Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsDec 11, 2019

FinalWednesday, Dec 11, 2019· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	1	2		BOS	8	15	9	32
WSH	0	2	1	3		WSH	8	6	11	25

: BOS 58WSH 58
: BOS 2.31WSH 2.29
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 1
Hits: BOS 20WSH 40
Blocks: BOS 18WSH 15
PIM: BOS 13WSH 15
: BOS 59%WSH 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Boston Bruins 3–2

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at home. T.J. Oshie (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Brad Marchand (BOS) played 24:10, +4:47 up on his 19:23 season average over 69 games.

Points
T.J. Oshie had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:31.Oshie
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:43.Carlson
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 24:10, +4:47 up on his 19:23 season average over 69 games.Marchand
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Ritchie–DeBrusk skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Ritchie DeBrusk
Usage
Sean Kuraly (BOS) played 10:02, −3:18 down on his 13:20 season average over 68 games.Kuraly
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 20:50, +4:51 up on his 15:59 season average over 64 games.DeBrusk
Usage
Patrice Bergeron (BOS) played 22:59, +4:20 up on his 18:39 season average over 60 games.Bergeron
Usage
Charlie Coyle (BOS) played 12:45, −4:06 down on his 16:51 season average over 69 games.Coyle

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 116 of 116 attempts · WSH 58 · BOS 58

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 21% of the game, WSH 33%.

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
	45	43
	1.97	1.60
	1.93	1.55
	6	7
	6	5
	9	19
	+0.024	−0.023
	21%	33%

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
10:0660% CF
L2Coyle – Heinen – Bjork
8:1547% CF
L3Krejci – Ritchie – DeBrusk
7:4843% CF
L4Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly
7:0031% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
9:0233% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Clifton
5:4940% CF
D3Krug – Carlo
4:4830% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
7:10
PP2Krejci – Coyle – Grzelcyk – Heinen – McAvoy
2:07
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:19
PK2FNordstrom – Kuraly
1:25
PK1DChara – Carlo
2:31
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:23

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
10:1346% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
9:2023% CF
L3Hagelin – Eller – Panik
6:1057% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
5:1778% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
13:4038% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
12:0467% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
6:3944% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:51100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Wilson
0:35
PK1FHagelin – Eller
5:22
PK2FDowd – Wilson
1:14
PK1DGudas – Siegenthaler
4:01
PK2DOrlov – Jensen
2:28

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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.40	1	0	0	24:10	—	—	71	85
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.51	0	2	0	22:59	—	—	71	85
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.55	1	0	0	21:16	—	—	74	87
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	1	0	13:01	—	—	50	49
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	2	12:45	—	—	47	47
Anders Bjork L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	47	47
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	20:50	—	—	72	71
David Krejci C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:12	—	—	50	41
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	5	0	2	9:11	—	—	43	44
Sean Kuraly C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	10:02	—	—	26	26
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	2	9:42	—	—	29	24
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	2	9:41	—	—	29	35
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	3	0	23:08	—	—	54	72
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	5	18:20	—	—	35	46
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	61	64
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	0	11:14	—	—	29	43
Torey Krug D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	0	0	0	23:07	—	—	64	69
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1	3	0	18:01	—	—	43	31

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.29	58:11

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	3	1	0	20:07	—	—	61	58
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	18:59	—	—	61	58
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	5	0	9	15:35	—	—	47	28
T.J. Oshie R	L2	2	0	2	0	2	0.31	0	1	0	20:31	—	—	48	65
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.34	2	0	0	17:38	—	—	35	54
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	2	13:23	—	—	29	44
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	3	1	0	17:02	—	—	41	16
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	36	13
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	1	0	9:52	—	—	53	30
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:09	—	—	69	45
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	3	1	2	9:05	—	—	71	61
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:38	—	—	75	53
John Carlson D	D1	1	1	2	0	3	0.51	1	1	2	24:43	—	—	43	44
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	4	0	19:12	—	—	40	35
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	5	1	0	22:31	—	—	62	58
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	18:12	—	—	62	52
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	2	0	16:51	—	—	44	40
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:57	—	—	44	38

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.31	60:00

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 11, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Boston Bruins 3–2

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