Boston Bruins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 4, 2022

Final / OTMonday, Apr 4, 2022· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	1	0	1	3		BOS	10	11	13	3	37
CBJ	1	1	0	0	2		CBJ	9	5	8	0	22

: BOS 51CBJ 46
: BOS 2.82CBJ 2.49
PP goals: BOS 0CBJ 0
Hits: BOS 15CBJ 24
Blocks: BOS 12CBJ 7
PIM: BOS 16CBJ 26
: BOS 63%CBJ 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 in overtime at CBJ. Jake DeBrusk (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Bjorkstrand–Danforth skated 8:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jake DeBrusk had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:11.DeBrusk
Points
Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:43.McAvoy
Points
Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:25.Voracek
New line
New look for CBJ: Kuraly–Bjorkstrand–Danforth skated 8:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Bjorkstrand Danforth
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +4 against a season average of 32.5; the overtime loss.Merzlikins
Usage
Patrik Laine (CBJ) played 23:41, +4:57 up on his 18:44 season average over 55 games.Laine
Usage
Trent Frederic (BOS) played 4:32, −7:14 down on his 11:46 season average over 59 games.Frederic
Usage
Andrew Peeke (CBJ) played 15:21, −6:12 down on his 21:33 season average over 81 games.Peeke

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)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · CBJ 46 · BOS 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ 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 38% of the game, CBJ 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

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	CBJ
	44	34
	2.28	1.40
	2.23	1.39
	10	5
	4	4
	4	7
	+0.117	−0.117
	38%	25%

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

L1Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
9:0864% CF
L2Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
7:3364% CF
L3Foligno – Lazar – Nosek
5:1983% CF
L4Smith – Coyle – Frederic
3:16100% CF
D1Lindholm – McAvoy
14:1967% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
11:3873% CF
D3Reilly – Brown
9:5136% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
2:17
PP2Marchand – Smith – Haula – Lindholm – Pastrnak
0:25
PK1FLazar – Nosek
2:26
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:48
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
2:48
PK2DBrown – McAvoy
1:22

Current BOS line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Kuraly – Bjorkstrand – Danforth
8:5050% CF
L2Voracek – Roslovic – Laine
6:0033% CF
L3Nyquist – Bemstrom – Sillinger
3:4220% CF
L4Gaunce – Meyer – Robinson
2:020% CF
D1Gavrikov – Bean
15:0156% CF
D2Werenski – Peeke
10:4032% CF
D3Boqvist – Christiansen
8:2027% CF

PP1Voracek – Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Laine
3:5586% CF
PP2Nyquist – Roslovic – Werenski – Laine – Danforth
1:2175% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
1:18
PK2FNyquist – Roslovic
0:35
PK1DWerenski – Peeke
0:49
PK2DGavrikov – Bean
0:45

Current CBJ 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.

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.46	0	1	4	19:47	—	—	47	51
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	1	1	4	19:41	—	—	45	50
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.58	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	61	49
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	0	1	0	16:57	—	—	61	76
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	61	82
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	62	65
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	53	68
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	3	1	0	11:56	—	—	56	84
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	2	11:11	—	—	59	60
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	60	33
Craig Smith C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.10	1	0	0	11:04	—	—	62	43
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	4:32	—	—	67	74
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.05	1	3	2	25:43	—	—	59	67
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.36	1	3	2	24:25	—	—	66	75
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	71	53
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	70	52
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:59	—	—	35	53
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	33	49

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.49	60:44

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.59	2	0	2	18:19	—	—	56	46
Justin Danforth R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	17:14	—	—	54	50
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	0	2	17:07	—	—	41	32
Patrik Laine L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	23:41	—	—	46	29
Jack Roslovic C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	31	22
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.18	0	0	12	16:25	—	—	56	41
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	0	0	0	20:32	—	—	44	43
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	47	51
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	12:49	—	—	39	47
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:01	—	—	22	27
Carson Meyer R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	3:16	—	—	20	30
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:26	—	—	25	88
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.41	5	0	4	23:35	—	—	57	49
Jake Bean D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	22:56	—	—	58	53
Zach Werenski D	D2	1	0	1	-2	5	0.48	1	0	0	28:33	—	—	44	36
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	1	3	4	15:21	—	—	30	26
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	3	0	14:04	—	—	29	29
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	10:35	—	—	23	25

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	O	37	34	3	.919	2.82	60:54

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.

Boston Bruins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 4, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Columbus Blue Jackets