Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple LeafsApr 29, 2022

FinalFriday, Apr 29, 2022· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	1	2		BOS	6	9	11	26
TOR	3	0	2	5		TOR	10	10	7	27

: BOS 46TOR 45
: BOS 2.05TOR 2.61
PP goals: BOS 1TOR 1
Hits: BOS 54TOR 38
Blocks: BOS 13TOR 8
PIM: BOS 8TOR 4
: BOS 53%TOR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 5–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 5–2 at home. William Nylander (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. TOR's first power-play unit (Spezza, Giordano, Engvall, Liljegren and Mikheyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:46 together.

Points
William Nylander had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:22.Nylander
Points
Pierre Engvall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:52.Engvall
Points
Craig Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:39.Smith
PP1
TOR's first power-play unit (Spezza, Giordano, Engvall, Liljegren and Mikheyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:46 together.Spezza Giordano Engvall Liljegren Mikheyev
New line
New look for BOS: Foligno–Lazar–Steen skated 10:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Lazar Steen
Luck
TOR scored 5 goals on 2.61 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jack Ahcan (BOS) played 22:11, +7:23 up on his 14:48 season average over 5 games.Ahcan
New line
New look for BOS: DeBrusk–Studnicka–McLaughlin skated 9:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Studnicka McLaughlin

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 91 of 91 attempts · TOR 45 · BOS 46

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 28% of the game, TOR 41%.

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
	49	48
	2.17	2.32
	2.12	2.29
	11	17
	4	2
	17	25
	+0.007	−0.007
	28%	41%

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

L1Smith – Coyle – Frederic
11:1555% CF
L2Foligno – Lazar – Steen
10:5956% CF
L3DeBrusk – Studnicka – McLaughlin
9:1757% CF
L4Wagner – Blidh – Nosek
9:0239% CF
D1Carlo – Ahcan
18:3246% CF
D2Reilly – Brown
12:4143% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
12:0377% CF

PP1Smith – Coyle – Reilly – DeBrusk – Frederic
0:54100% CF
PK1FWagner – Steen
1:04
PK2FBlidh – Nosek
0:56
PK1DForbort – Clifton
2:13
PK2DReilly – Brown
1:12

Current BOS line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Nylander – Engvall – Kampf
10:2836% CF
L2Spezza – Simmonds – Clifford
9:1857% CF
L3Blackwell – Kerfoot – Mikheyev
6:0567% CF
D1Rielly – Lyubushkin
10:3253% CF
D2Muzzin – Brodie
7:1871% CF
D3Giordano – Holl
4:3763% CF

PP1Spezza – Giordano – Engvall – Liljegren – Mikheyev
1:46100% CF
PP2Blackwell – Rielly – Kerfoot – Nylander – Abruzzese
1:42100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Kampf
0:34
PK1DGiordano – Liljegren
0:34
PK2DMuzzin – Holl
0:20

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:10
BOSTrent Frederic (Craig Smith, Charlie Coyle)wrist0.01 xG
BOS: Smith, Coyle, Forbort, Clifton, FredericTOR: Rielly, Nylander, Engvall, Kampf, Lyubushkin
BOS 1 – 0 TOR
3:51
TORIlya MikheyevPP (Mark Giordano, Timothy Liljegren)deflected0.15 xG
BOS: Foligno, Reilly, Brown, StudnickaTOR: Spezza, Giordano, Engvall, Liljegren, Mikheyev
BOS 1 – 1 TOR
13:16
TORWilliam Nylanderwrist0.12 xG
BOS: Forbort, Clifton, DeBrusk, Studnicka, McLaughlinTOR: Giordano, Nylander, Engvall, Liljegren, Kampf
BOS 1 – 2 TOR
19:52
TORNick Abruzzese (Morgan Rielly)deflected0.03 xG
BOS: Reilly, Brown, DeBrusk, Studnicka, McLaughlinTOR: Blackwell, Rielly, Anderson, Lyubushkin, Abruzzese
BOS 1 – 3 TOR

3rd period

8:00
TORWilliam Nylander (Pierre Engvall, Justin Holl)wrist0.20 xG
BOS: Clifton, DeBrusk, Studnicka, Ahcan, McLaughlinTOR: Giordano, Nylander, Engvall, Liljegren, Kampf
BOS 1 – 4 TOR
12:49
BOSJake DeBruskPP (Craig Smith, Mike Reilly)snap0.03 xG
BOS: Smith, Coyle, Reilly, DeBrusk, FredericTOR: Muzzin, Holl, Blackwell, Kerfoot
BOS 2 – 4 TOR
19:50
TORPierre EngvallENwrist0.43 xG
BOS: Foligno, Coyle, Wagner, Reilly, Clifton, DeBruskTOR: Giordano, Brodie, Nylander, Engvall, Kampf
BOS 2 – 5 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
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	50	46
Trent Frederic C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	4	0	0	16:02	—	—	55	51
Craig Smith C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.25	2	0	0	15:39	—	—	52	57
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	2	15:11	—	—	47	38
Oskar Steen C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	3	2	0	14:07	—	—	55	49
Curtis Lazar C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	58	39
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	0	1	-4	3	0.11	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	54	33
Marc McLaughlin C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	3	1	4	12:07	—	—	52	30
Jack Studnicka C	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.16	0	2	0	11:52	—	—	50	30
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	11	0	0	15:57	—	—	46	57
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	5	1	0	14:22	—	—	43	63
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	3	1	2	13:20	—	—	48	67
Jack Ahcan D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	22:11	—	—	48	38
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	21:00	—	—	42	33
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.03	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	36	53
Joshua Brown D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	5	1	0	16:25	—	—	42	63
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	5	1	0	21:05	—	—	65	46
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	0	0	16:40	—	—	72	54

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.18	58:53

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Nylander R	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.41	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	36	48
David Kampf C	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.11	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	42	57
Pierre Engvall L	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.52	3	0	0	17:52	—	—	42	50
Jason Spezza C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	63	75
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	6	0	0	14:44	—	—	68	77
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	3	1	0	14:41	—	—	58	69
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:49	—	—	50	28
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	50	30
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.29	2	0	0	14:57	—	—	56	33
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	3	1	2	19:31	—	—	41	51
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	16:34	—	—	53	61
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	1	0	17:31	—	—	45	58
TJ Brodie D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	2	16:04	—	—	44	52
Mark Giordano D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.05	2	2	0	17:14	—	—	71	60
Justin Holl D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:30	—	—	47	25
Timothy Liljegren D	—	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:20	—	—	40	45
Nick Abruzzese C	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	2	0	0	14:30	—	—	41	30
Joey Anderson R	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	61	55

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Erik Kallgren(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.05	59:34

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.