Boston Bruins vs. Anaheim DucksOct 22, 2023

FinalSunday, Oct 22, 2023· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	3	3		BOS	13	4	9	26
ANA	0	0	1	1		ANA	8	10	13	31

: BOS 56ANA 63
: BOS 3.79ANA 2.94
PP goals: BOS 0ANA 0
Hits: BOS 23ANA 27
Blocks: BOS 11ANA 14
PIM: BOS 8ANA 12
: BOS 50%ANA 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1 at ANA. Matthew Poitras (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BOS: DeBrusk–Geekie–Poitras skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Matthew Poitras had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:07.Poitras
New line
New look for BOS: DeBrusk–Geekie–Poitras skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Geekie Poitras
Usage
Ian Mitchell (BOS) played 9:59, −5:46 down on his 15:45 season average over 12 games.Mitchell
Luck
ANA scored 1 goal on 2.94 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Morgan Geekie (BOS) played 18:35, +3:13 up on his 15:22 season average over 75 games.Geekie
Usage
Hampus Lindholm (BOS) played 27:38, +4:24 up on his 23:14 season average over 72 games.Lindholm
Usage
Urho Vaakanainen (ANA) played 14:11, −3:21 down on his 17:32 season average over 67 games.Vaakanainen
Usage
Brett Leason (ANA) played 10:03, −3:00 down on his 13:03 season average over 67 games.Leason

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · ANA 63 · BOS 56

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 39% of the game, ANA 32%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

ANA

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	ANA
	34	58
	1.59	2.50
	1.50	2.28
	6	16
	4	5
	13	10
	−0.010	+0.010
	39%	32%

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

L1DeBrusk – Geekie – Poitras
10:2162% CF
L2Marchand – Pastrnak – Zacha
6:0442% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Frederic
5:0217% CF
L4Brown – Lauko – Beecher
4:3614% CF
D1Lindholm – Carlo
11:2540% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
9:0114% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Mitchell
5:3855% CF

PP1Marchand – van Riemsdyk – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
6:52100% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Lindholm – DeBrusk – Geekie – Poitras
1:2160% CF
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
1:25
PK2FZacha – DeBrusk
1:10
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
3:06
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
1:44

Current BOS line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Strome – Vatrano – McTavish
10:2571% CF
L2Henrique – Terry – Zegras
9:4450% CF
L3Silfverberg – Jones – Groulx
6:3578% CF
L4Carrick – Johnston – Leason
3:3920% CF
D1Gudas – Vaakanainen
12:0459% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Mintyukov
10:4767% CF
D3Fowler – LaCombe
10:2057% CF

PP1Strome – Terry – Zegras – McTavish – Mintyukov
2:3180% CF
PP2Henrique – Silfverberg – Fowler – Vatrano – Jones
2:16100% CF
PK1FCarrick – Leason
2:56
PK2FVatrano – Groulx
1:32
PK1DFowler – Lyubushkin
4:52
PK2DGudas – LaCombe
2:00

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

5:05
ANAMason McTavish (Ryan Strome, Frank Vatrano)tip-in0.17 xG
BOS: Marchand, Shattenkirk, Lindholm, Pastrnak, ZachaANA: Strome, Vatrano, Lyubushkin, McTavish, Mintyukov
BOS 0 – 1 ANA
6:29
BOSMatthew Poitras (Morgan Geekie, Ian Mitchell)tip-in0.07 xG
BOS: Shattenkirk, DeBrusk, Geekie, Mitchell, PoitrasANA: Carrick, Johnston, Lyubushkin, Leason, Mintyukov
BOS 1 – 1 ANA
10:20
BOSMatthew Poitras (Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy)tip-in0.08 xG
BOS: Lindholm, DeBrusk, McAvoy, Geekie, PoitrasANA: Gudas, Carrick, Johnston, Leason, LaCombe
BOS 2 – 1 ANA
17:26
BOSBrad MarchandEN (Charlie Coyle)wrist0.90 xG
BOS: Marchand, Coyle, Lindholm, Zacha, CarloANA: Henrique, Strome, Terry, Zegras, McTavish, Mintyukov
BOS 3 – 1 ANA

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
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.23	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	46	63
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.32	1	1	0	17:19	—	—	50	69
Matthew Poitras C	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.63	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	56	73
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	20:32	—	—	35	23
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.94	4	0	2	19:39	—	—	42	26
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.49	2	0	0	18:46	—	—	44	25
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.45	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	25	25
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:28	—	—	20	15
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:49	—	—	11	23
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:53	—	—	8	0
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:17	—	—	22	9
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:53	—	—	20	9
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	1	0	27:38	—	—	39	50
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	2	0	21:16	—	—	40	42
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.16	4	1	0	24:57	—	—	35	46
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	16:08	—	—	24	14
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	2	0	12:57	—	—	40	26
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	4	9:59	—	—	38	34

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.94	60:00

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Frank Vatrano R	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.34	3	0	0	18:56	—	—	71	77
Mason McTavish C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.66	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	68	75
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	70	75
Trevor Zegras C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	0	0	2	19:04	—	—	65	58
Adam Henrique C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.42	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	50	50
Troy Terry R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	2	18:24	—	—	62	56
Jakob Silfverberg R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	73	77
Max Jones L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	5	0	2	11:52	—	—	69	59
Bo Groulx C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	11:35	—	—	69	75
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:48	—	—	17	0
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	3	2	10:03	—	—	25	10
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	0	0	0	6:21	—	—	60	62
Radko Gudas D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	2	4	17:25	—	—	63	59
Urho Vaakanainen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:11	—	—	60	49
Pavel Mintyukov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	4	1	0	20:24	—	—	74	85
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	4	0	19:09	—	—	67	81
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	0	0	24:51	—	—	64	55
Jackson LaCombe D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	17:54	—	—	55	44

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.89	58:35

Goal anatomy

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

Mason McTavish (ANA) 3rd 5:05 · assists Ryan Strome, Frank Vatrano · Deflection · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 13.5 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Mason McTavish · 3rd 5:05 · ANA

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.5 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: rebound

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Matthew Poitras · 3rd 6:29 · BOS

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 15.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Matthew Poitras · 3rd 10:20 · BOS

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Brad Marchand · 3rd 17:26 · BOS EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 57.6 mph
Distance: 40 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.