Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver CanucksOct 20, 2018

Final / OTSaturday, Oct 20, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	0	0	1	0	1		BOS	5	15	10	1	31
VAN	1	0	0	1	2		VAN	8	5	8	1	22

: BOS 64VAN 45
: BOS 3.17VAN 2.35
PP goals: BOS 0VAN 0
Hits: BOS 11VAN 26
Blocks: BOS 9VAN 14
PIM: BOS 7VAN 9
: BOS 56%VAN 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Boston Bruins 2–1 (OT)

Vancouver Canucks beat Boston Bruins 2–1 in overtime at home. Bo Horvat (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VAN: Eriksson–Sutter–Roussel skated 11:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for VAN: Eriksson–Sutter–Roussel skated 11:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eriksson Sutter Roussel
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.18 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jake Virtanen (VAN) played 9:20, −5:34 down on his 14:54 season average over 69 games.Virtanen
New line
New look for BOS: Wagner–Nordstrom–Bjork skated 5:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Nordstrom Bjork
New line
New look for VAN: Baertschi–Virtanen–Gaudette skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Baertschi Virtanen Gaudette
Usage
Ryan Donato (BOS) played 7:30, −6:19 down on his 13:49 season average over 55 games.Donato
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 24:07, +5:27 up on his 18:40 season average over 65 games.Pastrnak
Usage
Noel Acciari (BOS) played 8:12, −4:51 down on his 13:03 season average over 71 games.Acciari

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 45 · BOS 64

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 36% of the game, VAN 25%.

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
	54	44
	2.37	1.81
	2.27	1.77
	8	6
	4	4
	11	18
	+0.043	−0.043
	36%	25%

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

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
12:4174% CF
L2Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk
9:0570% CF
L3Wagner – Nordstrom – Bjork
5:4975% CF
L4Kuraly – Donato – Acciari
2:5845% CF
D1Chara – Carlo
21:0454% CF
D2Kampfer – Moore
8:2063% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Vaakanainen
6:5625% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – Heinen
3:53100% CF
PP2Krejci – Kampfer – Heinen – Bjork – DeBrusk
1:31100% CF
PK1FWagner – Kuraly
0:50
PK2FNordstrom – Acciari
0:37
PK1DMoore – Carlo
0:50
PK2DKampfer – Vaakanainen
0:26

Current BOS line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Eriksson – Sutter – Roussel
11:2435% CF
L2Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser
11:1162% CF
L3Granlund – Schaller – Motte
8:5017% CF
L4Baertschi – Virtanen – Gaudette
4:4355% CF
D1Gudbranson – Hutton
16:5138% CF
D2Edler – Tanev
16:1345% CF
D3Pouliot – Stecher
15:4143% CF

PP1Edler – Baertschi – Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser
1:18100% CF
PP2Eriksson – Granlund – Pouliot – Virtanen – Gaudette
0:41
PK1FSutter – Motte
2:13
PK2FGranlund – Schaller
1:56
PK1DEdler – Tanev
3:51
PK2DGudbranson – Hutton
0:57

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:40
VANBrandon Sutter (Jake Virtanen, Troy Stecher)wrist0.04 xG
BOS: Wagner, Nordstrom, Grzelcyk, Acciari, VaakanainenVAN: Sutter, Roussel, Gudbranson, Hutton, Virtanen
BOS 0 – 1 VAN

3rd period

7:45
BOSJoakim Nordstrom (John Moore, Matt Grzelcyk)wrist0.04 xG
BOS: Moore, Wagner, Nordstrom, Grzelcyk, BjorkVAN: Sutter, Roussel, Gudbranson, Hutton, Motte
BOS 1 – 1 VAN

OT period

3:12
VANBo Horvat (Brock Boeser)backhand0.33 xG
BOS: Krejci, Marchand, CarloVAN: Tanev, Horvat, Boeser
BOS 1 – 2 VAN

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	0	0	0	0	5	0.25	0	0	0	24:07	—	—	68	80
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	23:52	—	—	61	61
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.50	0	1	0	21:58	—	—	61	60
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	1	0	0	19:25	—	—	55	42
David Krejci C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	68	55
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	71	56
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	2	2	0	14:11	—	—	33	38
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	46	50
Chris Wagner R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.20	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	79	91
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	2	0	0	12:43	—	—	41	49
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	5	8:12	—	—	38	50
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	7:30	—	—	39	64
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	1	0	23:43	—	—	53	51
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	2	2	23:13	—	—	55	54
John Moore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	64	70
Steven Kampfer D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	16:10	—	—	63	91
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.31	0	0	0	21:07	—	—	48	39
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:26	—	—	47	54

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	O	22	20	2	.909	2.35	63:07

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brandon Sutter C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	0	1	0	19:49	—	—	42	44
Antoine Roussel L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	3	0	0	15:05	—	—	35	42
Loui Eriksson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	41	40
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	2	0	0	21:20	—	—	65	84
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.57	2	0	5	20:36	—	—	46	57
Nikolay Goldobin R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	16:34	—	—	56	73
Markus Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:02	—	—	27	4
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	1	0	14:37	—	—	15	1
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	23	3
Sven Baertschi L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	55	41
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:20	—	—	43	30
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	7:18	—	—	67	68
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	2	0	19:42	—	—	42	46
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	2	2	19:11	—	—	41	35
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	4	3	0	24:41	—	—	50	53
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:22	—	—	50	56
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	18:03	—	—	46	36
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	1	0	17:19	—	—	43	25

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.17	63:12

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.