Boston Bruins vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 24, 2022

FinalSunday, Apr 24, 2022· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	2	1	5		BOS	17	14	11	42
MTL	0	1	2	3		MTL	8	8	10	26

: BOS 61MTL 57
: BOS 3.02MTL 2.44
PP goals: BOS 0MTL 2
Hits: BOS 36MTL 28
Blocks: BOS 17MTL 10
PIM: BOS 14MTL 8
: BOS 48%MTL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at MTL. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Hoffman, Dvorak, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:13 together.

Points
Patrice Bergeron had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:36.Bergeron
Points
Erik Haula had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:19.Haula
Points
Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:51.Marchand
Points
Jeff Petry had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:49.Petry
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Hoffman, Dvorak, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:13 together.Petry Hoffman Dvorak Suzuki Caufield
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 41 shots and stopped 37 (.902), +11 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Montembeault
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Evans–Pitlick skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Evans Pitlick
Luck
BOS scored 5 goals on 3.02 expected goals (61 attempts), finishing well above 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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · MTL 57 · BOS 61

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 35% of the game, MTL 27%.

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	44
	2.12	1.38
	2.04	1.31
	13	4
	10	1
	22	22
	−0.005	+0.005
	35%	27%

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

L1Smith – Coyle – Frederic
9:1335% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
8:4675% CF
L3Foligno – Lazar – McLaughlin
7:5550% CF
L4Haula – Hall – Nosek
7:4072% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:4266% CF
D2Forbort – Clifton
12:0743% CF
D3Reilly – Carlo
11:2167% CF

PP1Marchand – Smith – Haula – Reilly – Grzelcyk
0:560% CF
PP2Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – DeBrusk – McAvoy
0:4550% CF
PK1FLazar – Nosek
1:21
PK2FCoyle – Frederic
0:34
PK1DClifton – McAvoy
1:48
PK2DForbort – Carlo
0:48

Current BOS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Hoffman – Suzuki – Caufield
11:2033% CF
L2Gallagher – Evans – Pitlick
9:3855% CF
L3Anderson – Dvorak – Pezzetta
4:4511% CF
L4Perreault – Pitlick – Dauphin
3:0214% CF
D1Savard – Romanov
17:1933% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
12:4132% CF
D3Lagesson – Harris
12:2952% CF

PP1Petry – Hoffman – Dvorak – Suzuki – Caufield
2:13100% CF
PP2Petry – Perreault – Gallagher – Anderson – Suzuki
1:07100% CF
PK1FPitlick – Evans
0:37
PK2FPitlick – Suzuki
0:32
PK1DSavard – Romanov
1:08
PK2DPetry – Lagesson
0:37

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
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	33	43
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	46	50
Trent Frederic C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	5	0	2	12:17	—	—	32	45
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.19	1	1	4	16:51	—	—	81	80
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.40	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	79	81
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	2	1	3	+3	3	0.65	3	0	0	15:36	—	—	69	60
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	3	1	0	12:58	—	—	60	50
Marc McLaughlin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:32	—	—	48	36
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	1	0	11:01	—	—	57	51
Erik Haula L	L4	2	0	2	+1	4	0.57	2	0	2	16:19	—	—	69	74
Taylor Hall L	L4	0	0	0	0	6	0.29	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	67	70
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	2	0	0	12:33	—	—	65	61
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	1	0	1	+4	4	0.11	5	4	0	22:36	—	—	70	88
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	2	2	21:17	—	—	66	86
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	3	2	20:10	—	—	47	41
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	3	2	0	16:47	—	—	39	27
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	2	0	21:00	—	—	59	54
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	3	0	0	18:43	—	—	64	48

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.44	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	24:04	—	—	38	11
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.12	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	37	6
Mike Hoffman C	L1	1	0	1	-3	2	0.05	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	33	6
Rem Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.31	1	0	0	19:37	—	—	50	56
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	2	15:54	—	—	54	41
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.41	0	1	0	14:23	—	—	44	48
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.36	1	0	0	17:58	—	—	41	56
Josh Anderson R	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.65	5	0	4	16:50	—	—	55	67
Michael Pezzetta L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:42	—	—	33	26
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	1	0	10:07	—	—	50	78
Laurent Dauphin C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	2	2	0	8:49	—	—	38	62
Mathieu Perreault C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	2	0	0	7:43	—	—	38	62
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	23:08	—	—	35	29
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	0	20:56	—	—	33	31
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	2	2	-3	3	0.05	3	1	0	21:49	—	—	39	34
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	1	2	17:29	—	—	36	28
William Lagesson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	13:47	—	—	52	60
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	13:26	—	—	56	63

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	41	37	4	.902	2.42	58:54

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 CanadiensApr 24, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

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