Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver CanucksFeb 17, 2018

FinalSaturday, Feb 17, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	18	8	19	45
VAN	4	1	1	6		VAN	9	10	5	24

: BOS 77VAN 32
: BOS 3.88VAN 3.03
PP goals: BOS 0VAN 0
Hits: BOS 17VAN 28
Blocks: BOS 2VAN 18
PIM: BOS 5VAN 13
: BOS 58%VAN 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks rout Boston Bruins 6–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Boston Bruins 6–1 at home. Loui Eriksson (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Anders Nilsson (VAN) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +14 against a season average of 31.5; the win.

Points
Loui Eriksson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:18.Eriksson
Points
Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:09.Sedin
Points
Derrick Pouliot had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:11.Pouliot
Goalie
Anders Nilsson (VAN) faced 45 shots and stopped 44 (.978), +14 against a season average of 31.5; the win.Nilsson
Luck
VAN scored 6 goals on 3.03 expected goals (32 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.87 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VAN: Dowd–Virtanen–Goldobin skated 4:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Virtanen Goldobin
Usage
Nic Dowd (VAN) played 14:01, +3:33 up on his 10:28 season average over 55 games.Dowd

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · VAN 32 · BOS 77

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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, VAN 14%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	72	31
	3.47	2.78
	3.23	2.68
	13	12
	2	5
	11	7
	+0.039	−0.039
	40%	14%

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

L1Backes – Nash – Heinen
12:2675% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
11:0156% CF
L3Krejci – Spooner – DeBrusk
8:3481% CF
L4Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
8:0267% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
12:4782% CF
D2McQuaid – Grzelcyk
8:2282% CF
D3Krug – Carlo
6:5443% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Spooner – Krug – Pastrnak
6:1970% CF
PP2Backes – Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:2575% CF

Current BOS line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Sedin – Sedin – Vanek
10:5014% CF
L2Eriksson – Sutter – Archibald
8:2320% CF
L3Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser
8:0731% CF
L4Dowd – Virtanen – Goldobin
4:3438% CF
D1Del Zotto – Stecher
16:1411% CF
D2Edler – Gudbranson
15:5644% CF
D3Biega – Pouliot
15:1439% CF

PK1FSutter – Archibald
4:50
PK2FEriksson – Dowd
4:34
PK1DEdler – Gudbranson
5:10
PK2DDel Zotto – Stecher
1:51

Current VAN 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
David Backes R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.23	5	0	0	18:18	—	—	79	67
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	77	68
Riley Nash C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	15:41	—	—	74	60
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.50	1	0	0	20:23	—	—	57	40
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	55	30
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	60	41
Ryan Spooner C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	75	54
David Krejci C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.40	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	82	73
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.38	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	84	75
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	2	0	0	11:49	—	—	59	52
Tim Schaller L	L4	1	0	1	-1	5	0.40	0	0	0	10:53	—	—	58	53
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	9:36	—	—	64	68
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	1	0	0	20:00	—	—	81	72
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	-2	7	0.31	0	1	0	19:42	—	—	81	71
Adam McQuaid D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	69	72
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	82	74
Torey Krug D	D3	0	1	1	-2	3	0.17	1	0	0	22:14	—	—	48	35
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	1	0	5	14:28	—	—	54	31

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin	—	15	13	2	.867	1.50	40:00
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	8	4	4	.500	1.53	20:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Daniel Sedin L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.21	1	0	0	13:09	—	—	32	53
Henrik Sedin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	12	15
Thomas Vanek L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:02	—	—	14	19
Brandon Sutter C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	43	61
Loui Eriksson L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	1.10	1	1	0	17:18	—	—	38	57
Darren Archibald R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	5	1	5	14:33	—	—	18	9
Bo Horvat C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.43	1	0	2	16:34	—	—	37	49
Sven Baertschi L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.19	0	4	0	13:31	—	—	27	36
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	2	0	0	13:23	—	—	40	49
Nic Dowd C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.46	3	0	0	14:01	—	—	35	51
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	2	1	0	12:16	—	—	26	41
Nikolay Goldobin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:18	—	—	41	56
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:30	—	—	13	28
Michael Del Zotto D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	19:53	—	—	9	22
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	0	0	23:05	—	—	44	61
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	2	2	2	22:30	—	—	41	62
Alex Biega D	D3	0	0	0	+4	0	0.00	3	2	0	17:13	—	—	39	44
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	2	2	+4	1	0.05	1	1	2	16:11	—	—	38	42

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	W	45	44	1	.978	3.88	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. Vancouver CanucksFeb 17, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks rout Boston Bruins 6–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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