Boston Bruins vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 4, 2017

FinalMonday, Dec 4, 2017· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	13	11	16	40
NSH	2	2	1	5		NSH	11	6	8	25

: BOS 74NSH 49
: BOS 4.01NSH 1.74
PP goals: BOS 1NSH 0
Hits: BOS 19NSH 15
Blocks: BOS 14NSH 22
PIM: BOS 6NSH 8
: BOS 46%NSH 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 5–3

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 5–3 at home. Craig Smith (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for NSH: Jarnkrok–Aberg–Forsberg skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Craig Smith had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:51.Smith
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:11.Fiala
Points
Kyle Turris had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:45.Turris
New line
New look for NSH: Jarnkrok–Aberg–Forsberg skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jarnkrok Aberg Forsberg
Luck
NSH scored 5 goals on 1.74 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Bonino–Sissons–Arvidsson skated 10:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (39.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Sissons Arvidsson
Goalie
Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +9 against a season average of 31.2; the win.Rinne
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 22:27, +4:32 up on his 17:55 season average over 81 games.Pastrnak

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · NSH 49 · BOS 74

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 46% of the game, NSH 15%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	64	47
	2.87	1.72
	2.85	1.70
	8	12
	6	2
	17	14
	−0.035	+0.035
	46%	15%

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
14:2568% CF
L2Backes – Nash – Heinen
11:3553% CF
L3Krejci – Spooner – Bjork
9:1644% CF
L4Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
5:2750% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
15:1859% CF
D2Miller – Grzelcyk
13:3865% CF
D3Krug – Carlo
10:2739% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Spooner – Krug – Pastrnak
2:11100% CF
PP2Backes – Krejci – Grzelcyk – Heinen – McAvoy
2:0680% CF
PK1FNash – Kuraly
0:46
PK2FHeinen – Acciari
0:31
PK1DChara – Carlo
1:56
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:27

Current BOS line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Jarnkrok – Aberg – Forsberg
10:4533% CF
L2Bonino – Sissons – Arvidsson
10:2639% CF
L3Turris – Smith – Fiala
9:4855% CF
L4Watson – Salomaki – Gaudreau
6:3956% CF
D1Josi – Ekholm
19:2947% CF
D2Emelin – Subban
15:1141% CF
D3Weber – Irwin
10:1339% CF

PP1Turris – Josi – Ekholm – Sissons – Fiala
2:00100% CF
PP2Bonino – Subban – Smith – Jarnkrok – Forsberg
2:00100% CF
PK1FBonino – Watson
1:49
PK2FJarnkrok – Arvidsson
1:36
PK1DJosi – Ekholm
2:13
PK2DEmelin – Subban
1:56

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	1	0	1	+1	5	0.47	1	1	0	22:27	—	—	68	76
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.57	0	0	2	21:50	—	—	70	68
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.62	1	0	0	21:22	—	—	69	76
David Backes R	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.39	1	0	2	19:20	—	—	52	45
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:49	—	—	54	42
Riley Nash C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	2	2	0	14:15	—	—	55	43
David Krejci C	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.28	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	55	59
Ryan Spooner C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	50	64
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	50	63
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	8:39	—	—	55	67
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	0	0	8:27	—	—	47	65
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	0	3	0	7:34	—	—	50	75
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	1	0	1	-3	1	0.15	3	1	0	24:16	—	—	58	61
Zdeno Chara D	D1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.22	3	2	0	21:33	—	—	63	64
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	2	1	0	18:29	—	—	65	38
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.39	1	0	2	18:18	—	—	70	63
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	1	1	0	20:53	—	—	44	61
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:50	—	—	50	74

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask	—	11	10	1	.909	0.95	32:40
Anton Khudobin(start)	L	14	10	4	.714	0.79	24:10

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	1	2	0	17:45	—	—	30	47
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	2	17:13	—	—	39	40
Pontus Aberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	38	75
Nick Bonino C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	1	1	0	19:46	—	—	31	15
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	2	18:27	—	—	39	25
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.04	0	3	2	17:06	—	—	36	19
Craig Smith C	L3	2	1	3	+2	3	0.39	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	54	59
Kyle Turris C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.09	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	56	58
Kevin Fiala L	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	54	57
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	2	0	15:20	—	—	44	23
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:23	—	—	50	43
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	8:03	—	—	50	32
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	2	2	0	27:43	—	—	47	44
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.15	0	4	2	27:07	—	—	46	47
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	0	2	0	21:36	—	—	44	31
Alexei Emelin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	6	1	0	18:48	—	—	38	27
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	11:35	—	—	33	38
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	10:47	—	—	39	38

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	4.01	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.

Boston Bruins vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 4, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Nashville Predators