Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsDec 28, 2017

Final / SOThursday, Dec 28, 2017· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	2OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	2OT	T
BOS	2	0	1	0	0	0	3		BOS	14	7	10	3	0	34
WSH	0	2	1	0	0	1	4		WSH	10	10	12	2	0	34

: BOS 69WSH 65
: BOS 3.68WSH 3.71
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 1
Hits: BOS 14WSH 37
Blocks: BOS 13WSH 19
PIM: BOS 11WSH 15
: BOS 55%WSH 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (SO)

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 4–3 in a shootout at home. David Backes (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 18 attempts in 5:43 together.

Points
David Backes had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:47.Backes
Points
Lars Eller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:36.Eller
Points
Danton Heinen had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:30.Heinen
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 18 attempts in 5:43 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 9:05, −5:22 down on his 14:27 season average over 69 games.DeBrusk
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Wilson skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Connolly Wilson
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 28:51, +4:07 up on his 24:44 season average over 81 games.Carlson
Usage
Madison Bowey (WSH) played 9:34, −4:14 down on his 13:48 season average over 50 games.Bowey

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)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 134 of 134 attempts · WSH 65 · BOS 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH 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, WSH 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

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	WSH
	48	46
	2.17	2.02
	2.03	1.93
	11	6
	5	4
	20	17
	+0.043	−0.042
	38%	35%

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
11:4356% CF
L2Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
10:3942% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
10:3155% CF
L4Spooner – Bjork – DeBrusk
5:2860% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
10:4058% CF
D2Miller – Grzelcyk
10:0137% CF
D3Krug – Carlo
9:1063% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Spooner – Krug – Pastrnak
6:51100% CF
PP2Backes – Grzelcyk – Heinen – DeBrusk – McAvoy
3:0286% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
4:08
PK2FSchaller – Acciari
1:31
PK1DChara – Carlo
4:10

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
8:4953% CF
L2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Smith-Pelly
7:2347% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Wilson
5:5873% CF
L4Beagle – Chiasson – Burakovsky
2:55100% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
15:0152% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
10:3346% CF
D3Orpik – Bowey
9:0255% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
5:43100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Niskanen – Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
1:05100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
4:30
PK2FBeagle – Chiasson
3:27
PK1DNiskanen – Orlov
5:00
PK2DOrpik – Carlson
4:09

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: BOS 3 – 4 WSH.

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
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.25	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	52	48
Riley Nash C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.36	1	2	0	16:01	—	—	52	51
David Backes R	L1	2	0	2	+1	5	0.36	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	64	59
Noel Acciari C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	38	29
Tim Schaller L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	13:18	—	—	42	35
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	9	12:36	—	—	36	25
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.48	0	0	0	24:35	—	—	54	61
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	0	1	0	24:00	—	—	57	64
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.55	1	0	0	21:07	—	—	48	56
Ryan Spooner C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	13:45	—	—	60	73
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	+1	5	0.55	0	0	0	9:05	—	—	69	85
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:53	—	—	55	73
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	3	0	23:48	—	—	52	64
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	2	2	0	20:48	—	—	65	72
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:11	—	—	36	32
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:22	—	—	46	44
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	50	42
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	18:14	—	—	59	50

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	O	34	31	3	.912	3.71	65:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	1	2	0	21:53	—	—	52	40
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.84	1	1	4	21:39	—	—	48	37
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	52	49
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.46	5	0	0	23:00	—	—	50	37
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	21:28	—	—	41	36
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	5	0	2	11:47	—	—	44	51
Lars Eller C	L3	1	1	2	+1	5	0.56	3	1	0	18:36	—	—	60	65
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	7	0	0	15:41	—	—	61	46
Brett Connolly R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	2	11:51	—	—	52	61
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:45	—	—	33	52
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	1	0	9:24	—	—	33	53
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	1	0	0	8:42	—	—	40	59
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	2	1	0	25:02	—	—	55	57
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	2	0	22:37	—	—	45	52
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	1	3	0	28:51	—	—	35	30
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	11:59	—	—	56	55
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	5	3	5	19:39	—	—	48	37
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	2	2	0	9:34	—	—	56	59

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	3.68	65:00

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. Washington CapitalsDec 28, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Washington Capitals