Boston Bruins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 15, 2017

FinalSunday, Oct 15, 2017· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	5	10	7	22
VGK	0	2	1	3		VGK	4	14	8	26

: BOS 44VGK 54
: BOS 1.27VGK 3.08
PP goals: BOS 0VGK 0
Hits: BOS 21VGK 19
Blocks: BOS 13VGK 10
PIM: BOS 10VGK 4
: BOS 33%VGK 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Boston Bruins 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Boston Bruins 3–1 at home. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Leipsic–Tuch–Shipachyov skated 9:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:56.Tuch
New line
New look for VGK: Leipsic–Tuch–Shipachyov skated 9:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leipsic Tuch Shipachyov
Usage
Ryan Spooner (BOS) played 6:42, −8:44 down on his 15:26 season average over 58 games.Spooner
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Lindberg–Karlsson skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Lindberg Karlsson
Usage
Cody Eakin (VGK) played 20:46, +6:19 up on his 14:27 season average over 79 games.Eakin
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 15:41, −3:04 down on his 18:45 season average over 81 games.Karlsson
Usage
Brad Hunt (VGK) played 19:56, +3:22 up on his 16:34 season average over 44 games.Hunt
Usage
David Krejci (BOS) played 20:22, +3:33 up on his 16:49 season average over 63 games.Krejci

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · VGK 54 · BOS 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK 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 8% of the game, VGK 45%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

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	VGK
	43	50
	0.90	1.93
	0.89	1.86
	0	7
	4	5
	17	30
	−0.114	+0.114
	8%	45%

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

L1Krejci – Bjork – DeBrusk
9:3138% CF
L2Marchand – Nash – Pastrnak
8:5356% CF
L3Kuraly – Schaller – Heinen
6:1040% CF
L4Beleskey – Spooner – Vatrano
5:2560% CF
D1McQuaid – Krug
10:2139% CF
D2Chara – Carlo
8:5546% CF
D3Miller – McAvoy
8:1958% CF

PP1Krejci – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – Heinen
2:0050% CF
PP2Krejci – Heinen – Bjork – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:02
PK1FBeleskey – Schaller
1:51
PK2FMarchand – Nash
1:16
PK1DChara – Carlo
2:38
PK2DMcQuaid – Miller
1:38

Current BOS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Neal – Perron – Eakin
13:0256% CF
L2Leipsic – Tuch – Shipachyov
9:1961% CF
L3Smith – Lindberg – Karlsson
9:1550% CF
L4Carrier – Bellemare – Nosek
9:0950% CF
D1Miller – Hunt
14:0865% CF
D2Engelland – Merrill
13:3960% CF
D3Sbisa – Schmidt
13:0743% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Eakin – Leipsic – Schmidt
3:38100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Hunt – Tuch
2:5486% CF
PK1FSmith – Bellemare
2:06
PK2FEakin – Karlsson
0:42
PK1DEngelland – Sbisa
3:40
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
0:15

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

14:38
VGKAlex Tuchwrist0.06 xG
BOS: Beleskey, Miller, Kuraly, Vatrano, CarloVGK: Miller, Hunt, Leipsic, Tuch, Shipachyov
BOS 0 – 1 VGK
17:46
VGKVadim Shipachyov (Alex Tuch, Deryk Engelland)wrist0.18 xG
BOS: Krejci, McQuaid, Krug, Bjork, DeBruskVGK: Engelland, Merrill, Leipsic, Tuch, Shipachyov
BOS 0 – 2 VGK

3rd period

19:30
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy)deflected0.16 xG
BOS: Krejci, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, Heinen, McAvoyVGK: Sbisa, Smith, Lindberg, Karlsson, Schmidt
BOS 1 – 2 VGK
19:46
VGKOscar LindbergEN (William Karlsson)wrist0.44 xG
BOS: Krejci, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, Heinen, McAvoyVGK: Sbisa, Smith, Lindberg, Karlsson, Schmidt
BOS 1 – 3 VGK

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 Krejci C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	2	0	20:22	—	—	43	32
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	3	0	15:08	—	—	47	32
Anders Bjork L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	39	38
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	19:27	—	—	53	27
David Pastrnak R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	54	24
Riley Nash C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	52	27
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	43	36
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:16	—	—	46	33
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	4	12:56	—	—	30	23
Matt Beleskey L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	0	0	10:10	—	—	44	41
Frank Vatrano R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:42	—	—	54	44
Ryan Spooner C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:42	—	—	60	54
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	21:32	—	—	36	33
Adam McQuaid D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	2	0	14:35	—	—	38	33
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	4	21:31	—	—	46	24
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	53	32
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	23:54	—	—	53	31
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	4	0	2	18:06	—	—	52	45

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.08	58:51

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
James Neal L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.73	0	1	0	20:47	—	—	50	75
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	20:46	—	—	50	75
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	5	1	2	19:51	—	—	56	77
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:57	—	—	61	67
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.30	3	0	0	13:56	—	—	61	67
Vadim Shipachyov C	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.29	1	0	0	10:26	—	—	61	67
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	53	85
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	53	85
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.52	2	0	0	11:57	—	—	50	82
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	50	22
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:22	—	—	50	22
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	10:12	—	—	48	39
Brad Hunt D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	1	2	19:56	—	—	59	60
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	65	65
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	58	77
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	17:05	—	—	59	77
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	22:39	—	—	40	62
Luca Sbisa D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	19:07	—	—	44	67

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.27	60:00

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.