Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsApr 10, 2022

FinalSunday, Apr 10, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	2	0	2		BOS	8	16	6	30
WSH	0	2	2	4		WSH	7	11	15	33

: BOS 71WSH 56
: BOS 3.12WSH 4.11
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 0
Hits: BOS 39WSH 45
Blocks: BOS 9WSH 25
PIM: BOS 4WSH 8
: BOS 61%WSH 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 3:11, −15:46 down on his 18:57 season average over 72 games.

Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:02.Carlson
Points
Lars Eller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:03.Eller
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 3:11, −15:46 down on his 18:57 season average over 72 games.Grzelcyk
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Wilson–Mantha skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Wilson Mantha
Usage
Anthony Mantha (WSH) played 10:40, −4:38 down on his 15:18 season average over 36 games.Mantha
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 21:23, +6:26 up on his 14:57 season average over 76 games.DeBrusk
Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 28:18, +3:43 up on his 24:35 season average over 77 games.McAvoy
Usage
Tom Wilson (WSH) played 15:20, −3:17 down on his 18:37 season average over 77 games.Wilson

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 127 of 127 attempts · WSH 56 · BOS 71

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 22%.

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
	66	54
	2.80	2.42
	2.69	2.35
	17	10
	1	2
	11	14
	+0.127	−0.127
	36%	22%

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

L1Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
10:3246% CF
L2Haula – Hall – McLaughlin
9:0825% CF
L3Foligno – Lazar – Nosek
8:5673% CF
L4Smith – Coyle – Frederic
7:5961% CF
D1Forbort – McAvoy
8:5542% CF
D2Reilly – Brown
7:0971% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Carlo
3:1140% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Coyle – Hall – McAvoy
6:0991% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Reilly – DeBrusk – McLaughlin
1:14100% CF
PK1FCoyle – DeBrusk
1:45
PK2FLazar – Nosek
1:02
PK1DBrown – McAvoy
1:45
PK2DForbort – Carlo
1:37

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary
11:5440% CF
L2Oshie – Johansson – McMichael
9:2438% CF
L3Dowd – Larsson – Hathaway
8:5344% CF
L4Eller – Wilson – Mantha
7:2886% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
16:1843% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
12:2869% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
10:4531% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Johansson – Kuznetsov
2:15100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Wilson – Mantha – Sheary
1:330% CF
PK1FKuznetsov – Hathaway
2:03
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:18
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:26
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:17

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:11
WSHJohn Carlson (Conor Sheary)slap0.01 xG
BOS: Foligno, Forbort, Brown, Lazar, NosekWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Sheary, Fehérváry
BOS 0 – 1 WSH
7:55
BOSCurtis Lazar (Nick Foligno)snap0.05 xG
BOS: Foligno, Brown, Lazar, Nosek, McAvoyWSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Sheary
BOS 1 – 1 WSH
8:55
BOSErik Haula (Charlie McAvoy)slap0.06 xG
BOS: Haula, Hall, Reilly, McAvoy, McLaughlinWSH: Oshie, Carlson, Johansson, Fehérváry, McMichael
BOS 2 – 1 WSH
14:50
WSHTom Wilson (Lars Eller, Anthony Mantha)snap0.08 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Forbort, Carlo, DeBruskWSH: Eller, Orlov, Jensen, Wilson, Mantha
BOS 2 – 2 WSH

3rd period

7:18
WSHLars Eller (Nick Jensen)wrist0.02 xG
BOS: Haula, Forbort, Hall, McAvoy, McLaughlinWSH: Eller, Orlov, Jensen, Wilson, Mantha
BOS 2 – 3 WSH
19:58
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson)wrist0.97 xG
BOS: Marchand, Smith, Coyle, Hall, Reilly, DeBruskWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
BOS 2 – 4 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
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.42	3	0	0	23:15	—	—	47	43
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	0	0	21:23	—	—	55	55
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	1	1	0	20:30	—	—	50	52
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	2	1	2	19:40	—	—	35	48
Erik Haula L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.21	2	1	0	16:27	—	—	39	43
Marc McLaughlin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	10:54	—	—	29	43
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	1	0	11:20	—	—	71	76
Curtis Lazar C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	6	0	0	10:58	—	—	72	77
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:50	—	—	74	81
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.46	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	64	43
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	65	33
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	1	2	10:13	—	—	67	47
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.59	4	1	0	28:18	—	—	67	71
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	4	2	0	21:03	—	—	33	28
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	22:20	—	—	64	63
Joshua Brown D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	67	61
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	5	0	0	19:47	—	—	36	17
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	3:11	—	—	40	56

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	2.41	58:08

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.32	1	1	0	21:01	—	—	39	33
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	1.92	7	1	0	19:46	—	—	40	36
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.26	0	2	0	16:39	—	—	39	35
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	15:18	—	—	35	33
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	3	1	0	13:55	—	—	38	33
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	2	1	0	10:14	—	—	38	33
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	5	2	0	14:41	—	—	44	67
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	5	3	2	14:17	—	—	43	59
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	45	59
Tom Wilson R	L4	1	0	1	+3	2	0.11	3	1	0	15:20	—	—	72	61
Lars Eller C	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.34	2	1	2	13:03	—	—	62	68
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	75	82
John Carlson D	D1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.06	1	1	0	25:02	—	—	44	27
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	1	0	21:12	—	—	44	29
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.21	2	2	0	18:19	—	—	69	75
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	1	2	18:06	—	—	53	58
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	16:56	—	—	31	39
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	5	0	15:59	—	—	31	40

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.12	59:05

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.