Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsMar 30, 2024

Final / SOSaturday, Mar 30, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	1	0	0	1	3		BOS	9	8	9	3	29
WSH	0	2	0	0	0	2		WSH	6	5	5	4	20

: BOS 61WSH 61
: BOS 2.61WSH 2.13
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 1
Hits: BOS 38WSH 41
Blocks: BOS 29WSH 19
PIM: BOS 8WSH 4
: BOS 49%WSH 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO)

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at WSH. John Beecher (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Marchand–Pastrnak–Zacha skated 12:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for BOS: Marchand–Pastrnak–Zacha skated 12:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchand Pastrnak Zacha
New line
New look for BOS: DeBrusk–Brazeau–Geekie skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Brazeau Geekie
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Heinen–Frederic skated 8:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Heinen Frederic
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 30:16, +4:26 up on his 25:50 season average over 81 games.Carlson
Usage
Dylan Strome (WSH) played 21:46, +3:52 up on his 17:54 season average over 81 games.Strome
Usage
Sonny Milano (WSH) played 19:06, +6:44 up on his 12:22 season average over 48 games.Milano
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Nick Jensen (WSH) played 22:50, +3:15 up on his 19:35 season average over 77 games.Jensen
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Andrew Peeke (BOS) played 21:09, +4:53 up on his 16:16 season average over 37 games.Peeke

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 122 of 122 attempts · WSH 61 · BOS 61

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 33% of the game, WSH 28%.

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
	64	50
	2.60	1.65
	2.37	1.59
	7	10
	8	6
	20	13
	−0.042	+0.042
	33%	28%

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

L1Marchand – Pastrnak – Zacha
12:3468% CF
L2DeBrusk – Brazeau – Geekie
9:2667% CF
L3Coyle – Heinen – Frederic
8:5480% CF
L4Boqvist – Lauko – Beecher
5:3027% CF
D1Lindholm – McAvoy
19:1455% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
10:1950% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Peeke
9:4363% CF

PP1Marchand – Coyle – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
2:5780% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – DeBrusk – Frederic – Brazeau – Geekie
0:44100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Beecher
1:00
PK2FZacha – DeBrusk
0:24
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
2:16
PK2DMcAvoy – Peeke
1:13

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Oshie – McMichael
10:2755% CF
L2Pacioretty – Milano – Lapierre
8:5440% CF
L3Strome – Protas – Miroshnichenko
8:1047% CF
L4Dowd – Sgarbossa – Malenstyn
7:0638% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
14:4852% CF
D2Jensen – Alexeyev
10:3058% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Iorio
6:5756% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Strome – Lapierre
2:06100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Pacioretty – Carlson – Milano – McMichael
1:29
PK1FDowd – Protas
1:13
PK2FSgarbossa – McMichael
0:40
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
2:08
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
1:04

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:47
BOSHampus Lindholm (Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak)wrist0.01 xG
BOS: Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, CarloWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Malenstyn, Fehérváry, Protas
BOS 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

1:20
WSHMichael Sgarbossa (Nick Jensen, Nic Dowd)snap0.12 xG
BOS: Shattenkirk, Coyle, DeBrusk, Peeke, BrazeauWSH: Dowd, Sgarbossa, van Riemsdyk, Malenstyn, Iorio
BOS 1 – 1 WSH
2:22
BOSJohn Beecherbackhand0.33 xG
BOS: Shattenkirk, Peeke, Geekie, Lauko, BeecherWSH: Carlson, Milano, Strome, Fehérváry, Protas
BOS 2 – 1 WSH
14:03
WSHJohn CarlsonPP (Max Pacioretty, Dylan Strome)wrist0.11 xG
BOS: Marchand, Coyle, Lindholm, CarloWSH: Ovechkin, Pacioretty, Carlson, Milano, Strome
BOS 2 – 2 WSH

Decided in the shootout: BOS 3 – 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
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.29	1	0	0	21:50	—	—	67	80
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	6	0	0	20:33	—	—	62	71
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.15	1	2	0	19:58	—	—	71	79
Morgan Geekie C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	2	0	0	16:38	—	—	50	76
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	2	0	0	16:37	—	—	59	62
Justin Brazeau R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	1	0	12:14	—	—	52	62
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	0	1	0	21:00	—	—	80	66
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	4	2	0	14:14	—	—	67	68
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	2	13:47	—	—	71	64
John Beecher C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	3	3	0	12:14	—	—	25	40
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	8:56	—	—	28	17
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	4	0	8:34	—	—	22	40
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.63	5	3	0	27:50	—	—	57	65
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	1	3	4	26:08	—	—	59	67
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.08	0	5	0	22:59	—	—	57	31
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	42	27
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	21:09	—	—	66	85
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	2	12:55	—	—	50	73

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	2.13	65:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	21:55	—	—	46	42
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	50	45
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	1	0	16:44	—	—	52	28
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	39	23
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.25	2	1	0	16:47	—	—	44	32
Hendrix Lapierre C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:29	—	—	33	35
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.33	0	0	0	21:46	—	—	50	40
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	1	3	0	17:03	—	—	45	35
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	5	0	0	9:14	—	—	47	58
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.33	6	2	0	16:08	—	—	36	43
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	6	1	2	14:14	—	—	36	45
Michael Sgarbossa C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	2	0	0	9:03	—	—	50	45
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	-2	1	0.10	3	1	0	30:16	—	—	44	29
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	3	1	2	24:20	—	—	45	24
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	22:50	—	—	42	47
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:04	—	—	48	65
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	5	0	19:45	—	—	37	28
Vincent Iorio D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	1	0	9:12	—	—	53	53

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	O	29	27	2	.931	2.61	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Hampus Lindholm (BOS) 1st 18:47 · assists Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak · Point shot · 58.8 mph shot.

Hampus Lindholm · 1st 18:47 · BOS

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 58.8 mph
Distance: 68 ft

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John Beecher · 2nd 2:22 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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John Carlson · 2nd 14:03 · WSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 27.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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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.