Boston Bruins vs. St. Louis BluesMar 21, 2018

Final / OTWednesday, Mar 21, 2018· Scottrade Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	0	0	0	1		BOS	9	8	5	0	22
STL	0	0	1	1	2		STL	5	9	5	1	20

: BOS 38STL 57
: BOS 1.65STL 2.66
PP goals: BOS 1STL 0
Hits: BOS 24STL 46
Blocks: BOS 20STL 13
PIM: BOS 6STL 6
: BOS 42%STL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Boston Bruins 2–1 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins 2–1 in overtime at home. Jaden Schwartz (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Nash, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Donato) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:25 together.

Points
Jaden Schwartz had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:02.Schwartz
Points
Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:01.Schenn
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Nash, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Donato) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:25 together.Marchand Nash Grzelcyk Pastrnak Donato
New line
New look for BOS: Gionta–Wingels–Szwarz skated 8:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gionta Wingels Szwarz
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 23:50, +7:13 up on his 16:37 season average over 60 games.Grzelcyk
Usage
Nick Holden (BOS) played 24:56, +6:01 up on his 18:55 season average over 72 games.Holden
Usage
Riley Nash (BOS) played 20:55, +5:35 up on his 15:20 season average over 75 games.Nash
Usage
Kevan Miller (BOS) played 24:17, +4:54 up on his 19:23 season average over 67 games.Miller

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · STL 57 · BOS 38

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 17% of the game, STL 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	37	60
	1.50	2.66
	1.48	2.59
	5	7
	1	8
	6	12
	−0.058	+0.058
	17%	42%

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

L1Marchand – Nash – Pastrnak
13:2144% CF
L2Krejci – Donato – Heinen
12:0754% CF
L3Gionta – Wingels – Szwarz
8:3620% CF
L4Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
7:4343% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
17:4042% CF
D2Holden – Carlo
14:1155% CF
D3McQuaid – Postma
6:5442% CF

PP1Marchand – Nash – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – Donato
1:25100% CF
PP2Gionta – Krejci – Holden – Pastrnak – Heinen
0:13100% CF
PK1FMarchand – Nash
1:05
PK2FSchaller – Acciari
0:45
PK1DMcQuaid – Miller
1:14
PK2DHolden – Carlo
0:46

Current BOS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Steen – Schenn – Schwartz
13:3671% CF
L2Brodziak – Sobotka – Berglund
10:5950% CF
L3Jaskin – Barbashev – Thompson
9:5360% CF
L4Thorburn – Sundqvist – Soshnikov
6:0467% CF
D1Parayko – Dunn
15:0565% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Edmundson
11:2960% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo
8:3567% CF

PP1Steen – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Schwartz – Dunn
2:03100% CF
PP2Sobotka – Berglund – Jaskin – Edmundson – Parayko
0:41
PK1FBrodziak – Sobotka
0:51
PK2FBerglund – Soshnikov
0:15
PK1DGunnarsson – Pietrangelo
1:23
PK2DBortuzzo – Edmundson
0:15

Current STL 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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Riley Nash C	L1	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	2	2	20:55	—	—	34	45
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	20:04	—	—	39	55
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	-1	2	0.37	0	1	0	19:41	—	—	42	55
Ryan Donato C	L2	1	1	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	16:17	—	—	47	48
David Krejci C	L2	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	54	59
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	2	15:17	—	—	47	50
Brian Gionta R	L3	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	25	28
Jordan Szwarz C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:09	—	—	25	40
Tommy Wingels C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	10:52	—	—	25	40
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	12:27	—	—	43	10
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	-1	2	0.04	5	0	0	12:10	—	—	40	11
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:58	—	—	40	9
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	4	0	24:17	—	—	38	58
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	23:50	—	—	41	57
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	4	0	24:56	—	—	37	28
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	19:49	—	—	52	38
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	15:48	—	—	26	20
Paul Postma D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:12	—	—	32	20

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	O	20	18	2	.900	2.66	60:30

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.23	1	1	2	21:01	—	—	67	82
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	71	82
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.29	1	0	0	20:02	—	—	72	83
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	1	0	17:47	—	—	46	38
Kyle Brodziak C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	4	1	0	17:39	—	—	57	56
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	16:34	—	—	50	35
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.58	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	68	80
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	7	0	0	13:43	—	—	62	78
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	3	0	0	11:18	—	—	60	59
Nikita Soshnikov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	3	0	2	10:15	—	—	64	81
Chris Thorburn R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	0	0	7:12	—	—	71	77
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:42	—	—	57	77
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	3	2	0	21:31	—	—	61	52
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	19:54	—	—	65	66
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	2	0	25:21	—	—	55	70
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	5	2	0	20:03	—	—	67	63
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	2	1	0	18:23	—	—	54	62
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:18	—	—	71	75

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.65	60:30

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. St. Louis BluesMar 21, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge Boston Bruins 2–1 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

St. Louis Blues