Boston Bruins vs. San Jose SharksFeb 26, 2022

FinalSaturday, Feb 26, 2022· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	2	3		BOS	9	15	13	37
SJS	0	1	0	1		SJS	5	4	7	16

: BOS 61SJS 42
: BOS 2.79SJS 1.51
PP goals: BOS 0SJS 1
Hits: BOS 20SJS 24
Blocks: BOS 17SJS 15
PIM: BOS 8SJS 6
: BOS 55%SJS 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Boston Bruins beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at SJS. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Couture, Hertl, Meier and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:28 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 20:27.Marchand
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Couture, Hertl, Meier and Barabanov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:28 together.Burns Couture Hertl Meier Barabanov
Usage
Mario Ferraro (SJS) played 12:06, −11:05 down on his 23:11 season average over 62 games.Ferraro
New line
New look for BOS: Foligno–Nosek–Froden skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Nosek Froden
Goalie
James Reimer (SJS) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +7 against a season average of 30.2; the loss.Reimer
Usage
Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJS) played 23:15, +8:09 up on his 15:06 season average over 74 games.Vlasic
New line
New look for SJS: Bonino–Nieto–Dahlen skated 5:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Nieto Dahlen
New line
New look for SJS: Viel–Gadjovich–Weatherby skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Viel Gadjovich Weatherby

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · SJS 42 · BOS 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 37% of the game, SJS 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	58	38
	2.29	1.25
	2.09	1.22
	7	7
	5	2
	19	24
	+0.072	−0.072
	37%	23%

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

L1Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
9:3153% CF
L2Foligno – Nosek – Froden
8:3272% CF
L3Smith – Coyle – Frederic
8:3033% CF
L4Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
7:1993% CF
D1Reilly – McAvoy
13:4963% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
12:1156% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
8:4253% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
4:51100% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Coyle – Grzelcyk – DeBrusk
0:44100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:41
PK2FFoligno – Nosek
1:44
PK1DForbort – Carlo
4:12
PK2DClifton – McAvoy
1:52

Current BOS line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
9:2853% CF
L2Couture – Dzingel – Gregor
7:3930% CF
L3Viel – Gadjovich – Weatherby
6:1446% CF
L4Bonino – Nieto – Dahlen
5:2938% CF
D1Burns – Middleton
11:1436% CF
D2Vlasic – Ferraro
9:3131% CF
D3Simek – Merkley
7:2243% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
3:2875% CF
PP2Bonino – Dzingel – Dahlen – Gregor – Merkley
2:37100% CF
PK1FNieto – Hertl
1:25
PK2FBonino – Couture
1:05
PK1DBurns – Middleton
4:07
PK2DVlasic – Simek
1:24

Current SJS 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	0	1	1	+2	2	0.15	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	70	61
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	1	1	2	16:44	—	—	62	48
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	2	0	4	14:19	—	—	39	27
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	58	57
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	3	0	11:21	—	—	65	66
Jesper Froden R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	10:34	—	—	65	62
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	29	16
Craig Smith C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	43	70
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:29	—	—	25	20
Brad Marchand L	L4	2	1	3	+3	8	1.07	1	0	0	20:27	—	—	75	90
Patrice Bergeron C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.51	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	95	100
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	65	83
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.09	4	0	0	26:27	—	—	66	89
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	3	0	19:28	—	—	68	88
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	4	0	20:44	—	—	55	38
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	16:15	—	—	56	45
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.04	1	1	0	16:53	—	—	50	49
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	14:32	—	—	60	57

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	16	15	1	.938	1.51	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.66	2	1	0	22:45	—	—	50	65
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	42	44
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.16	1	0	0	19:00	—	—	48	54
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.19	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	30	21
Ryan Dzingel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	1	0	16:23	—	—	35	45
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	1	2	14:38	—	—	35	28
Jasper Weatherby C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	47	38
Jeffrey Viel L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	7:48	—	—	46	30
Jonah Gadjovich L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	7:32	—	—	46	30
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	2	0	16:58	—	—	35	2
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	39	55
Jonathan Dahlen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	36	12
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.01	1	2	0	26:05	—	—	41	25
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	3	0	21:18	—	—	39	39
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	23:15	—	—	36	34
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	12:06	—	—	27	8
Ryan Merkley D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	2	1	0	17:18	—	—	58	73
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:00	—	—	36	56

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	2.79	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. San Jose SharksFeb 26, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

San Jose Sharks