Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver CanucksFeb 25, 2023

FinalSaturday, Feb 25, 2023· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	0	1	3		BOS	20	8	7	35
VAN	0	0	1	1		VAN	7	10	10	27

: BOS 58VAN 46
: BOS 3.00VAN 2.78
PP goals: BOS 1VAN 0
Hits: BOS 15VAN 22
Blocks: BOS 7VAN 13
PIM: BOS 6VAN 4
: BOS 65%VAN 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at VAN. Hampus Lindholm (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Ethan Bear (VAN) played 0:17, −18:33 down on his 18:50 season average over 60 games.

Usage
Ethan Bear (VAN) played 0:17, −18:33 down on his 18:50 season average over 60 games.Bear
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Hall–Frederic skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Hall Frederic
New line
New look for BOS: Foligno–Hathaway–Nosek skated 7:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Hathaway Nosek
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 2.78 expected goals (46 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Kyle Burroughs (VAN) played 23:37, +6:23 up on his 17:14 season average over 47 games.Burroughs
Usage
Hampus Lindholm (BOS) played 20:01, −3:13 down on his 23:14 season average over 79 games.Lindholm
Usage
Andrei Kuzmenko (VAN) played 19:39, +3:27 up on his 16:12 season average over 80 games.Kuzmenko
Usage
Christian Wolanin (VAN) played 19:12, +3:40 up on his 15:32 season average over 15 games.Wolanin

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 104 of 104 attempts · VAN 46 · BOS 58

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 38% of the game, VAN 27%.

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
	52	47
	2.04	2.47
	2.02	2.37
	5	11
	1	2
	13	8
	+0.122	−0.122
	38%	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

L1Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha
11:4555% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
9:0775% CF
L3Coyle – Hall – Frederic
8:4243% CF
L4Foligno – Hathaway – Nosek
7:4033% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:4965% CF
D2Orlov – Forbort
13:1127% CF
D3Lindholm – Carlo
11:5572% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak – DeBrusk – McAvoy
3:07100% CF
PP2Krejci – Foligno – Hall – Lindholm – Zacha
1:34100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:44
PK2FCoyle – Zacha
0:52
PK1DOrlov – Carlo
1:59
PK2DForbort – McAvoy
0:43

Current BOS line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Beauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko
11:5845% CF
L2Joshua – Studnicka – Aman
9:0850% CF
L3Miller – Boeser – Garland
8:5842% CF
L4Dries – Podkolzin – Räty
6:3469% CF
D1Burroughs – Wolanin
8:1771% CF
D2Myers – Hughes
7:3345% CF

PP1Miller – Beauvillier – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
4:2988% CF
PP2Boeser – Wolanin – Garland – Dries – Podkolzin
1:12
PK1FJoshua – Aman
1:05
PK2FMiller – Pettersson
1:03
PK1DMyers – Hughes
2:23
PK2DBurroughs – Brisebois
1:28

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:08
BOSHampus LindholmPP (David Krejci, Taylor Hall)slap0.08 xG
BOS: Krejci, Foligno, Hall, Lindholm, ZachaVAN: Miller, Burroughs, Dries, Hughes
BOS 1 – 0 VAN
19:25
BOSBrad Marchand (Jake DeBrusk, Patrice Bergeron)wrist0.13 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Carlo, DeBruskVAN: Burroughs, Beauvillier, Pettersson, Hughes, Kuzmenko
BOS 2 – 0 VAN

3rd period

7:24
VANBrock Boeser (Conor Garland)backhand0.18 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Orlov, Forbort, DeBruskVAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Brisebois, Garland
BOS 2 – 1 VAN
19:12
BOSLinus UllmarkENwrist0.41 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Forbort, Pastrnak, CarloVAN: Miller, Boeser, Garland, Pettersson, Hughes, Kuzmenko
BOS 3 – 1 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	+1	4	0.36	1	0	0	20:12	—	—	61	76
David Krejci C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	47	52
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	1	0	0	18:02	—	—	54	58
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	69	44
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	60	38
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	16:07	—	—	70	50
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	2	14:22	—	—	41	45
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	1	0	2	13:28	—	—	52	63
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	2	1	0	10:48	—	—	46	54
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:40	—	—	31	6
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	43	8
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:54	—	—	39	8
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	2	0	22:14	—	—	59	53
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	15:38	—	—	68	64
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	20:04	—	—	33	33
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	17:37	—	—	24	18
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.18	0	0	0	20:01	—	—	73	72
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	64	54

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.78	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.34	0	1	0	21:44	—	—	48	57
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.34	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	52	58
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.68	2	0	0	19:17	—	—	38	52
Dakota Joshua C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	4	0	0	14:15	—	—	40	50
Nils Aman C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	45	52
Jack Studnicka C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	13:02	—	—	45	48
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	0	0	18:37	—	—	29	30
Brock Boeser R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.34	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	48	55
Conor Garland R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	40	59
Sheldon Dries C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.26	2	0	0	10:44	—	—	71	89
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:30	—	—	59	48
Aatu Räty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:33	—	—	64	80
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.06	5	0	0	23:37	—	—	58	57
Christian Wolanin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	2	19:12	—	—	62	80
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	1	0	28:04	—	—	44	42
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	4	0	24:20	—	—	32	36
Guillaume Brisebois D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	2	18:44	—	—	44	53
Ethan Bear D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	0:17	—	—	0	—

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	2.59	59:27

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.