Boston Bruins vs. Florida PanthersMay 6, 2024

FinalPlayoffsMonday, May 6, 2024· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	3	2	5		BOS	14	7	8	29
FLA	0	1	0	1		FLA	9	14	16	39

: BOS 53FLA 86
: BOS 3.95FLA 3.08
PP goals: BOS 0FLA 0
Hits: BOS 56FLA 46
Blocks: BOS 26FLA 11
PIM: BOS 16FLA 24
: BOS 41%FLA 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Florida Panthers 5–1

Boston Bruins beat Florida Panthers 5–1 at FLA. Mason Lohrei (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +8 against a season average of 31.1; the win.

Points
Mason Lohrei had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:05.Lohrei
Points
Pavel Zacha had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:38.Zacha
Goalie
Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +8 against a season average of 31.1; the win.Swayman
Luck
FLA scored 1 goal on 3.08 expected goals (86 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Maroon–Brown–Beecher skated 5:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Brown Beecher
Usage
Gustav Forsling (FLA) played 18:02, −5:37 down on his 23:39 season average over 23 games.Forsling
Usage
Kevin Stenlund (FLA) played 15:16, +4:10 up on his 11:06 season average over 23 games.Stenlund
Usage
Aaron Ekblad (FLA) played 19:06, −3:36 down on his 22:42 season average over 23 games.Ekblad

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 139 of 139 attempts · FLA 86 · BOS 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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 27% of the game, FLA 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

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	FLA
	55	78
	3.14	1.84
	3.05	1.82
	13	13
	5	4
	19	28
	−0.099	+0.099
	27%	38%

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
11:1748% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk
10:4535% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Frederic – Brazeau
5:4538% CF
L4Maroon – Brown – Beecher
5:360% CF
D1Lindholm – McAvoy
14:1143% CF
D2Forbort – Wotherspoon
12:0950% CF
D3Carlo – Lohrei
6:3731% CF

PP1Marchand – Coyle – Pastrnak – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:17
PP2Maroon – Wotherspoon – Brazeau – Beecher – Lohrei
0:49100% CF
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
1:45
PK2FDeBrusk – Beecher
1:07
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
2:17
PK2DForbort – McAvoy
1:04

Current BOS line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Tkachuk
12:3268% CF
L2Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell
10:4765% CF
L3Tarasenko – Rodrigues – Stenlund
8:2650% CF
L4Okposo – Cousins – Lorentz
7:2140% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
14:2335% CF
D2Montour – Mikkola
13:5457% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
10:2363% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
3:5391% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Tarasenko – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
1:01100% CF
PK1FBarkov – Lundell
1:03
PK2FStenlund – Lorentz
0:49
PK1DKulikov – Mikkola
1:24
PK2DEkblad – Forsling
1:15

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:45
FLAMatthew Tkachuk (Aleksander Barkov)wrist0.10 xG
BOS: Maroon, Lindholm, DeBrusk, McAvoy, BeecherFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, Tkachuk
BOS 0 – 1 FLA
12:52
BOSMorgan Geekie (Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak)snap0.22 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, Carlo, GeekieFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, Tkachuk
BOS 1 – 1 FLA
16:17
BOSMason Lohrei (Parker Wotherspoon, Pavel Zacha)snap0.06 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Wotherspoon, Geekie, LohreiFLA: Tarasenko, Montour, Forsling, Rodrigues, Lundell
BOS 2 – 1 FLA
19:39
BOSBrandon Carlo (Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic)wrist0.10 xG
BOS: Marchand, Coyle, Forbort, Carlo, FredericFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, Tkachuk
BOS 3 – 1 FLA

3rd period

7:13
BOSJustin Brazeau (James van Riemsdyk, Mason Lohrei)backhand0.23 xG
BOS: van Riemsdyk, Carlo, Frederic, Brazeau, LohreiFLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Forsling, Tkachuk, Lundell
BOS 4 – 1 FLA
16:38
BOSJake DeBruskEN (Brad Marchand)wrist0.73 xG
BOS: Marchand, Coyle, Forbort, DeBrusk, McAvoyFLA: Tarasenko, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour, Tkachuk
BOS 5 – 1 FLA

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	+2	4	0.52	0	2	0	19:03	—	—	57	73
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.26	2	0	0	18:00	—	—	41	62
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.10	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	44	55
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.54	5	3	0	19:36	—	—	40	62
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	0	2	0	18:39	—	—	37	59
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.82	4	0	0	17:07	—	—	40	50
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	5	1	10	12:08	—	—	58	91
Justin Brazeau R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	3	0	0	11:21	—	—	38	77
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	2	0	0	10:12	—	—	50	87
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:47	—	—	18	32
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:14	—	—	30	48
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9	1	2	8:27	—	—	27	17
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	24:30	—	—	44	44
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.55	2	6	2	22:28	—	—	39	64
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	1	1	2	18:30	—	—	58	75
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	6	2	0	18:03	—	—	46	54
Brandon Carlo D	D3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.11	5	3	0	18:40	—	—	30	70
Mason Lohrei D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.15	4	2	0	16:05	—	—	41	68

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	3.08	60:00

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	0	1	-3	5	0.28	6	0	0	21:10	—	—	69	46
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.26	5	1	0	20:33	—	—	67	42
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.22	2	0	0	19:42	—	—	66	50
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.29	2	1	2	19:47	—	—	62	40
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.23	2	0	0	18:06	—	—	61	35
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.66	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	68	51
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	2	0	0	15:39	—	—	36	19
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	4	0	0	15:16	—	—	52	35
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	0	1	0	13:08	—	—	38	11
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	0	0	9:40	—	—	36	23
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	1	10	9:14	—	—	63	45
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	8:47	—	—	40	23
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:06	—	—	44	25
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.08	1	3	0	18:02	—	—	39	22
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.19	2	1	0	24:31	—	—	66	50
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	19:22	—	—	64	56
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	1	0	12	16:17	—	—	77	45
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	4	2	0	15:13	—	—	71	40

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	2.74	58:18

Goal anatomy

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

Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) 2nd 11:45 · assists Aleksander Barkov · Forecheck turnover · loose puck · 67.1 mph shot · 7.7 s from entry to goal.

Matthew Tkachuk · 2nd 11:45 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 67.1 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s

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Morgan Geekie · 2nd 12:52 · BOS

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 8.0 s

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Mason Lohrei · 2nd 16:17 · BOS

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection, rebound

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Brandon Carlo · 2nd 19:39 · BOS

Play: cycle
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 65.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 6.5 s

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Justin Brazeau · 3rd 7:13 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 32.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Jake DeBrusk · 3rd 16:38 · BOS EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 42.2 mph
Distance: 54 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 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.