Boston Bruins vs. Chicago BlackhawksFeb 5, 2020

Final / OTWednesday, Feb 5, 2020· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	0	1	0	1	2		BOS	16	11	11	2	40
CHI	0	1	0	0	1		CHI	5	8	9	0	22

: BOS 68CHI 50
: BOS 4.05CHI 2.33
PP goals: BOS 0CHI 1
Hits: BOS 25CHI 16
Blocks: BOS 14CHI 18
PIM: BOS 10CHI 18
: BOS 48%CHI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 in overtime at CHI. Sean Kuraly (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincat and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:55 together.

PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincat and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:55 together.Toews Kane Gustafsson DeBrincat Dach
Goalie
Robin Lehner (CHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +6 against a season average of 34.3; the overtime loss.Lehner
Usage
Adam Boqvist (CHI) played 8:48, −7:36 down on his 16:24 season average over 40 games.Boqvist
Luck
BOS scored 2 goals on 4.05 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Kirby Dach (CHI) played 17:54, +3:42 up on his 14:12 season average over 63 games.Dach
Usage
Dylan Strome (CHI) played 11:55, −4:06 down on his 16:01 season average over 57 games.Strome
PP1
BOS's PP1 (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) went scoreless in 4:24 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Bergeron Marchand Krug Pastrnak 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 118 of 118 attempts · CHI 50 · BOS 68

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 44% of the game, CHI 14%.

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
	68	44
	3.92	1.91
	3.79	1.85
	20	11
	6	5
	24	18
	−0.036	+0.036
	44%	14%

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

L1Krejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman
11:0870% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
9:1052% CF
L3Coyle – Kuraly – Bjork
8:5673% CF
L4Wagner – Blidh – Lindholm
7:3370% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
11:3153% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
10:0276% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Lauzon
8:4053% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
4:24100% CF
PP2Marchand – Coyle – Pastrnak – Bjork – McAvoy
0:25100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:06
PK2FWagner – Lindholm
0:41
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:30
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:41

Current BOS line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Saad – Dach
12:2719% CF
L2Smith – Carpenter – Nylander
8:3220% CF
L3Toews – Kubalik – Caggiula
7:2144% CF
L4Strome – DeBrincat – Kampf
6:5055% CF
D1Maatta – Koekkoek
11:2538% CF
D2Murphy – Gustafsson
8:5243% CF
D3Keith – Boqvist
8:2931% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – DeBrincat – Dach
2:5588% CF
PP2Keith – Maatta – Kubalik – Strome – Nylander
1:20
PK1FToews – Carpenter
2:02
PK2FSaad – Kampf
1:00
PK1DKeith – Murphy
3:22
PK2DMaatta – Koekkoek
1:31

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:50
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Kirby Dach, Patrick Kane)wrist0.07 xG
BOS: Chara, Marchand, Carlo, LindholmCHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincat, Dach
BOS 0 – 1 CHI
12:49
BOSSean Kuraly (Matt Grzelcyk, Anders Bjork)wrist0.11 xG
BOS: Coyle, Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Bjork, LauzonCHI: Keith, Toews, Murphy, Kubalik, Caggiula
BOS 1 – 1 CHI

OT period

1:19
BOSCharlie McAvoy (Jake DeBrusk, David Krejci)wrist0.19 xG
BOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, DeBrusk, McAvoyCHI: Keith, Saad, Murphy, Dach
BOS 2 – 1 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
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	65	59
David Krejci C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.38	1	0	2	17:42	—	—	69	77
Karson Kuhlman C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	3	0	0	13:34	—	—	63	70
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.70	0	0	2	19:21	—	—	48	74
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.29	0	1	0	18:44	—	—	46	72
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.51	0	2	0	18:35	—	—	52	75
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	2	2	0	17:03	—	—	59	56
Sean Kuraly C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.23	1	1	0	12:29	—	—	70	66
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.25	2	0	0	12:23	—	—	70	55
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	10:32	—	—	62	70
Par Lindholm C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	2	0	10:32	—	—	64	60
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	0	2	10:18	—	—	64	69
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	22:58	—	—	54	63
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	1	2	22:10	—	—	56	70
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	1	2	0	22:02	—	—	77	74
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	0	21:18	—	—	67	54
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:34	—	—	64	91
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:55	—	—	48	63

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.33	60:53

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	24	15
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.39	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	21	18
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	0	2	16:18	—	—	29	21
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	10	13:40	—	—	31	6
Zack Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	12:53	—	—	33	5
Alex Nylander L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	2	12:12	—	—	31	6
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.44	0	0	0	20:30	—	—	46	53
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.23	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	40	47
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	2	0	10:41	—	—	46	60
Alex DeBrincat R	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.33	2	0	0	14:43	—	—	61	72
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	14:12	—	—	55	24
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	2	0	11:55	—	—	65	67
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	21:18	—	—	40	46
Slater Koekkoek D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	2	18:27	—	—	34	32
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	1	0	22:02	—	—	45	26
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	1	1	0	21:20	—	—	39	24
Duncan Keith D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	3	0	26:40	—	—	42	29
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	8:48	—	—	31	46

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	O	40	38	2	.950	4.05	61:19

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.