Boston Bruins vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 24, 2018

FinalSaturday, Nov 24, 2018· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	0	1	3		BOS	14	12	9	35
MTL	0	0	2	2		MTL	12	9	12	33

: BOS 65MTL 78
: BOS 2.63MTL 3.45
PP goals: BOS 1MTL 1
Hits: BOS 27MTL 51
Blocks: BOS 28MTL 17
PIM: BOS 14MTL 16
: BOS 50%MTL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at MTL. David Backes (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Connor Clifton (BOS) played 10:07, −8:01 down on his 18:08 season average over 18 games.

Points
David Backes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:38.Backes
Points
David Krejci had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:30.Krejci
Usage
Connor Clifton (BOS) played 10:07, −8:01 down on his 18:08 season average over 18 games.Clifton
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +5 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Price
Usage
John Moore (BOS) played 23:31, +4:49 up on his 18:42 season average over 60 games.Moore
New line
New look for MTL: Hudon–Lehkonen–Kotkaniemi skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hudon Lehkonen Kotkaniemi
Usage
Kevan Miller (BOS) played 23:42, +6:07 up on his 17:35 season average over 38 games.Miller
Usage
Jeff Petry (MTL) played 27:22, +4:18 up on his 23:04 season average over 81 games.Petry

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 143 of 143 attempts · MTL 78 · BOS 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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, MTL 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	54	60
	1.88	2.74
	1.86	2.40
	8	13
	6	6
	16	18
	+0.012	−0.012
	24%	37%

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 – Heinen – DeBrusk
9:0459% CF
L2Marchand – Pastrnak – Forsbacka Karlsson
8:2441% CF
L3Backes – Wagner – Kuraly
7:5653% CF
L4Nordstrom – Cave – Acciari
5:0338% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
7:0678% CF
D2Krug – Clifton
5:3971% CF
D3Moore – Lauzon
3:5525% CF

PP1Backes – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
5:1188% CF
PP2Krejci – Moore – Grzelcyk – Cave – Heinen
1:39100% CF
PK1FWagner – Nordstrom
1:51
PK2FMarchand – Acciari
1:28
PK1DMoore – Miller
3:55
PK2DGrzelcyk – Lauzon
0:27

Current BOS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Shaw – Drouin – Domi
9:0356% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
7:2163% CF
L3Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino
7:1050% CF
L4Hudon – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
5:3547% CF
D1Schlemko – Kulak
11:2957% CF
D2Alzner – Mete
11:1848% CF
D3Petry – Benn
10:2248% CF

PP1Petry – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi – Kotkaniemi
4:5971% CF
PP2Schlemko – Tatar – Agostino – Gallagher – Hudon
0:56100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
3:21
PK2FDeslauriers – Chaput
2:04
PK1DPetry – Benn
3:34
PK2DSchlemko – Alzner
1:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:01
BOSDavid Backeswrist0.03 xG
BOS: Backes, Nordstrom, Miller, Cave, LauzonMTL: Schlemko, Benn, Hudon, Lehkonen, Kotkaniemi
BOS 1 – 0 MTL
14:42
BOSJake DeBrusk (Torey Krug, David Krejci)wrist0.12 xG
BOS: Krejci, Moore, Krug, DeBruskMTL: Schlemko, Gallagher, Danault, Kulak
BOS 2 – 0 MTL

3rd period

6:46
MTLJonathan Drouin (Karl Alzner, Victor Mete)wrist0.13 xG
BOS: Marchand, Moore, Krug, Pastrnak, Forsbacka KarlssonMTL: Benn, Shaw, Drouin, Domi, Mete
BOS 2 – 1 MTL
10:09
MTLTomas TatarPP (Andrew Shaw, Kenny Agostino)wrist0.09 xG
BOS: Marchand, Grzelcyk, Cave, LauzonMTL: Schlemko, Tatar, Agostino, Shaw, Hudon
BOS 2 – 2 MTL
17:03
BOSJohn MoorePP (David Backes, David Krejci)wrist0.11 xG
BOS: Backes, Krejci, Moore, Grzelcyk, HeinenMTL: Petry, Benn, Chaput, Shaw
BOS 3 – 2 MTL

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	1	0	1	+1	5	0.35	3	1	0	18:53	—	—	52	50
David Krejci C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.29	0	0	2	16:30	—	—	58	66
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	13:39	—	—	52	50
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	0	0	4	19:57	—	—	42	38
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	1	1	2	18:26	—	—	44	38
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:19	—	—	41	33
Chris Wagner R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	6	2	0	13:32	—	—	46	56
David Backes R	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.25	0	1	0	12:38	—	—	50	50
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	2	0	0	10:45	—	—	48	78
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	4	0	13:56	—	—	43	15
Colby Cave C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	50	25
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	5	0	2	9:39	—	—	44	39
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	5	2	23:42	—	—	50	27
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	2	0	21:22	—	—	61	53
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	0	5	2	24:15	—	—	41	36
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	10:07	—	—	68	78
John Moore D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	0	4	0	23:31	—	—	37	44
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	12:01	—	—	30	7

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.45	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.46	2	0	2	20:26	—	—	50	54
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.38	1	0	6	18:44	—	—	54	56
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	4	1	2	16:29	—	—	55	56
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:17	—	—	64	51
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	2	16:58	—	—	65	43
Tomas Tatar L	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.47	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	56	48
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	5	0	0	13:22	—	—	44	71
Michael Chaput C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	1	0	12:28	—	—	59	75
Kenny Agostino L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	10:03	—	—	59	77
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	3	2	0	14:26	—	—	46	70
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	1	0	13:40	—	—	44	73
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	13	0	0	9:09	—	—	50	82
David Schlemko D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	3	5	0	20:58	—	—	57	57
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:47	—	—	58	52
Victor Mete D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.68	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	50	79
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:48	—	—	43	69
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	0	4	27:22	—	—	50	37
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	3	0	16:58	—	—	48	47

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	2.63	57:27

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.