Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple LeafsApr 23, 2018

FinalPlayoffsMonday, Apr 23, 2018· Air Canada Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	0	1		BOS	17	9	7	33
TOR	0	2	1	3		TOR	10	12	8	30

: BOS 72TOR 43
: BOS 2.58TOR 2.70
PP goals: BOS 0TOR 0
Hits: BOS 23TOR 23
Blocks: BOS 6TOR 23
PIM: BOS 8TOR 6
: BOS 63%TOR 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 3–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 3–1 at home. Mitch Marner (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Krejci–Wingels–DeBrusk skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:44.Marner
Points
Tomas Plekanec had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:05.Plekanec
Points
Nikita Zaitsev had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:16.Zaitsev
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Wingels–DeBrusk skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Wingels DeBrusk
New line
New look for BOS: Nash–Backes–Nash skated 6:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Backes Nash
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 2.58 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 11:19, −5:05 down on his 16:24 season average over 10 games.Grzelcyk
Usage
Travis Dermott (TOR) played 9:03, −5:14 down on his 14:17 season average over 6 games.Dermott

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)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · TOR 43 · BOS 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR 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 37% of the game, TOR 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TOR

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	TOR
	74	40
	2.70	1.56
	2.58	1.52
	7	11
	2	4
	16	19
	+0.118	−0.118
	37%	25%

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

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
13:2168% CF
L2Krejci – Wingels – DeBrusk
9:0275% CF
L3Nash – Backes – Nash
6:5360% CF
L4Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
3:5533% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
16:0452% CF
D2Miller – Krug
14:3071% CF
D3McQuaid – Grzelcyk
6:1770% CF

PP1Nash – Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak
2:31100% CF
PP2Backes – Krejci – Krug – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:09100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:41
PK2FNash – Schaller
1:15
PK1DChara – McQuaid
2:50
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:28

Current BOS line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Marleau – Plekanec – Marner
10:2527% CF
L2Hyman – Brown – Matthews
8:5038% CF
L3Kadri – Johnsson – Nylander
6:1036% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Kapanen
5:5056% CF
D1Gardiner – Zaitsev
12:2454% CF
D2Hainsey – Rielly
11:5817% CF
D3Polak – Dermott
5:2030% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Kadri – Rielly – Marner
2:3967% CF
PP2Marleau – Gardiner – Johnsson – Nylander – Matthews
1:56100% CF
PK1FHyman – Brown
1:26
PK2FPlekanec – Kapanen
0:32
PK1DHainsey – Zaitsev
2:28

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:02
BOSJake DeBrusk (David Krejci)wrist0.01 xG
BOS: Chara, Krejci, Wingels, DeBrusk, McAvoyTOR: Hainsey, Hyman, Rielly, Brown, Matthews
BOS 1 – 0 TOR
1:37
TORWilliam Nylander (Nazem Kadri, Nikita Zaitsev)wrist0.01 xG
BOS: Chara, Nash, Backes, Nash, McAvoyTOR: Gardiner, Kadri, Johnsson, Nylander, Zaitsev
BOS 1 – 1 TOR
13:25
TORMitch Marner (Tomas Plekanec, Ron Hainsey)backhand0.08 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Miller, Krug, PastrnakTOR: Marleau, Hainsey, Plekanec, Rielly, Marner
BOS 1 – 2 TOR

3rd period

18:46
TORTomas PlekanecEN (Mitch Marner, Nikita Zaitsev)wrist0.80 xG
BOS: Nash, Backes, Krejci, Marchand, Krug, GrzelcykTOR: Marleau, Plekanec, Gardiner, Marner, Zaitsev
BOS 1 – 3 TOR

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
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.52	1	0	0	22:58	—	—	67	65
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.20	1	0	0	22:01	—	—	68	66
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	71	69
David Krejci C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.32	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	68	61
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	3	0	2	13:53	—	—	74	70
Tommy Wingels C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	3	0	0	9:52	—	—	67	66
David Backes R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	1	0	2	14:37	—	—	70	70
Rick Nash L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.55	1	1	0	14:11	—	—	64	62
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:01	—	—	55	57
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	42	24
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	9:07	—	—	64	90
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:55	—	—	42	37
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	1	2	24:35	—	—	62	70
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	1	1	0	23:56	—	—	53	55
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	24:28	—	—	74	71
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	3	1	2	20:28	—	—	68	65
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	67	62
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	73	51

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	1.90	58:49

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.16	0	1	2	16:44	—	—	26	27
Tomas Plekanec C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.85	0	3	0	16:05	—	—	26	26
Patrick Marleau C	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.11	3	2	0	16:04	—	—	29	28
Zach Hyman L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	2	0	17:53	—	—	39	31
Auston Matthews C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.40	4	0	0	16:50	—	—	50	69
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	40	56
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	2	1	2	14:55	—	—	30	11
William Nylander R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	2	0	0	14:00	—	—	44	46
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	28	28
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	53	72
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	47	43
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	26	28
Jake Gardiner D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.22	0	4	0	25:22	—	—	48	62
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.03	4	1	0	21:16	—	—	53	46
Ron Hainsey D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:03	—	—	23	35
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	4	0	19:05	—	—	13	19
Roman Polak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	4	2	18:36	—	—	26	26
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:03	—	—	39	5

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.58	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.