Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsMay 11, 2021

FinalTuesday, May 11, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	0	1		BOS	6	8	11	25
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	10	17	5	32

: BOS 43WSH 75
: BOS 1.30WSH 2.88
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 0
Hits: BOS 33WSH 39
Blocks: BOS 21WSH 10
PIM: BOS 12WSH 12
: BOS 38%WSH 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Boston Bruins 2–1

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 2–1 at home. Michael Raffl (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Wagner–Lazar–DeBrusk skated 12:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for BOS: Wagner–Lazar–DeBrusk skated 12:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Lazar DeBrusk
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New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Backstrom–Mantha skated 15:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Backstrom Mantha
Usage
Jakub Zboril (BOS) played 5:39, −11:42 down on his 17:21 season average over 41 games.Zboril
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New look for BOS: Blidh–Hughes–Kuhlman skated 10:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blidh Hughes Kuhlman
Usage
Jarred Tinordi (BOS) played 22:20, +5:30 up on his 16:50 season average over 20 games.Tinordi
Usage
Steven Kampfer (BOS) played 24:05, +7:46 up on his 16:19 season average over 19 games.Kampfer
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New look for BOS: Frederic–Steen–Studnicka skated 4:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frederic Steen Studnicka
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New look for BOS: McKegg–Ritchie–Senyshyn skated 6:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McKegg Ritchie Senyshyn

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 118 of 118 attempts · WSH 75 · BOS 43

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 17% of the game, WSH 50%.

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
	50	84
	1.56	2.97
	1.54	2.79
	5	12
	2	4
	19	12
	−0.079	+0.079
	17%	50%

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 – Lazar – DeBrusk
12:3233% CF
L2Blidh – Hughes – Kuhlman
10:4850% CF
L3McKegg – Ritchie – Senyshyn
6:1120% CF
L4Frederic – Steen – Studnicka
4:4550% CF
D1Kampfer – Tinordi
9:4239% CF
D2Vaakanainen – Ahcan
8:0544% CF
D3Clifton – Zboril
5:2714% CF

PP1DeBrusk – Frederic – Steen – Studnicka – Ahcan
1:0933% CF
PP2Zboril – DeBrusk – Frederic – Vaakanainen – Studnicka
0:14
PK1FBlidh – Hughes
1:29
PK1DKampfer – Tinordi
1:29

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Mantha
15:4857% CF
L2Eller – Raffl – Sheary
12:4270% CF
L3Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
10:0368% CF
L4Wilson – Maillet – Sprong
8:0467% CF
D1Chara – Jensen
17:4363% CF
D2Dillon – van Riemsdyk
17:3461% CF
D3Schultz – Orlov
17:2159% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Schultz – Wilson – Mantha
1:29100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
0:37
PK1DChara – Jensen
1:14

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:11
BOSCurtis Lazar (Jarred Tinordi, Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.16 xG
BOS: Wagner, Tinordi, Clifton, Lazar, DeBruskWSH: Dillon, Wilson, Maillet, van Riemsdyk, Sprong
BOS 1 – 0 WSH
16:15
WSHCarl Hagelin (Garnet Hathaway, Zdeno Chara)wrist0.24 xG
BOS: McKegg, Clifton, Frederic, Steen, VaakanainenWSH: Chara, Hagelin, Jensen, Dowd, Hathaway
BOS 1 – 1 WSH

3rd period

19:57
WSHMichael Raffl (Justin Schultz)wrist0.02 xG
BOS: Kampfer, Tinordi, Blidh, Hughes, KuhlmanWSH: Eller, Schultz, Orlov, Raffl, Sheary
BOS 1 – 2 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
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	1	1	0	18:53	—	—	38	49
Chris Wagner R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	2	2	0	15:53	—	—	42	53
Curtis Lazar C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	3	1	0	15:34	—	—	35	44
Cameron Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	2	1	0	16:05	—	—	47	57
Anton Blidh L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	0	0	15:11	—	—	50	63
Karson Kuhlman C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	1	0	12:57	—	—	40	43
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:44	—	—	29	21
Zach Senyshyn R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	12:27	—	—	26	21
Greg McKegg C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	27	15
Oskar Steen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	6	1	0	17:00	—	—	41	23
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	2	0	16:25	—	—	41	32
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	10	10:17	—	—	38	18
Steven Kampfer D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	3	0	24:05	—	—	33	26
Jarred Tinordi D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	4	2	0	22:20	—	—	41	54
Jack Ahcan D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	22:36	—	—	33	35
Urho Vaakanainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	2	0	21:10	—	—	48	33
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	2	2	22:56	—	—	37	29
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:39	—	—	14	21

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	2.88	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	2	0	2	19:12	—	—	59	68
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	4	0	0	19:00	—	—	56	65
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	18:56	—	—	60	68
Michael Raffl L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.21	3	0	0	16:13	—	—	74	70
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	68	70
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	2	0	0	15:50	—	—	74	75
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	4	0	0	14:12	—	—	57	79
Carl Hagelin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.63	0	2	0	13:43	—	—	66	84
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	5	0	0	11:46	—	—	64	87
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	4	1	10	13:02	—	—	55	32
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:26	—	—	64	32
Philippe Maillet C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:16	—	—	59	28
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	64	79
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.09	2	1	0	20:13	—	—	63	76
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	1	0	19:05	—	—	64	50
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	3	1	0	18:48	—	—	61	43
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	2	1	0	20:25	—	—	61	65
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	1	0	19:20	—	—	61	67

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.30	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.