Boston Bruins vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 17, 2018

FinalMonday, Dec 17, 2018· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	1	2	4		BOS	13	13	9	35
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	5	8	9	22

: BOS 63MTL 51
: BOS 3.54MTL 1.35
PP goals: BOS 1MTL 0
Hits: BOS 32MTL 46
Blocks: BOS 17MTL 18
PIM: BOS 8MTL 6
: BOS 56%MTL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Montreal Canadiens 4–0

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–0 at MTL. Colby Cave (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Backes, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and Donato) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:48 together.

Points
Colby Cave had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:01.Cave
Points
Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:47.McAvoy
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:51.Pastrnak
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Backes, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and Donato) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:48 together.Backes Marchand Krug Pastrnak Donato
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +5 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Price
Usage
David Backes (BOS) played 16:35, +3:36 up on his 12:59 season average over 69 games.Backes
Usage
Andrew Shaw (MTL) played 19:52, +4:01 up on his 15:51 season average over 62 games.Shaw
Usage
David Schlemko (MTL) played 16:05, −3:59 down on his 20:04 season average over 17 games.Schlemko

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 114 of 114 attempts · MTL 51 · BOS 63

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 55% of the game, MTL 16%.

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
	62	54
	3.61	1.23
	3.53	1.15
	17	6
	7	5
	31	14
	+0.019	−0.019
	55%	16%

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 – Marchand – Pastrnak
11:1367% CF
L2Donato – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson
10:0544% CF
L3Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari
9:2560% CF
L4Backes – Nordstrom – Cave
8:1533% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
12:4558% CF
D2Kampfer – Moore
12:2936% CF
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
11:2661% CF

PP1Backes – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – Donato
2:48100% CF
PP2Krejci – Grzelcyk – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson – McAvoy
1:39
PK1FNordstrom – Kuraly
1:09
PK2FWagner – Cave
0:50
PK1DMoore – Carlo
2:32
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
1:09

Current BOS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Shaw – Drouin – Domi
11:0627% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:1246% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
7:3773% CF
L4Chaput – Agostino – Peca
5:4944% CF
D1Petry – Reilly
16:1152% CF
D2Weber – Kulak
14:4150% CF
D3Schlemko – Juulsen
12:2441% CF

PP1Byron – Tatar – Shaw – Reilly – Kotkaniemi
3:15100% CF
PP2Weber – Petry – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi
2:0940% CF
PK1FByron – Chaput
2:11
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
1:12
PK1DWeber – Juulsen
2:54
PK2DPetry – Schlemko
2:11

Current MTL 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
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	0	2	18:44	—	—	61	84
David Krejci C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.49	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	59	83
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.29	1	2	2	15:51	—	—	68	88
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	2	0	13:55	—	—	44	67
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	3	0	13:53	—	—	46	66
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.75	2	0	0	13:50	—	—	43	67
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	0	2	14:31	—	—	68	92
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	2	3	2	13:37	—	—	62	89
Chris Wagner R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	11:58	—	—	63	91
David Backes R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	48	64
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.21	1	2	0	12:45	—	—	31	53
Colby Cave C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.44	3	1	0	12:01	—	—	41	66
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	3	0	0	22:32	—	—	56	67
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.08	1	0	0	19:35	—	—	64	74
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	21:46	—	—	39	71
Steven Kampfer D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:20	—	—	46	76
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.01	6	2	0	19:47	—	—	60	79
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	60	84

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	22	22	0	.1000	1.35	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	3	0.24	5	1	0	19:52	—	—	39	36
Max Domi C	L1	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	36	34
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	24	13
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	16:14	—	—	43	13
Tomas Tatar L	L2	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	16:10	—	—	47	14
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	-2	3	0.15	2	0	0	15:10	—	—	43	12
Paul Byron L	L3	0	2	0.36	5	1	0	15:50	—	—	71	60
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0.01	3	0	2	14:03	—	—	70	52
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	2	0.09	4	0	0	13:57	—	—	57	51
Kenny Agostino L	L4	-1	1	0.11	3	0	0	11:18	—	—	47	8
Michael Chaput C	L4	-1	0	0.00	7	0	0	10:57	—	—	50	6
Matthew Peca C	L4	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:59	—	—	43	2
Jeff Petry D	D1	-2	3	0.14	6	1	0	23:44	—	—	49	29
Mike Reilly D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	4	2	21:54	—	—	52	31
Shea Weber D	D2	-2	1	0.04	0	3	0	24:01	—	—	44	24
Brett Kulak D	D2	-1	2	0.05	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	50	22
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0.02	3	5	0	16:05	—	—	45	19
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	15:30	—	—	39	16

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.54	60:00

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. Montreal CanadiensDec 17, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins rout Montreal Canadiens 4–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Montreal Canadiens