Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsDec 31, 2024

FinalTuesday, Dec 31, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	0	1		BOS	10	6	11	27
WSH	2	0	1	3		WSH	11	8	8	27

: BOS 83WSH 66
: BOS 3.47WSH 4.06
PP goals: BOS 0WSH 1
Hits: BOS 16WSH 26
Blocks: BOS 20WSH 28
PIM: BOS 10WSH 10
: BOS 52%WSH 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 3–1 at home. Aliaksei Protas (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:13 together.

Points
Aliaksei Protas had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:38.Protas
Points
Tom Wilson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:58.Wilson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:13 together.Ovechkin Carlson Wilson Strome Chychrun
New line
New look for BOS: Frederic–Brazeau–Koepke skated 10:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (51.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frederic Brazeau Koepke
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.47 expected goals (83 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Mangiapane–Miroshnichenko skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Mangiapane Miroshnichenko
Usage
Justin Brazeau (BOS) played 16:04, +4:15 up on his 11:49 season average over 75 games.Brazeau
Usage
Nikita Zadorov (BOS) played 13:38, −7:04 down on his 20:42 season average over 80 games.Zadorov

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 149 of 149 attempts · WSH 66 · BOS 83

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 49% of the game, WSH 29%.

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
	84	56
	3.61	1.87
	3.26	1.78
	16	11
	4	2
	20	24
	+0.036	−0.036
	49%	29%

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 – Lindholm
11:0454% CF
L2Frederic – Brazeau – Koepke
10:3552% CF
L3Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
10:3260% CF
L4Kastelic – Beecher – McLaughlin
6:5573% CF
D1Peeke – Lohrei
11:1030% CF
D2Carlo – Wotherspoon
11:0062% CF
D3Zadorov – McAvoy
9:2758% CF

PP1Pastrnak – Zacha – Brazeau – Geekie – Lohrei
2:1567% CF
PP2Marchand – Coyle – Lindholm – McAvoy – Frederic
0:5925% CF
PK1FLindholm – Zacha
1:16
PK2FMarchand – Coyle
0:37
PK1DCarlo – McAvoy
0:59
PK2DWotherspoon – Peeke
0:38

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – Protas
11:2850% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael
10:4027% CF
L3Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
9:5235% CF
L4Eller – Mangiapane – Miroshnichenko
8:0727% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
13:5527% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
13:2348% CF
D3Roy – Fehérváry
10:2346% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
1:13100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael
0:35100% CF
PK1FWilson – Protas
1:48
PK2FDowd – Duhaime
1:39
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:23
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
0:34

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:21
BOSJustin Brazeau (Parker Wotherspoon)snap0.25 xG
BOS: Frederic, Peeke, Brazeau, Koepke, LohreiWSH: Eller, van Riemsdyk, Mangiapane, Fehérváry, Miroshnichenko
BOS 1 – 0 WSH
12:05
WSHAliaksei Protas (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Tom Wilson)snap0.15 xG
BOS: Carlo, Kastelic, Beecher, Lohrei, McLaughlinWSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, Protas
BOS 1 – 1 WSH
17:11
WSHJakob ChychrunPP (Dylan Strome, John Carlson)snap0.08 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Zacha, Carlo, McAvoyWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun
BOS 1 – 2 WSH

3rd period

19:51
WSHAliaksei ProtasEN (Tom Wilson, Nic Dowd)wrist0.82 xG
BOS: Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, LohreiWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Wilson, Chychrun, Protas
BOS 1 – 3 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
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	56	58
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	56	58
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	0	2	2	17:05	—	—	52	57
Justin Brazeau R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.56	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	58	65
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.25	1	3	0	15:36	—	—	61	68
Cole Koepke L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	11:38	—	—	53	60
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.39	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	67	82
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.30	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	59	75
Morgan Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.72	0	1	0	17:13	—	—	63	78
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	9:44	—	—	71	48
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	6	0	2	8:44	—	—	67	41
Marc McLaughlin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	8:31	—	—	79	46
Mason Lohrei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	3	0	22:15	—	—	41	51
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	19:10	—	—	50	70
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	21:28	—	—	75	84
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	2	16:42	—	—	62	67
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	3	2	2	23:29	—	—	71	61
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	13:38	—	—	68	52

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	3.25	58:10

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	2	2	+2	5	0.60	4	2	0	18:58	—	—	54	48
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	1.19	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	50	41
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.14	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	53	44
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	3	2	0	16:15	—	—	36	28
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.51	3	1	0	16:14	—	—	29	29
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.51	1	1	4	14:25	—	—	38	44
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.61	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	41	58
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:34	—	—	36	46
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:10	—	—	42	48
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	2	0	11:58	—	—	20	7
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	4	1	0	10:08	—	—	29	14
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	9:45	—	—	36	19
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	3	2	0	24:55	—	—	31	25
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	5	0	21:29	—	—	33	26
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.21	0	2	2	20:53	—	—	50	55
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:07	—	—	39	37
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	19:51	—	—	44	15
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	14:10	—	—	46	36

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	3.47	59:45

Goal anatomy

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

Justin Brazeau (BOS) 1st 1:21 · assists Parker Wotherspoon · Rebound · dumped in · 18.2 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Justin Brazeau · 1st 1:21 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: rebound

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Jakob Chychrun · 1st 17:11 · WSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 75.6 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 19:51 · WSH EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.9 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 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.