Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsMay 23, 2021

FinalPlayoffsSunday, May 23, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	2	1	3		BOS	9	4	6	19
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	10	20	11	41

: BOS 49WSH 75
: BOS 2.05WSH 3.43
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 0
Hits: BOS 26WSH 36
Blocks: BOS 19WSH 14
PIM: BOS 10WSH 8
: BOS 47%WSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–1 at WSH. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–Sheary skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Patrice Bergeron had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:53.Bergeron
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:55.Pastrnak
Points
Mike Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:17.Reilly
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–Sheary skated 7:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Eller Sheary
Goalie
Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 41 shots and stopped 40 (.976), +11 against a season average of 30.4; the win.Rask
Usage
Conor Sheary (WSH) played 8:25, −6:21 down on his 14:46 season average over 4 games.Sheary
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 3.43 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) played 19:09, −5:22 down on his 24:31 season average over 4 games.Orlov

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 124 of 124 attempts · WSH 75 · BOS 49

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 23% of the game, WSH 47%.

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
	43	68
	1.47	2.54
	1.46	2.45
	8	11
	4	4
	11	12
	−0.021	+0.022
	23%	47%

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

L1Coyle – Ritchie – DeBrusk
9:5641% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
9:2546% CF
L3Krejci – Smith – Hall
9:1731% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Lazar
7:1933% CF
D1Reilly – Carlo
14:2935% CF
D2Tinordi – Clifton
11:0637% CF
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
9:4433% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – McAvoy
2:4867% CF
PP2Smith – Coyle – Hall – Grzelcyk – Ritchie
1:18100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Kuraly
2:53
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:41
PK1DCarlo – McAvoy
3:21
PK2DTinordi – Clifton
1:27

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Eller – Sheary
7:4963% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
6:2563% CF
L3Ovechkin – Backstrom – Mantha
6:0267% CF
L4Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sprong
4:4670% CF
D1Schultz – Dillon
12:5039% CF
D2Carlson – Orlov
12:2461% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
9:1183% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Mantha
4:16100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson
3:0080% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:30
PK2FEller – Hathaway
1:09
PK1DChara – Jensen
3:39
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
1:16

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:28
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Mike Reilly)wrist0.15 xG
BOS: Krejci, Hall, Reilly, Pastrnak, CarloWSH: Hagelin, Jensen, Dowd, Dillon, Hathaway
BOS 1 – 0 WSH
14:05
BOSPatrice Bergeron (Mike Reilly, David Pastrnak)wrist0.04 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Reilly, Pastrnak, McAvoyWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov, Sheary
BOS 2 – 0 WSH

3rd period

0:11
WSHConor Sheary (T.J. Oshie, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.05 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoyWSH: Oshie, Eller, Carlson, Orlov, Sheary
BOS 2 – 1 WSH
12:25
BOSPatrice Bergeronwrist0.16 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Reilly, Pastrnak, McAvoyWSH: Oshie, Eller, Schultz, Dillon, Sheary
BOS 3 – 1 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
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	47	23
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	13:38	—	—	41	19
Nick Ritchie L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	0	0	12:30	—	—	42	22
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	0	0	2	19:10	—	—	46	53
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.40	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	42	46
David Pastrnak R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.34	1	0	2	16:55	—	—	52	62
David Krejci C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	38	56
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	2	13:49	—	—	32	44
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:05	—	—	26	8
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	12:43	—	—	32	14
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	11:34	—	—	31	18
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	10:02	—	—	29	17
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	23:16	—	—	40	39
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.01	2	0	2	18:17	—	—	41	43
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	3	0	19:02	—	—	36	19
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	15:40	—	—	41	21
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	1	6	0	25:19	—	—	35	43
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	15:02	—	—	39	47

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	41	40	1	.976	3.43	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	2	0	0	17:07	—	—	61	48
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:22	—	—	59	50
Conor Sheary L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.18	1	1	0	8:25	—	—	60	49
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	1	0	11:28	—	—	65	69
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	1	2	11:02	—	—	68	73
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	1	0	10:50	—	—	63	69
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.52	8	1	0	25:08	—	—	57	63
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	2	0	20:25	—	—	48	58
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	1	0	12:23	—	—	59	76
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.57	1	2	0	18:30	—	—	74	85
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	6	0	2	18:08	—	—	68	72
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	0	0	4	13:09	—	—	55	52
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	55	59
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	5	1	0	17:15	—	—	36	27
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	1	0	23:45	—	—	60	63
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	19:09	—	—	66	68
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:00	—	—	79	95
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	2	0	14:37	—	—	72	72

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	19	16	3	.842	2.05	58:48

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.