Boston Bruins vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 24, 2023

FinalTuesday, Jan 24, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	3	4		BOS	11	12	6	29
MTL	0	1	1	2		MTL	7	7	8	22

: BOS 56MTL 46
: BOS 3.61MTL 1.84
PP goals: BOS 1MTL 1
Hits: BOS 15MTL 14
Blocks: BOS 11MTL 17
PIM: BOS 8MTL 8
: BOS 45%MTL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at MTL. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 3A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:11 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 17:59.Pastrnak
Points
Kirby Dach had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:59.Dach
Points
David Krejci had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:38.Krejci
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:11 together.Bergeron Marchand Hall Pastrnak McAvoy
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Hoffman, Matheson, Suzuki and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:43 together.Dadonov Hoffman Matheson Suzuki Dach
Usage
Kirby Dach (MTL) played 23:59, +5:35 up on his 18:24 season average over 57 games.Dach
Usage
Rem Pitlick (MTL) played 19:50, +7:04 up on his 12:46 season average over 45 games.Pitlick
Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 10:43, −4:39 down on his 15:22 season average over 50 games.Xhekaj

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 102 of 102 attempts · MTL 46 · BOS 56

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 46% 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
	54	47
	2.50	1.41
	2.45	1.40
	11	2
	10	2
	29	17
	+0.004	−0.004
	46%	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

L1Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha
8:5460% CF
L2Coyle – Hall – Frederic
7:3757% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
6:2369% CF
L4Foligno – Greer – Koppanen
4:4550% CF
D1Lindholm – Carlo
14:4953% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
14:0853% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
10:2171% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
2:1171% CF
PP2Krejci – Foligno – Coyle – Lindholm – Zacha
0:34100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Koppanen
1:56
PK2FBergeron – Zacha
0:26
PK1DForbort – Carlo
2:11
PK2DLindholm – McAvoy
0:51

Current BOS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Pitlick – Suzuki
13:0959% CF
L2Hoffman – Ylonen – Dach
7:4646% CF
L3Belzile – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard
5:30100% CF
D1Edmundson – Barron
13:4045% CF
D2Savard – Matheson
12:0040% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
8:1936% CF

PP1Dadonov – Hoffman – Matheson – Suzuki – Dach
2:4380% CF
PP2Anderson – Dvorak – Pitlick – Ylonen – Xhekaj
0:470% CF
PK1FSuzuki – Dach
0:57
PK2FDvorak – Pezzetta
0:33
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
1:49
PK2DMatheson – Kovacevic
0:56

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:11
MTLKirby DachPP (Evgenii Dadonov, Mike Hoffman)snap0.19 xG
BOS: Coyle, Carlo, McAvoy, KoppanenMTL: Dadonov, Hoffman, Matheson, Suzuki, Dach
BOS 0 – 1 MTL
14:12
BOSTaylor HallPP (David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.34 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak, McAvoyMTL: Savard, Edmundson, Dvorak, Suzuki
BOS 1 – 1 MTL

3rd period

9:45
BOSDavid Krejci (David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha)tip-in0.06 xG
BOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoyMTL: Hoffman, Edmundson, Ylonen, Dach, Barron
BOS 2 – 1 MTL
11:31
MTLKirby Dach (Alex Belzile, Justin Barron)backhand0.30 xG
BOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoyMTL: Hoffman, Belzile, Edmundson, Dach, Barron
BOS 2 – 2 MTL
17:05
BOSPatrice Bergeron (Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak)wrist0.22 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Clifton, PastrnakMTL: Savard, Edmundson, Dvorak, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard
BOS 3 – 2 MTL
19:11
BOSDavid PastrnakEN (David Krejci)wrist0.57 xG
BOS: Krejci, Forbort, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoyMTL: Hoffman, Matheson, Anderson, Pitlick, Suzuki, Dach
BOS 4 – 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
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	3	4	+2	7	0.91	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	55	44
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	63	51
David Krejci C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.13	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	57	46
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	46	65
Taylor Hall L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.56	0	2	0	15:50	—	—	44	58
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	3	0	13:17	—	—	48	68
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.69	0	0	2	19:41	—	—	63	77
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.46	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	67	77
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	67	84
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	5	0	0	14:09	—	—	25	56
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:02	—	—	50	89
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	7:36	—	—	50	90
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	22:22	—	—	46	66
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:44	—	—	50	67
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	20:47	—	—	50	34
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	19:04	—	—	55	63
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	4	16:51	—	—	63	63
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	1	0	16:00	—	—	59	87

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	1.84	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.04	1	0	0	23:21	—	—	46	23
Rem Pitlick C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	56	33
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	4	2	2	19:34	—	—	50	31
Kirby Dach C	L2	2	0	2	-1	3	0.56	0	3	0	23:59	—	—	36	58
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.15	0	0	2	18:33	—	—	39	62
Jesse Ylonen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	15:32	—	—	63	58
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:17	—	—	58	32
Michael Pezzetta L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	2	0	2	9:37	—	—	60	39
Alex Belzile R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	9:35	—	—	63	77
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	3	0	19:45	—	—	43	44
Justin Barron D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	2	3	0	15:47	—	—	52	60
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	1	2	19:55	—	—	43	26
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:43	—	—	33	24
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	52	27
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	37	27
Evgenii Dadonov L	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	24	4
Christian Dvorak C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	32	5
Arber Xhekaj D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	75	47

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	3.04	58:18

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.