Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 1, 2021

FinalMonday, Feb 1, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	4	5		BOS	8	9	16	33
WSH	2	1	0	3		WSH	15	5	6	26

: BOS 63WSH 49
: BOS 3.07WSH 2.26
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 1
Hits: BOS 27WSH 17
Blocks: BOS 8WSH 19
PIM: BOS 13WSH 13
: BOS 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 5–3

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 5–3 at WSH. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Vrana) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:09 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:00.Pastrnak
Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:37.Marchand
Points
Brandon Carlo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:16.Carlo
Points
Jakub Vrana had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:26.Vrana
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Vrana) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:09 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Vrana
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Backstrom–Wilson skated 9:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Backstrom Wilson
Usage
Daniel Sprong (WSH) played 5:14, −6:36 down on his 11:50 season average over 41 games.Sprong
Luck
BOS scored 5 goals on 3.07 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 112 of 112 attempts · WSH 49 · BOS 63

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 45% of the game, WSH 30%.

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	40
	2.05	1.21
	1.93	1.18
	2	2
	5	0
	18	8
	+0.035	−0.035
	45%	30%

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 – Smith – Ritchie
10:1746% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
10:1584% CF
L3Coyle – Wagner – Frederic
3:4550% CF
L4Kuraly – Bjork – Kuhlman
3:2367% CF
D1Miller – Zboril
12:0387% CF
D2Lauzon – McAvoy
11:1059% CF
D3Clifton – Carlo
11:0657% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Ritchie – Pastrnak
5:11100% CF
PP2Smith – Coyle – Zboril – McAvoy – Frederic
0:5450% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:24
PK2FKuraly – Bjork
1:53
PK1DLauzon – McAvoy
1:52
PK2DMiller – Carlo
1:38

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
9:1640% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
8:5424% CF
L3Oshie – Panik – Sheary
8:4775% CF
L4Sgarbossa – Vrana – Sprong
2:4533% CF
D1Dillon – van Riemsdyk
13:5833% CF
D2Chara – Carlson
11:3843% CF
D3Orlov – Jensen
11:1339% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
5:09100% CF
PP2Chara – Panik – Sgarbossa – Wilson – Sprong
0:59100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
2:32
PK2FWilson – Hathaway
0:55
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:08
PK2DDillon – van Riemsdyk
2:03

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
David Krejci C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	0	2	18:41	—	—	44	57
Nick Ritchie L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.42	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	46	57
Craig Smith C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	46	67
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	1.06	4	0	0	21:37	—	—	85	90
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.01	2	1	0	20:32	—	—	81	85
David Pastrnak R	L2	2	0	2	+1	7	0.62	1	0	0	20:00	—	—	75	64
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	58	62
Chris Wagner R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	2	0	0	12:43	—	—	65	60
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	5	9:05	—	—	43	36
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:24	—	—	71	57
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	3	0	0	10:26	—	—	77	70
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	5:33	—	—	67	38
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	19:01	—	—	79	70
Jakub Zboril D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	16:49	—	—	70	61
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	+4	1	0.09	1	1	0	21:47	—	—	62	85
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	4	4	2	18:34	—	—	52	69
Brandon Carlo D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.14	0	1	0	19:16	—	—	58	54
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	0	0	15:14	—	—	50	34

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.26	59:29

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.59	0	0	2	23:03	—	—	29	17
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	1	0	22:15	—	—	31	20
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	1	1	5	16:36	—	—	43	26
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	4	0	15:56	—	—	24	33
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.29	1	1	2	14:49	—	—	21	31
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	12:35	—	—	28	39
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.22	1	0	2	22:47	—	—	65	53
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	2	0	15:46	—	—	52	42
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:24	—	—	67	51
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	2	2	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	13:26	—	—	50	78
Michael Sgarbossa C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	7:14	—	—	42	57
Daniel Sprong R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	2	0	0	5:14	—	—	27	37
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:51	—	—	33	28
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	0	0	17:36	—	—	31	27
John Carlson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.28	0	2	0	23:56	—	—	44	52
Zdeno Chara D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.13	0	2	0	20:06	—	—	48	53
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	16:26	—	—	45	39
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:24	—	—	44	39

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.25	58:36

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 CapitalsFeb 1, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 5–3

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

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