Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsApr 8, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 8, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	1	1	4		BOS	17	7	8	32
WSH	0	2	0	2		WSH	9	14	10	33

: BOS 56WSH 58
: BOS 3.43WSH 3.29
PP goals: BOS 1WSH 2
Hits: BOS 19WSH 26
Blocks: BOS 18WSH 9
PIM: BOS 21WSH 15
: BOS 58%WSH 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at WSH. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 6:42 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:43.Marchand
Points
Craig Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:33.Smith
Points
T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:31.Oshie
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 28:38.Carlson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 6:42 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for BOS: Wagner–Kuraly–Blidh skated 7:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Kuraly Blidh
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Carr–Vrana skated 8:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Carr Vrana
Usage
Jeremy Lauzon (BOS) played 25:10, +6:37 up on his 18:33 season average over 40 games.Lauzon

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 114 of 114 attempts · WSH 58 · BOS 56

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 36% of the game, WSH 27%.

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
	47	44
	2.73	2.56
	2.63	2.36
	8	10
	1	2
	15	5
	+0.054	−0.054
	36%	27%

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

L1Wagner – Kuraly – Blidh
7:4253% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
7:0450% CF
L3Krejci – Ritchie – Pastrnak
5:5770% CF
L4Coyle – DeBrusk – Kuhlman
4:4050% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
11:5752% CF
D2Clifton – Lauzon
11:5344% CF
D3Kampfer – Zboril
7:1153% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
4:2883% CF
PP2Krejci – Kampfer – Smith – Coyle – DeBrusk
2:37
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
3:36
PK2FCoyle – Wagner
1:06
PK1DMiller – Lauzon
5:53
PK2DClifton – Zboril
1:14

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Oshie – Eller
8:3542% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Carr – Vrana
8:0861% CF
L3Backstrom – Wilson – Sheary
7:2050% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
5:0860% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
10:4650% CF
D2Schultz – Dillon
9:2545% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
8:5346% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
6:4283% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Wilson – Vrana
1:480% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
2:04
PK2FDowd – Hathaway
1:40
PK1DChara – Jensen
3:48
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
1:54

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
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	46	79
Chris Wagner R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	3	3	0	12:21	—	—	50	80
Anton Blidh L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.50	1	0	4	10:48	—	—	58	91
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.20	0	3	0	21:01	—	—	53	29
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.24	1	0	4	19:43	—	—	55	26
Craig Smith C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.45	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	42	12
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	18:46	—	—	57	55
David Krejci C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	56	45
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	1	7	13:53	—	—	53	55
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	0	0	2	14:13	—	—	53	49
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	40	21
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:04	—	—	56	54
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	5	5	0	25:18	—	—	58	52
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	20:56	—	—	54	46
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.03	2	2	0	25:10	—	—	43	40
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.04	2	1	0	18:19	—	—	44	41
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	2	2	4	11:56	—	—	61	87
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	50	70

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.29	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	-3	4	0.41	3	1	0	22:40	—	—	39	8
T.J. Oshie R	L1	1	1	2	-3	1	0.32	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	36	7
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:46	—	—	43	20
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.47	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	55	48
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	55	46
Daniel Carr L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	0	2	8:13	—	—	61	51
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	42	41
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.52	1	0	2	18:00	—	—	50	65
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	43	59
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	0	0	11:48	—	—	64	81
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	10:45	—	—	64	81
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	2	1	7	8:11	—	—	55	67
John Carlson D	D1	0	2	2	-1	4	0.20	0	1	0	28:38	—	—	52	74
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	5	1	0	16:49	—	—	44	69
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	45	31
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	0	2	16:40	—	—	50	49
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	1	0	16:00	—	—	50	29
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:23	—	—	50	36

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.43	57:45

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 CapitalsApr 8, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 4–2

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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