Boston Bruins vs. Tampa Bay LightningMar 8, 2025

FinalSaturday, Mar 8, 2025· Amalie Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	3	4		BOS	5	8	12	25
TBL	0	0	0	0		TBL	6	6	13	25

: BOS 58TBL 63
: BOS 2.62TBL 2.41
PP goals: BOS 0TBL 0
Hits: BOS 35TBL 21
Blocks: BOS 23TBL 20
PIM: BOS 9TBL 7
: BOS 47%TBL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Tampa Bay Lightning 4–0

Boston Bruins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–0 at TBL. Cole Koepke (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BOS: Lettieri–Mittelstadt–Koepke skated 11:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cole Koepke had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:22.Koepke
New line
New look for BOS: Lettieri–Mittelstadt–Koepke skated 11:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lettieri Mittelstadt Koepke
Luck
TBL scored 0 goals on 2.41 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Lindholm–Lauko–Khusnutdinov skated 10:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindholm Lauko Khusnutdinov
New line
New look for TBL: Guentzel–Bjorkstrand–Point skated 5:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (90.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Guentzel Bjorkstrand Point
Usage
Cole Koepke (BOS) played 14:22, +3:10 up on his 11:12 season average over 72 games.Koepke
Usage
Mason Lohrei (BOS) played 23:54, +4:25 up on his 19:29 season average over 76 games.Lohrei
Usage
Darren Raddysh (TBL) played 21:26, +4:11 up on his 17:15 season average over 72 games.Raddysh

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · TBL 63 · BOS 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 34% of the game, TBL 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

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	TBL
	64	64
	2.48	2.06
	2.41	1.99
	10	5
	4	1
	22	16
	−0.034	+0.034
	34%	28%

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

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
12:4154% CF
L2Lettieri – Mittelstadt – Koepke
11:1455% CF
L3Lindholm – Lauko – Khusnutdinov
10:2652% CF
L4Brown – Kastelic – Beecher
6:5845% CF
D1Zadorov – Jokiharju
15:4372% CF
D2Peeke – Lohrei
14:1732% CF
D3Wotherspoon – Mitchell
11:5441% CF

PP1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Mittelstadt – Lohrei
1:2840% CF
PP2Lindholm – Lettieri – Jokiharju – Mitchell – Khusnutdinov
0:14
PK1FKoepke – Beecher
1:11
PK2FBrown – Kastelic
0:59
PK1DZadorov – Peeke
2:05
PK2DWotherspoon – Lohrei
1:39

Current BOS line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Kucherov – Cirelli – Hagel
8:3056% CF
L2Glendening – Girgensons – Chaffee
6:5167% CF
L3Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Point
5:2291% CF
L4Gourde – Paul – Goncalves
3:5050% CF
D1Raddysh – Moser
11:2436% CF
D2Perbix – Lilleberg
11:1779% CF
D3McDonagh – Cernak
10:5238% CF

PP1Kucherov – Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Point – Raddysh
2:1933% CF
PP2McDonagh – Gourde – Paul – Cirelli – Hagel
1:22100% CF
PK1FGuentzel – Cirelli
0:57
PK2FGlendening – Girgensons
0:38
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
1:08
PK2DMoser – Lilleberg
0:27

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:32
BOSCole Koepkewrist0.18 xG
BOS: Wotherspoon, Lettieri, Mittelstadt, Mitchell, KoepkeTBL: Bjorkstrand, Paul, Perbix, Goncalves, Lilleberg
BOS 1 – 0 TBL

3rd period

13:16
BOSMark Kastelic (Patrick Brown, Ian Mitchell)slap0.00 xG
BOS: Brown, Wotherspoon, Mitchell, Kastelic, BeecherTBL: Glendening, Paul, Raddysh, Goncalves, Lilleberg
BOS 2 – 0 TBL
14:52
BOSNikita ZadorovEN (John Beecher)wrist0.45 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Brown, Peeke, BeecherTBL: Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel
BOS 3 – 0 TBL
15:53
BOSCole Koepke (David Pastrnak, Casey Mittelstadt)snap0.21 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Wotherspoon, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, KoepkeTBL: McDonagh, Kucherov, Raddysh, Cirelli, Hagel
BOS 4 – 0 TBL

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 Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.50	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	53	58
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	1	0	18:29	—	—	55	61
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	54	57
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	1	2	17:55	—	—	46	52
Cole Koepke L	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.38	4	1	0	14:22	—	—	50	55
Vinni Lettieri C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	4	3	0	14:06	—	—	53	59
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	56	46
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	13:15	—	—	48	38
Jakub Lauko C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	12:24	—	—	50	39
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.19	1	3	0	12:39	—	—	40	77
John Beecher C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:07	—	—	46	100
Mark Kastelic C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	7	11:17	—	—	38	74
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.57	4	1	0	20:31	—	—	74	85
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	68	75
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	3	0	23:54	—	—	37	40
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	6	2	0	21:48	—	—	36	25
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.03	3	0	0	19:03	—	—	44	48
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.13	1	2	0	14:46	—	—	42	56

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.41	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anthony Cirelli C	L1	-2	1	0.45	0	3	0	20:04	—	—	50	49
Brandon Hagel L	L1	-2	6	0.54	0	1	2	20:00	—	—	50	49
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	-2	3	0.32	0	2	0	17:16	—	—	43	46
Luke Glendening C	L2	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:13	—	—	41	13
Mitchell Chaffee R	L2	0	1	0.06	4	0	0	8:44	—	—	54	17
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:41	—	—	67	3
Jake Guentzel C	L3	-1	2	0.26	1	1	0	18:14	—	—	48	60
Brayden Point C	L3	-1	2	0.28	0	2	0	18:10	—	—	50	70
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	78	65
Nick Paul L	L4	-2	2	0.05	0	1	0	18:08	—	—	51	48
Yanni Gourde C	L4	0	0	0.03	3	1	0	15:16	—	—	29	20
Gage Goncalves C	L4	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	56	39
Darren Raddysh D	D1	-3	0	0.04	1	3	0	21:26	—	—	44	50
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:45	—	—	37	25
Emil Lilleberg D	D2	-2	1	0.06	2	1	5	18:12	—	—	68	48
Nick Perbix D	D2	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:09	—	—	75	68
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	-1	3	0.05	0	2	0	20:54	—	—	46	47
Erik Cernak D	D3	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	18:11	—	—	42	37

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.17	59:23

Goal anatomy

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

Cole Koepke (BOS) 2nd 10:32 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 2.8 mph shot · 11.6 s from entry to goal.

Cole Koepke · 2nd 10:32 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 2.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 11.6 s

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Mark Kastelic · 3rd 13:16 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 63.2 mph
Distance: 82 ft

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Nikita Zadorov · 3rd 14:52 · BOS EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Cole Koepke · 3rd 15:53 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.6 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: one-timer

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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.