Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsApr 15, 2024

FinalMonday, Apr 15, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	0	0		BOS	4	4	8	16
WSH	1	0	1	2		WSH	7	15	3	25

: BOS 38WSH 62
: BOS 1.12WSH 4.83
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 0
Hits: BOS 50WSH 41
Blocks: BOS 11WSH 14
PIM: BOS 2WSH 0
: BOS 56%WSH 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 2–0

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 2–0 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. WSH scored 2 goals on 4.83 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 4.83 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Alexander Alexeyev (WSH) played 21:24, +7:54 up on his 13:30 season average over 38 games.Alexeyev
Usage
Martin Fehérváry (WSH) played 25:59, +6:27 up on his 19:32 season average over 65 games.Fehérváry
Usage
Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 13:58, −6:01 down on his 19:59 season average over 75 games.Carlo
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 29:33, +3:42 up on his 25:51 season average over 81 games.Carlson
Usage
Beck Malenstyn (WSH) played 8:44, −5:35 down on his 14:19 season average over 80 games.Malenstyn
Usage
Aliaksei Protas (WSH) played 16:52, +3:10 up on his 13:42 season average over 77 games.Protas
Luck
Beck Malenstyn (WSH) generated 1.10 xG on 4 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Malenstyn

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 100 of 100 attempts · WSH 62 · BOS 38

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 15% of the game, WSH 41%.

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	60
	1.30	2.83
	1.26	2.63
	6	12
	2	4
	24	25
	+0.003	−0.003
	15%	41%

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 – Coyle – DeBrusk
11:0637% CF
L2Pastrnak – Heinen – Zacha
8:4944% CF
L3Maroon – Boqvist – Beecher
6:4942% CF
L4Frederic – Geekie – Lauko
5:3950% CF
D1Lindholm – McAvoy
16:5535% CF
D2Carlo – Wotherspoon
8:5621% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Peeke
7:4145% CF

PK1FMarchand – Coyle
0:48
PK2FHeinen – Zacha
0:29
PK1DLindholm – Peeke
1:01
PK2DWotherspoon – McAvoy
0:55

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Strome – Protas
13:4174% CF
L2Ovechkin – Oshie – McMichael
10:2546% CF
L3Pacioretty – Milano – Lapierre
8:4771% CF
L4Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
6:1764% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
13:4965% CF
D2McIlrath – Alexeyev
9:3658% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Iorio
2:4433% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Wilson – Strome
1:0867% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Pacioretty – Carlson – Milano – Lapierre
0:41100% CF

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:00
WSHJohn Carlson (Dylan Strome, Tom Wilson)slap0.05 xG
BOS: Marchand, Shattenkirk, Coyle, DeBrusk, PeekeWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Fehérváry, Protas
BOS 0 – 1 WSH

3rd period

19:47
WSHNic DowdENbackhand0.93 xG
BOS: Marchand, Shattenkirk, Coyle, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoyWSH: Oshie, Carlson, Dowd, Wilson, Fehérváry
BOS 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:54	—	—	36	17
Brad Marchand L	L1	-2	0	0.07	3	0	0	16:09	—	—	35	32
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	33	27
David Pastrnak R	L2	-1	5	0.22	2	0	0	17:52	—	—	48	33
Pavel Zacha C	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:48	—	—	37	21
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	15:51	—	—	50	60
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	1	0.01	6	0	0	15:58	—	—	39	31
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	35	58
John Beecher C	L3	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	11:53	—	—	40	36
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	15:15	—	—	61	68
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	14:12	—	—	47	7
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	1	0.23	5	0	0	11:59	—	—	46	30
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	-1	3	0.18	2	2	0	26:14	—	—	39	25
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:18	—	—	47	24
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	1	0.05	2	2	0	19:25	—	—	35	45
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	13:58	—	—	31	27
Andrew Peeke D	D3	-1	2	0.03	3	0	0	18:26	—	—	54	39
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	-2	0	0.00	7	0	2	17:50	—	—	43	31

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	24	23	1	.958	2.62	57:41

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	2	1	20:25	—	—	73	85
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.27	7	0	20:07	—	—	71	86
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	0	16:52	—	—	70	75
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.63	2	0	18:00	—	—	47	31
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	0	2	16:26	—	—	30	8
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	0	0	14:43	—	—	40	33
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	0	0	15:06	—	—	46	42
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	2	13:09	—	—	57	57
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	2	12:55	—	—	55	50
Nic Dowd C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.96	2	0	14:08	—	—	56	73
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	0	11:38	—	—	69	85
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	1.10	4	0	8:44	—	—	73	91
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.13	1	1	29:33	—	—	59	67
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	6	1	25:59	—	—	62	66
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	21:24	—	—	61	82
Dylan McIlrath D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	12:44	—	—	54	67
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	20:17	—	—	52	61
Vincent Iorio D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	8:05	—	—	67	98

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	16	16	0	.1000	1.12	59:45

Goal anatomy

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

John Carlson (WSH) 1st 12:00 · assists Dylan Strome, Tom Wilson · Forecheck turnover · 71.5 mph shot.

John Carlson · 1st 12:00 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.5 mph
Distance: 60 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nic Dowd · 3rd 19:47 · WSH EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.3 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s

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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.