Boston Bruins vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 2, 2021

FinalThursday, Dec 2, 2021· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	1	0	2		BOS	15	9	9	33
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	12	14	16	42

: BOS 60NSH 75
: BOS 4.54NSH 2.90
PP goals: BOS 1NSH 0
Hits: BOS 13NSH 24
Blocks: BOS 20NSH 11
PIM: BOS 4NSH 10
: BOS 51%NSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Nashville Predators 2–0

Boston Bruins beat Nashville Predators 2–0 at NSH. Brandon Carlo (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jakub Zboril (BOS) played 5:28, −11:24 down on his 16:52 season average over 9 games.

Usage
Jakub Zboril (BOS) played 5:28, −11:24 down on his 16:52 season average over 9 games.Zboril
Goalie
Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 42 shots and stopped 42 (.1000), +15 against a season average of 27.1; the win.Swayman
New line
New look for BOS: Smith–Haula–Coyle skated 10:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Haula Coyle
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 2.90 expected goals (75 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
BOS scored 2 goals on 4.54 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Lazar–Nosek–DeBrusk skated 8:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lazar Nosek DeBrusk
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 10:48, −4:18 down on his 15:06 season average over 76 games.DeBrusk
Usage
Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 22:59, +3:19 up on his 19:40 season average over 78 games.Carlo

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 135 of 135 attempts · NSH 75 · BOS 60

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 42% of the game, NSH 29%.

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
	48	67
	3.27	2.66
	3.08	2.54
	8	8
	4	5
	10	17
	+0.002	−0.002
	42%	29%

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 – Hall – Pastrnak
12:0266% CF
L2Smith – Haula – Coyle
10:5953% CF
L3Lazar – Nosek – DeBrusk
8:1220% CF
L4Foligno – Frederic – Kuhlman
6:0214% CF
D1Forbort – McAvoy
13:2331% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
12:2244% CF
D3Reilly – Zboril
5:2833% CF

PP1Bergeron – Foligno – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
5:1288% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Coyle – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak
1:32100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Nosek
0:43
PK2FHaula – Lazar
0:29
PK1DForbort – McAvoy
0:41
PK2DReilly – Carlo
0:24

Current BOS line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
12:3343% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
9:2925% CF
L3Cousins – Novak – Tomasino
9:0486% CF
L4Johansen – Kunin – Tolvanen
8:4976% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
16:0061% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
11:4548% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
9:1664% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
1:24100% CF
PP2Ekholm – Cousins – Novak – Kunin – Tolvanen
0:36100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:02
PK2FGranlund – Kunin
1:14
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
3:06
PK2DBorowiecki – Benning
1:54

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:38
BOSJake DeBruskPP (Craig Smith, Charlie Coyle)wrist0.11 xG
BOS: Smith, Haula, Coyle, Grzelcyk, DeBruskNSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Fabbro
BOS 1 – 0 NSH

2nd period

0:30
BOSBrandon Carlo (Erik Haula)slap0.07 xG
BOS: Smith, Haula, Coyle, Forbort, CarloNSH: Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Fabbro, Jeannot
BOS 2 – 0 NSH

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	5	0.48	1	0	0	22:03	—	—	65	80
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.94	2	0	0	20:18	—	—	67	81
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	0	0	0	20:15	—	—	66	81
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.58	0	1	2	18:59	—	—	50	74
Erik Haula L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.77	1	1	0	17:21	—	—	55	76
Craig Smith C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	52	76
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	1	0	14:03	—	—	25	33
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:20	—	—	18	21
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.34	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	27	37
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	14	11
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:58	—	—	10	12
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	2	7:13	—	—	19	13
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	5	0	28:45	—	—	39	60
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	4	0	20:29	—	—	39	56
Brandon Carlo D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	2	2	0	22:59	—	—	46	54
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:03	—	—	58	74
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	37	42
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	5:28	—	—	33	43

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	42	42	0	.1000	2.90	59:18

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	21:52	—	—	47	37
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	4	0.33	0	0	0	20:46	—	—	53	39
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	4	0.44	1	2	2	20:13	—	—	47	35
Colton Sissons C	L2	-1	1	0.08	4	0	0	15:36	—	—	36	21
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:36	—	—	20	9
Yakov Trenin C	L2	-1	1	0.10	2	1	2	12:26	—	—	20	9
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	5	0.30	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	80	69
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	83	72
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	3	0.35	0	0	0	10:38	—	—	83	69
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	62	41
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	3	0.17	4	0	0	12:10	—	—	72	73
Eeli Tolvanen R	L4	0	3	0.27	2	0	0	11:10	—	—	76	72
Roman Josi D	D1	-1	9	0.32	0	2	0	27:26	—	—	61	47
Dante Fabbro D	D1	-1	3	0.20	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	61	44
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	3	0.12	1	2	2	23:22	—	—	53	46
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	50	36
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:22	—	—	59	48
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	2	0.01	3	0	4	12:42	—	—	64	53

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	3.96	57:12

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.