

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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	50	61
Noel Acciari C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	2	3	0	14:48	—	—	48	60
Tim Schaller L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	2	11:57	—	—	58	65
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.30	0	0	0	21:57	—	—	47	53
Rick Nash L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.39	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	38	54
Riley Nash C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	16:13	—	—	46	53
David Krejci C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	58	66
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.39	2	0	0	19:48	—	—	63	71
Brian Gionta R	L3	0	0	0	+1	7	0.16	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	72	76
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:22	—	—	47	53
Zdeno Chara D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	2	2	4	18:54	—	—	52	57
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	20:02	—	—	46	57
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	2	0	13:37	—	—	63	90
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	3	0	19:25	—	—	59	70
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	14:30	—	—	60	70
Tommy Wingels C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	56	65
Adam McQuaid D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:18	—	—	41	35
Danton Heinen L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	2	11:20	—	—	48	62

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	L	39	36	3	.923	2.77	59:20

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.51	1	0	0	21:44	—	—	57	59
Jonathan Toews C	L1	0	3	3	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	21:23	—	—	55	55
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	2	1	0	15:03	—	—	52	53
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	2	0	17:17	—	—	40	26
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	41	23
John Hayden C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	2	2	13:46	—	—	38	30
Artem Anisimov C	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.86	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	52	43
Tomas Jurco R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	52	43
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.17	0	1	0	11:41	—	—	52	35
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	14:39	—	—	53	23
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	35	19
Patrick Sharp L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:44	—	—	38	18
Jan Rutta D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	20:55	—	—	33	15
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	2	0	18:10	—	—	33	17
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	5	0	22:49	—	—	44	35
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	15:57	—	—	49	41
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	2	2	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	68	58
Brent Seabrook D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	60	54

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.67	60:00

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.