Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple LeafsMay 2, 2024

FinalPlayoffsThursday, May 2, 2024· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	1	12	10	23
TOR	0	1	1	2		TOR	12	8	6	26

: BOS 71TOR 51
: BOS 2.31TOR 3.23
PP goals: BOS 0TOR 0
Hits: BOS 55TOR 46
Blocks: BOS 14TOR 27
PIM: BOS 6TOR 2
: BOS 37%TOR 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Boston Bruins 2–1

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 2–1 at home. William Nylander (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Matthew Knies (TOR) played 19:10, +4:46 up on his 14:25 season average over 6 games.

Points
William Nylander had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:49.Nylander
Points
Morgan Rielly had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:04.Rielly
Usage
Matthew Knies (TOR) played 19:10, +4:46 up on his 14:25 season average over 6 games.Knies
New line
New look for BOS: van Riemsdyk–Frederic–Brazeau skated 5:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Frederic Brazeau
New line
New look for TOR: Gregor–Holmberg–Robertson skated 5:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gregor Holmberg Robertson
Usage
Mason Lohrei (BOS) played 21:37, +4:52 up on his 16:45 season average over 10 games.Lohrei
Usage
Parker Wotherspoon (BOS) played 14:30, −3:24 down on his 17:54 season average over 9 games.Wotherspoon
Usage
Ilya Lyubushkin (TOR) played 19:09, +3:06 up on his 16:04 season average over 6 games.Lyubushkin

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 122 of 122 attempts · TOR 51 · BOS 71

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 21% of the game, TOR 34%.

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
	72	52
	2.65	1.99
	2.50	1.96
	18	13
	12	5
	16	22
	−0.096	+0.096
	21%	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

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – DeBrusk
8:5479% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – Geekie
6:0568% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Frederic – Brazeau
5:4763% CF
L4Maroon – Boqvist – Beecher
5:3540% CF
D1McAvoy – Lohrei
18:2959% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
12:1852% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Wotherspoon
7:0467% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – van Riemsdyk – Pastrnak – Zacha – Brazeau
1:01100% CF
PP2Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk – McAvoy – Geekie
0:530% CF
PK1FZacha – Frederic
1:23
PK2FCoyle – DeBrusk
0:59
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
2:59
PK2DWotherspoon – McAvoy
2:29

Current BOS line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Tavares – Nylander – Knies
11:1945% CF
L2Bertuzzi – Domi – Marner
10:2848% CF
L3Jarnkrok – Kampf – Dewar
7:2650% CF
L4Gregor – Holmberg – Robertson
5:2460% CF
D1Rielly – Lyubushkin
16:0229% CF
D2McCabe – Benoit
13:4042% CF
D3Edmundson – Liljegren
12:2952% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Domi – Nylander – Marner
3:13100% CF
PP2Jarnkrok – McCabe – Bertuzzi – Robertson – Knies
2:18100% CF
PK1FMarner – Holmberg
0:37
PK2FKampf – Dewar
0:24
PK1DEdmundson – McCabe
1:28
PK2DLyubushkin – Benoit
0:24

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

19:05
TORWilliam Nylander (Timothy Liljegren, Morgan Rielly)wrist0.02 xG
BOS: Maroon, Lindholm, McAvoy, Boqvist, BeecherTOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Liljegren, Knies
BOS 0 – 1 TOR

3rd period

17:47
TORWilliam Nylander (Matthew Knies, Morgan Rielly)backhand0.10 xG
BOS: Marchand, McAvoy, Frederic, Geekie, LohreiTOR: Edmundson, Nylander, Kampf, Lyubushkin, Knies
BOS 0 – 2 TOR
19:59
BOSMorgan Geekie (Kevin Shattenkirk, James van Riemsdyk)wrist0.04 xG
BOS: Shattenkirk, Maroon, van Riemsdyk, Frederic, Geekie, LohreiTOR: Tavares, Nylander, Lyubushkin, Benoit, Knies
BOS 1 – 2 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
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.47	2	0	4	19:53	—	—	79	77
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	5	0	0	19:51	—	—	58	54
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	4	0	0	19:26	—	—	66	58
Morgan Geekie C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	1	1	0	18:27	—	—	64	55
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	5	1	2	18:25	—	—	68	66
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.51	7	2	0	18:13	—	—	57	60
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	5	0	0	15:02	—	—	65	52
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:16	—	—	67	45
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	4	0	0	9:36	—	—	39	37
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	3	0	10:30	—	—	36	49
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:22	—	—	30	30
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:02	—	—	38	39
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	11	3	0	26:29	—	—	59	60
Mason Lohrei D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	21:37	—	—	60	55
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:32	—	—	56	53
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	2	0	19:12	—	—	56	52
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	14:30	—	—	60	78
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	54	56

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	1.91	58:10

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
John Tavares C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	7	1	20:10	—	—	39	43
William Nylander R	L1	2	0	2	+1	5	0.94	2	2	19:49	—	—	39	49
Matthew Knies L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	2	3	19:10	—	—	41	41
Mitch Marner R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	20:48	—	—	38	41
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	2	19:15	—	—	34	42
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	4	18:06	—	—	33	36
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	3	0	12:49	—	—	64	91
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	12:11	—	—	57	80
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.62	2	0	11:36	—	—	56	82
Nick Robertson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	0	10:36	—	—	52	41
Pontus Holmberg R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	1	10:19	—	—	47	33
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	5	0	8:21	—	—	64	63
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	5	24:04	—	—	38	46
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	19:09	—	—	27	37
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	2	1	21:15	—	—	42	45
Simon Benoit D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	9	4	17:02	—	—	41	40
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	1	17:53	—	—	56	51
Timothy Liljegren D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	15:27	—	—	50	40

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.31	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Morgan Geekie (BOS) 3rd 19:59 · assists Kevin Shattenkirk, James van Riemsdyk · Cycle · 59.1 mph shot.

Morgan Geekie · 3rd 19:59 · BOS

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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William Nylander · 3rd 17:47 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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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.