Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 3, 2019

FinalSunday, Feb 3, 2019· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	0	1		BOS	15	15	9	39
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	6	7	11	24

: BOS 61WSH 58
: BOS 3.04WSH 2.37
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 0
Hits: BOS 27WSH 41
Blocks: BOS 15WSH 9
PIM: BOS 6WSH 6
: BOS 63%WSH 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Washington Capitals 1–0

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 1–0 at WSH. David Krejci (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +9 against a season average of 30.4; the loss.

Goalie
Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +9 against a season average of 30.4; the loss.Holtby
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 2.37 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.04 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Backes–Nordstrom–Frederic skated 7:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backes Nordstrom Frederic
Usage
Torey Krug (BOS) played 18:20, −3:01 down on his 21:21 season average over 63 games.Krug
Usage
Andre Burakovsky (WSH) played 7:18, −3:53 down on his 11:11 season average over 75 games.Burakovsky
Usage
Kevan Miller (BOS) played 13:58, −3:53 down on his 17:51 season average over 38 games.Miller
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 24:17, +3:24 up on his 20:53 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 119 of 119 attempts · WSH 58 · BOS 61

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 31% of the game, WSH 21%.

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
	60	58
	2.45	2.11
	2.32	2.01
	13	10
	5	4
	25	28
	+0.097	−0.097
	31%	21%

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
11:5852% CF
L2Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari
10:3252% CF
L3Krejci – Cehlarik – DeBrusk
9:0241% CF
L4Backes – Nordstrom – Frederic
7:2750% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
18:3144% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
13:4362% CF
D3Miller – Grzelcyk
11:4352% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
3:28100% CF
PP2Backes – Krejci – Grzelcyk – Cehlarik – McAvoy
0:51
PK1FKuraly – Acciari
2:20
PK2FWagner – Nordstrom
1:16
PK1DChara – Carlo
2:43
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:57

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom
13:3155% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana
7:0364% CF
L3Smith-Pelly – Boyd – Burakovsky
3:4533% CF
L4Dowd – Connolly – Jaskin
3:0325% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
18:3844% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
14:5659% CF
D3Orpik – Siegenthaler
11:2747% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:5980% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Boyd – Wilson – Vrana
1:28100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
2:20
PK2FSmith-Pelly – Boyd
0:36
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:40
PK2DNiskanen – Kempny
0:33

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:43
BOSDavid Krejci (Torey Krug, David Pastrnak)snap0.12 xG
BOS: Krejci, Krug, Pastrnak, Carlo, DeBruskWSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Dowd, Connolly, Jaskin
BOS 1 – 0 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
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.32	0	0	0	20:04	—	—	50	64
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.28	1	0	0	19:59	—	—	56	63
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	3	1	2	18:04	—	—	54	54
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.17	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	52	63
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	7	1	0	14:44	—	—	50	63
Chris Wagner R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.61	5	0	0	13:04	—	—	50	63
David Krejci C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	50	58
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	15:10	—	—	50	44
Peter Cehlarik L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	46	49
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	11:13	—	—	55	48
David Backes R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	50	41
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	9:19	—	—	50	33
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	5	2	24:38	—	—	44	45
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	4	0	24:16	—	—	44	44
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	19:57	—	—	61	66
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	59	69
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	15:50	—	—	54	46
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	2	13:58	—	—	52	45

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	2.37	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	3	0.42	3	0	0	24:17	—	—	67	63
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	23:05	—	—	49	33
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	2	0.15	6	0	2	21:05	—	—	51	46
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	0.22	0	0	2	19:40	—	—	59	54
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	2	0.38	7	0	0	18:06	—	—	65	79
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	50	61
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	2	0.42	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	53	61
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:22	—	—	40	38
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:18	—	—	27	5
Brett Connolly R	L4	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:42	—	—	32	33
Nic Dowd C	L4	-1	1	0.02	6	0	0	10:42	—	—	24	8
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	-1	2	0.30	2	1	2	8:34	—	—	32	31
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	-1	1	0.08	2	2	0	22:25	—	—	44	42
Matt Niskanen D	D1	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	22:01	—	—	40	34
John Carlson D	D2	0	4	0.04	1	1	0	24:03	—	—	58	49
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	2	0.03	1	2	0	17:11	—	—	56	47
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:34	—	—	43	51
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0.08	3	1	0	12:43	—	—	45	56

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	39	38	1	.974	3.04	58:32

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.