Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsMay 17, 2021

Final / OTPlayoffsMonday, May 17, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
BOS	2	0	1	1	4		BOS	18	15	14	1	48
WSH	2	0	1	0	3		WSH	18	9	12	0	39

: BOS 89WSH 63
: BOS 3.89WSH 2.84
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 1
Hits: BOS 30WSH 36
Blocks: BOS 15WSH 19
PIM: BOS 16WSH 12
: 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 4–3 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime at WSH. Garnet Hathaway (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Craig Anderson (WSH) faced 48 shots and stopped 44 (.917); the loss.

Points
Garnet Hathaway had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:53.Hathaway
Points
Dmitry Orlov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:36.Orlov
Points
Matt Grzelcyk had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:30.Grzelcyk
Goalie
Craig Anderson (WSH) faced 48 shots and stopped 44 (.917); the loss.Anderson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Mantha) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:11 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Mantha
Goalie
Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +9 against a season average of 30.4; the win.Rask
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 17:07, −6:03 down on his 23:10 season average over 4 games.Ovechkin
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Ritchie–DeBrusk skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Ritchie DeBrusk

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 152 of 152 attempts · WSH 63 · BOS 89

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 40% of the game, WSH 19%.

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
	86	60
	3.69	2.24
	3.38	2.10
	20	8
	4	5
	18	7
	+0.129	−0.129
	40%	19%

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 – Hall
11:4963% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
10:4669% CF
L3Coyle – Ritchie – DeBrusk
10:3656% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Lazar
5:5927% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:3965% CF
D2Reilly – Carlo
13:1348% CF
D3Miller – Clifton
5:3750% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – McAvoy
2:48100% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Coyle – Reilly – Grzelcyk
0:15
PK1FKuraly – Lazar
1:30
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:13
PK1DCarlo – McAvoy
2:47
PK2DMiller – Clifton
0:39

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
10:5035% CF
L2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Mantha
6:0235% CF
L3Oshie – Wilson – Sprong
4:2350% CF
L4Eller – Raffl – Sheary
4:1743% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
15:2134% CF
D2Schultz – Dillon
15:1038% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
9:5045% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Mantha
4:1191% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Wilson – Sheary – Sprong
0:55100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
1:38
PK2FDowd – Wilson
0:22
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:18
PK2DOrlov – Dillon
0:22

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	2	0.24	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	66	74
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.96	0	0	2	17:00	—	—	64	69
Craig Smith C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.32	1	0	2	15:21	—	—	62	70
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.49	3	0	4	19:02	—	—	62	57
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.40	3	2	0	18:54	—	—	63	55
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.18	0	0	2	16:58	—	—	70	62
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	57	62
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.45	1	1	0	13:18	—	—	57	60
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	4	1	2	11:10	—	—	54	64
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:01	—	—	25	4
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:31	—	—	27	5
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:14	—	—	27	5
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+4	5	0.25	5	1	0	26:49	—	—	67	69
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	2	2	0	3	0.06	0	1	0	22:30	—	—	59	50
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.10	1	3	2	22:50	—	—	56	79
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	5	3	0	21:31	—	—	53	53
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	1	2	14:37	—	—	61	68
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	10:30	—	—	53	25

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	39	36	3	.923	2.84	60:39

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	2	2	17:27	—	—	38	40
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	33	46
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.19	5	2	0	12:53	—	—	35	50
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:33	—	—	43	44
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.07	3	0	0	17:07	—	—	47	33
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	-1	7	0.74	2	1	2	17:02	—	—	47	45
T.J. Oshie R	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.48	2	1	0	16:56	—	—	46	28
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	6	1	2	15:46	—	—	48	25
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.38	2	0	0	8:48	—	—	48	60
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	0	2	13:10	—	—	37	22
Michael Raffl L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	4	2	0	11:28	—	—	34	44
Lars Eller C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:38	—	—	47	46
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	1	2	24:52	—	—	36	27
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	23:36	—	—	39	23
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	0	21:39	—	—	42	38
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	1	2	0	20:03	—	—	41	36
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	3	2	13:58	—	—	45	60
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:53	—	—	45	60

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	48	44	4	.917	3.89	60:39

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 CapitalsMay 17, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Washington Capitals