Boston Bruins vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 21, 2022

Final / OTMonday, Mar 21, 2022· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	0	1	1	3		BOS	14	14	17	1	46
MTL	0	1	1	0	2		MTL	8	15	5	0	28

: BOS 81MTL 50
: BOS 3.75MTL 2.04
PP goals: BOS 0MTL 0
Hits: BOS 26MTL 19
Blocks: BOS 12MTL 22
PIM: BOS 6MTL 10
: BOS 62%MTL 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at MTL. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Jake Allen (MTL) faced 46 shots and stopped 43 (.935), +14 against a season average of 32.1; the overtime loss.

Points
Brad Marchand had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 21:10.Marchand
Points
Connor Clifton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:15.Clifton
Points
Erik Haula had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:20.Haula
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 46 shots and stopped 43 (.935), +14 against a season average of 32.1; the overtime loss.Allen
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Drouin–Dvorak skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Drouin Dvorak
Usage
Derek Forbort (BOS) played 14:08, −4:02 down on his 18:10 season average over 75 games.Forbort
Usage
Joel Edmundson (MTL) played 23:00, +3:34 up on his 19:26 season average over 23 games.Edmundson
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (MTL) played 13:57, −3:14 down on his 17:11 season average over 33 games.Drouin

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 131 of 131 attempts · MTL 50 · BOS 81

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 40% of the game, MTL 22%.

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
	65	48
	1.87	1.78
	1.81	1.76
	13	8
	12	11
	36	38
	+0.074	−0.074
	40%	22%

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 – DeBrusk – Studnicka
10:4363% CF
L2Foligno – Lazar – Nosek
9:1553% CF
L3Smith – Coyle – Frederic
9:0250% CF
L4Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
8:4141% CF
D1Grzelcyk – Carlo
11:2857% CF
D2Reilly – McAvoy
10:2761% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
9:1653% CF

PP1Marchand – Coyle – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
6:2894% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Grzelcyk – DeBrusk – Studnicka
1:00100% CF
PK1FLazar – Nosek
1:53
PK2FCoyle – Frederic
0:38
PK1DForbort – McAvoy
1:33
PK2DClifton – Carlo
0:27

Current BOS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
12:5543% CF
L2Armia – Drouin – Dvorak
8:1753% CF
L3Hoffman – Dauphin – Pitlick
8:1031% CF
L4Byron – Evans – Pezzetta
5:0650% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
14:3237% CF
D2Savard – Romanov
13:3242% CF
D3Wideman – Schueneman
9:2453% CF

PP1Hoffman – Armia – Dvorak – Pitlick – Schueneman
2:07100% CF
PP2Wideman – Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki – Caufield
1:20100% CF
PK1FByron – Evans
2:34
PK2FArmia – Dvorak
2:00
PK1DPetry – Edmundson
3:19
PK2DSavard – Schueneman
1:14

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	2	0	2	+1	8	0.70	0	0	2	21:10	—	—	75	66
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.19	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	67	57
Jack Studnicka C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.57	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	65	61
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	13:02	—	—	56	90
Curtis Lazar C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	4	1	0	12:14	—	—	60	91
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	4	0	0	11:45	—	—	52	76
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	19:17	—	—	48	28
Craig Smith C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:08	—	—	52	39
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	4	0	0	11:42	—	—	55	32
David Pastrnak R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	45	46
Taylor Hall L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.49	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	40	40
Erik Haula L	L4	0	2	2	+2	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	57	60
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:36	—	—	66	55
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	1	2	19:36	—	—	54	60
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.49	2	3	2	24:17	—	—	57	69
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	4	1	0	20:23	—	—	59	53
Connor Clifton D	D3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.20	0	1	0	16:15	—	—	52	36
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	14:08	—	—	60	29

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.04	60:34

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	2	2	0	20:27	—	—	39	38
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.35	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	47	48
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	2	17:01	—	—	49	49
Joel Armia R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	44	28
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	46	37
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	55	38
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	2	0	16:41	—	—	27	19
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	33	22
Laurent Dauphin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:09	—	—	42	30
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	1	2	13:33	—	—	41	85
Paul Byron L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	3	0	0	12:43	—	—	44	87
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:05	—	—	50	88
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	6	0	23:00	—	—	42	42
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	4	0	20:57	—	—	39	46
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	2	3	4	20:54	—	—	43	62
David Savard D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	3	2	2	19:11	—	—	40	53
Corey Schueneman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	42	35
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	55	47

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	O	46	43	3	.935	3.75	60:34

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 CanadiensMar 21, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Montreal Canadiens