Boston Bruins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 20, 2019

Final / SOWednesday, Feb 20, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	0	1	0	1	3		BOS	6	8	12	1	27
VGK	1	0	1	0	0	2		VGK	10	12	8	3	33

: BOS 53VGK 76
: BOS 2.02VGK 3.47
PP goals: BOS 0VGK 0
Hits: BOS 24VGK 38
Blocks: BOS 20VGK 18
PIM: BOS 2VGK 4
: BOS 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 (SO)

Boston Bruins beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in a shootout at VGK. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Danton Heinen (BOS) played 17:39, +3:44 up on his 13:55 season average over 76 games.

Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:34.Smith
Usage
Danton Heinen (BOS) played 17:39, +3:44 up on his 13:55 season average over 76 games.Heinen
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Cody Eakin (VGK) played 18:32, +3:12 up on his 15:20 season average over 77 games.Eakin
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Jon Merrill (VGK) played 21:03, +3:14 up on his 17:49 season average over 56 games.Merrill
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Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 17:07, −3:52 down on his 20:59 season average over 71 games.Carlo
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Noel Acciari (BOS) played 16:34, +3:38 up on his 12:56 season average over 71 games.Acciari
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Oscar Lindberg (VGK) played 15:47, +3:22 up on his 12:25 season average over 54 games.Lindberg
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Sean Kuraly (BOS) played 17:14, +3:31 up on his 13:43 season average over 70 games.Kuraly

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 129 of 129 attempts · VGK 76 · BOS 53

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 19% of the game, VGK 34%.

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
	55	67
	2.10	2.90
	2.02	2.87
	6	18
	6	11
	18	22
	+0.000	+0.000
	19%	34%

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

L1Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari
13:0022% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Heinen
12:0356% CF
L3Krejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman
10:5252% CF
L4Backes – Nordstrom – Frederic
7:4840% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
16:1754% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
16:0453% CF
D3Krug – Carlo
13:0039% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Krug – DeBrusk
4:0680% CF
PP2Backes – Grzelcyk – Heinen – McAvoy – Frederic
1:360% CF
PK1FWagner – Nordstrom
0:59
PK2FKuraly – Acciari
0:40
PK1DChara – Carlo
0:54
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:49

Current BOS line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Eakin – Lindberg
11:5758% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:1337% CF
L3Stastny – Pirri – Tuch
9:4053% CF
L4Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
7:0780% CF
D1Holden – Merrill
17:0067% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:4156% CF
D3Engelland – Schmidt
13:0045% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Eakin – Schmidt – Tuch
1:14100% CF
PP2Smith – Pirri – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
0:42100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:17
PK2FStastny – Eakin
1:54
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:46
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:33

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:17
BOSJake DeBrusk (David Krejci, Karson Kuhlman)wrist0.15 xG
BOS: Chara, Krejci, DeBrusk, McAvoy, KuhlmanVGK: Stastny, McNabb, Pirri, Theodore, Tuch
BOS 1 – 0 VGK
18:24
VGKReilly Smith (Cody Eakin, Jon Merrill)snap0.02 xG
BOS: Chara, Wagner, Kuraly, Acciari, McAvoyVGK: Smith, Eakin, Merrill, Marchessault, Schmidt
BOS 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

1:09
BOSBrad Marchand (Danton Heinen, Charlie McAvoy)slap0.04 xG
BOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Heinen, McAvoyVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
BOS 2 – 1 VGK
1:36
VGKNate Schmidt (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.16 xG
BOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Heinen, McAvoyVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
BOS 2 – 2 VGK

Decided in the shootout: BOS 3 – 2 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
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	27	17
Noel Acciari C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:34	—	—	28	17
Chris Wagner R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	1	0	15:37	—	—	21	14
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.26	0	1	0	21:11	—	—	54	42
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	20:14	—	—	59	52
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.19	0	1	2	17:39	—	—	53	55
David Krejci C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	48	51
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.49	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	55	63
Karson Kuhlman C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	1	0	12:13	—	—	54	61
David Backes R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.59	4	1	0	12:31	—	—	50	56
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	2	0	0	11:11	—	—	39	50
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	40	9
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	21:11	—	—	54	49
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:47	—	—	46	30
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	4	1	0	22:03	—	—	51	50
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:08	—	—	54	41
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	4	0	22:06	—	—	31	35
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	17:07	—	—	38	42

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.47	65:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	4	0	0	18:32	—	—	59	46
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	63	68
Oscar Lindberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.53	2	1	0	15:47	—	—	61	64
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	0	0	19:02	—	—	40	55
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.69	2	2	0	18:48	—	—	44	61
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	43	54
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	4	0	0	18:34	—	—	54	64
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	2	0	0	18:12	—	—	55	52
Brandon Pirri C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.56	3	1	0	14:07	—	—	54	62
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	2	0	11:11	—	—	75	97
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	10:19	—	—	75	69
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	8:04	—	—	80	100
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	5	0	0	21:03	—	—	67	39
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:15	—	—	67	37
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	1	0	22:37	—	—	56	69
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	3	2	2	20:49	—	—	51	69
Nate Schmidt D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	3	2	21:48	—	—	49	52
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	6	0	18:20	—	—	42	63

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	O	27	25	2	.926	2.02	64:51

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.