Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsOct 3, 2018

FinalWednesday, Oct 3, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	0	0		BOS	9	6	10	25
WSH	2	4	1	7		WSH	13	12	12	37

: BOS 53WSH 64
: BOS 1.13WSH 3.85
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 4
Hits: BOS 28WSH 16
Blocks: BOS 12WSH 15
PIM: BOS 32WSH 14
: BOS 68%WSH 32%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Boston Bruins 7–0

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 7–0 at home. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 4 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 3:48 together.

PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 4 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 3:48 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had 3 assists (3 points) in 17:12.Backstrom
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:15.Kuznetsov
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:27.Ovechkin
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:06.Carlson
Points
T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:16.Oshie
Luck
WSH scored 7 goals on 3.85 expected goals (64 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 16:27, −4:32 down on his 20:59 season average over 80 games.Ovechkin

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 117 of 117 attempts · WSH 64 · BOS 53

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 15% of the game, WSH 48%.

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
	54	49
	0.81	2.11
	0.81	2.07
	1	4
	6	1
	17	17
	+0.138	−0.138
	15%	48%

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 – Heinen – DeBrusk
11:4482% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
10:5165% CF
L3Backes – Kuraly – Donato
10:4033% CF
L4Wagner – Nordstrom – Acciari
10:0148% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
13:5845% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
9:5540% CF
D3Moore – Carlo
9:0965% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – Donato
2:0350% CF
PP2Backes – Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:2825% CF
PK1FWagner – Nordstrom
1:39
PK2FDeBrusk – Acciari
1:29
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:31
PK2DMoore – Miller
1:21

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
11:3540% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Connolly
11:3057% CF
L3Eller – Stephenson – Burakovsky
10:2947% CF
L4Dowd – Smith-Pelly – Walker
8:3631% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
14:5648% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
13:4161% CF
D3Orpik – Bowey
10:2335% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:4892% CF
PP2Smith-Pelly – Djoos – Burakovsky – Bowey – Walker
1:1375% CF
PK1FDowd – Smith-Pelly
1:52
PK2FEller – Stephenson
0:43
PK1DNiskanen – Orlov
1:46
PK2DOrpik – Carlson
1:32

Current WSH 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	16:01	—	—	77	40
David Krejci C	L1	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	63	32
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	60	52
David Pastrnak R	L2	-2	3	0.16	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	64	51
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	-2	3	0.20	0	0	0	15:23	—	—	65	69
Brad Marchand L	L2	-2	1	0.04	1	0	19	14:56	—	—	63	68
David Backes R	L3	0	1	0.02	3	0	2	15:18	—	—	38	10
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	27	6
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	1	0.00	4	0	9	13:06	—	—	36	10
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	-1	3	0.03	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	52	19
Chris Wagner R	L4	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	13:10	—	—	48	14
Noel Acciari C	L4	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:58	—	—	48	14
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	22:08	—	—	51	23
Kevan Miller D	D1	-1	1	0.01	6	3	2	20:01	—	—	49	13
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	-1	0	0.05	3	5	0	20:51	—	—	52	42
Zdeno Chara D	D2	-2	3	0.19	2	2	0	18:36	—	—	38	22
John Moore D	D3	0	4	0.13	1	1	0	18:23	—	—	68	45
Brandon Carlo D	D3	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	60	49

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak	—	18	16	2	.889	2.48	32:32
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	19	14	5	.737	1.37	27:28

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.22	2	0	0	17:16	—	—	39	59
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	3	3	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	39	58
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	2	16:11	—	—	50	62
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	2	0	2	0	5	0.42	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	64	86
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	1	2	0	5	0.50	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	57	82
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.39	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	61	84
Lars Eller C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.36	1	0	5	14:22	—	—	55	85
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	14:14	—	—	50	75
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	50	72
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.33	1	1	0	13:31	—	—	40	67
Nic Dowd C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	1	2	0	11:38	—	—	28	47
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	2	0	0	11:10	—	—	35	71
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	3	0	22:00	—	—	41	51
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	21:48	—	—	40	45
John Carlson D	D2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.39	0	2	0	24:06	—	—	53	77
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	65	80
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	2	1	0	15:58	—	—	48	83
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.54	2	1	7	14:24	—	—	32	77

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	1.13	59:56

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 CapitalsOct 3, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals rout Boston Bruins 7–0

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

Boston Bruins

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