Boston Bruins vs. St. Louis BluesJun 9, 2019

FinalPlayoffsSunday, Jun 9, 2019· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	4	5		BOS	12	8	12	32
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	9	10	10	29

: BOS 47STL 59
: BOS 2.71STL 2.75
PP goals: BOS 1STL 0
Hits: BOS 27STL 29
Blocks: BOS 16STL 9
PIM: BOS 10STL 20
: BOS 41%STL 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

Boston Bruins beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 at STL. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Krejci–DeBrusk–Kuhlman skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:47.Marchand
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:26.Pastrnak
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–DeBrusk–Kuhlman skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci DeBrusk Kuhlman
Luck
BOS scored 5 goals on 2.70 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Steen–Sundqvist–Blais skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Sundqvist Blais
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 15:47, −4:40 down on his 20:27 season average over 23 games.Marchand
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 13:26, −4:19 down on his 17:45 season average over 23 games.Pastrnak
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.75 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 106 of 106 attempts · STL 59 · BOS 47

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 24% of the game, STL 36%.

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
	46	42
	2.10	1.14
	2.08	1.12
	2	7
	2	4
	24	13
	−0.060	+0.060
	24%	36%

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

L1Nordstrom – Kuraly – Acciari
10:5747% CF
L2Krejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman
10:3659% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
8:1958% CF
L4Johansson – Coyle – Heinen
8:0243% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
15:5663% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
12:0856% CF
D3Moore – Clifton
6:4967% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Johansson – Krug – Pastrnak
2:10
PP2Krejci – Coyle – Krug – DeBrusk – McAvoy
0:52100% CF
PK1FNordstrom – Kuraly
3:17
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
3:13
PK1DMoore – Carlo
1:51
PK2DKrug – McAvoy
0:46

Current BOS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
11:1545% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
9:1567% CF
L3Steen – Sundqvist – Blais
7:0860% CF
L4Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
6:3733% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
14:4650% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Dunn
7:0438% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo
4:1417% CF

PP1Maroon – Bozak – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Parayko
3:07100% CF
PP2Perron – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Schwartz – Dunn
2:47100% CF
PK1FBozak – Sundqvist
0:56
PK2FSteen – Sanford
0:50
PK1DPietrangelo – Parayko
1:06
PK2DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
0:57

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:40
BOSBrad MarchandPP (David Pastrnak, Torey Krug)wrist0.10 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug, PastrnakSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Bortuzzo
BOS 1 – 0 STL

3rd period

2:31
BOSBrandon Carlo (Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.01 xG
BOS: Coyle, Krug, Carlo, DeBrusk, KuhlmanSTL: Pietrangelo, Bozak, Blais, Dunn, Thomas
BOS 2 – 0 STL
10:15
BOSKarson Kuhlman (David Krejci)snap0.02 xG
BOS: Chara, Krejci, DeBrusk, McAvoy, KuhlmanSTL: Maroon, Pietrangelo, Bozak, Dunn, Thomas
BOS 3 – 0 STL
12:01
STLRyan O'Reilly (Alex Pietrangelo, David Perron)wrist0.02 xG
BOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoySTL: Perron, Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Blais
BOS 3 – 1 STL
14:06
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Brad Marchand, Sean Kuraly)wrist0.13 xG
BOS: Marchand, Kuraly, Krug, Pastrnak, CarloSTL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Blais, Dunn
BOS 4 – 1 STL
17:41
BOSZdeno CharaENwrist0.45 xG
BOS: Chara, Krejci, Marchand, Coyle, CarloSTL: Maroon, Perron, Pietrangelo, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Sundqvist
BOS 5 – 1 STL

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
Joakim Nordstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	18:31	—	—	55	47
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	3	2	2	17:02	—	—	52	54
Noel Acciari C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	3	2	0	15:11	—	—	52	47
David Krejci C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.14	1	2	0	15:06	—	—	55	73
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.86	2	2	0	13:14	—	—	59	84
Karson Kuhlman C	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	50	74
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.22	0	1	0	16:15	—	—	60	62
Brad Marchand L	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.10	0	0	2	15:47	—	—	60	73
David Pastrnak R	L3	1	1	2	0	4	0.29	2	1	0	13:26	—	—	58	72
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	13:27	—	—	33	36
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	40	63
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	50	35
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	5	0	2	25:22	—	—	62	72
Zdeno Chara D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.45	3	0	2	22:15	—	—	57	70
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.12	0	1	0	22:01	—	—	48	56
Brandon Carlo D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.01	1	0	0	20:32	—	—	46	66
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	17:06	—	—	46	56
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	2	10:19	—	—	38	33

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.75	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	4	0	0	19:35	—	—	42	14
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.73	1	0	2	19:18	—	—	35	13
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.15	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	44	15
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.37	0	0	2	19:23	—	—	65	72
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.53	5	0	0	19:01	—	—	55	64
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:40	—	—	47	69
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	0	0	14:29	—	—	60	58
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	2	0	13:04	—	—	53	47
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	0	4	11:41	—	—	48	34
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	2	0	0	13:48	—	—	40	46
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.14	1	0	0	11:16	—	—	43	51
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:21	—	—	40	52
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	26:08	—	—	53	49
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	21:39	—	—	46	37
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	-3	3	0.12	0	0	0	26:15	—	—	57	54
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.07	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	37	48
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:57	—	—	50	24
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	12	10:50	—	—	25	14

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.25	58:07

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.