Boston Bruins vs. Dallas StarsMar 23, 2018

FinalFriday, Mar 23, 2018· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	3	3		BOS	10	16	10	36
DAL	1	1	0	2		DAL	17	13	12	42

: BOS 74DAL 67
: BOS 3.68DAL 3.21
PP goals: BOS 0DAL 0
Hits: BOS 19DAL 30
Blocks: BOS 19DAL 25
PIM: BOS 8DAL 6
: BOS 51%DAL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Dallas Stars 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Dallas Stars 3–2 at DAL. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +14 against a season average of 28.0; the win.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:57.Marchand
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:30.Pastrnak
Goalie
Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +14 against a season average of 28.0; the win.Rask
Goalie
Kari Lehtonen (DAL) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +10 against a season average of 25.6; the loss.Lehtonen
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 24:35, +7:58 up on his 16:37 season average over 60 games.Grzelcyk
New line
New look for DAL: McKenzie–Dickinson–Elie skated 4:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McKenzie Dickinson Elie
Usage
Jordan Szwarz (BOS) played 5:34, −6:29 down on his 12:03 season average over 11 games.Szwarz
Usage
Kevan Miller (BOS) played 23:33, +4:09 up on his 19:24 season average over 67 games.Miller

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 141 of 141 attempts · DAL 67 · BOS 74

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 30% of the game, DAL 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	65	54
	2.59	1.34
	2.53	1.28
	11	16
	2	5
	6	11
	+0.020	−0.020
	30%	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

L1Marchand – Nash – Pastrnak
12:4240% CF
L2Krejci – Donato – Heinen
11:5457% CF
L3Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
5:3567% CF
L4Gionta – Wingels – Szwarz
2:2140% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
15:2067% CF
D2Holden – Carlo
10:1432% CF
D3McQuaid – Postma
2:4975% CF

PP1Marchand – Nash – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – Donato
2:2871% CF
PP2Gionta – Krejci – Postma – Holden – Heinen
2:24100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Acciari
1:26
PK2FWingels – Schaller
0:59
PK1DMcQuaid – Miller
2:46
PK2DHolden – Carlo
2:36

Current BOS line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Faksa – Janmark
12:3547% CF
L2Benn – Seguin – Ritchie
9:1655% CF
L3Roussel – Pitlick – Shore
7:4656% CF
L4McKenzie – Dickinson – Elie
4:1750% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
15:3943% CF
D2Hamhuis – Pateryn
13:4638% CF
D3Methot – Johns
11:0750% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Ritchie
3:5673% CF
PP2Johns – Faksa – Lindell – Shore – Janmark
1:23100% CF
PK1FPitlick – Faksa
1:08
PK2FBenn – Seguin
1:07
PK1DHamhuis – Pateryn
3:01
PK2DMethot – Johns
2:00

Current DAL 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
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.19	1	1	0	19:57	—	—	48	50
Riley Nash C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.64	0	3	4	18:50	—	—	40	24
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.49	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	44	46
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	18:53	—	—	57	71
David Krejci C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.66	0	1	0	16:43	—	—	61	78
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	55	59
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	61	67
Tim Schaller L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	67	69
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	0	0	11:35	—	—	59	48
Brian Gionta R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	57	85
Tommy Wingels C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	0	0	9:46	—	—	50	70
Jordan Szwarz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	5:34	—	—	42	69
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.25	0	0	0	24:35	—	—	67	82
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	2	4	0	23:33	—	—	69	85
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	25:31	—	—	44	67
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	5	2	17:45	—	—	32	25
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.08	1	2	2	15:52	—	—	55	64
Paul Postma D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	9:41	—	—	50	53

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	3.21	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.38	0	0	0	21:26	—	—	50	42
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.32	0	4	0	21:14	—	—	40	21
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	1	1	0	18:41	—	—	47	32
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.38	0	3	0	20:36	—	—	47	37
Jamie Benn L	L2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.39	6	0	0	19:29	—	—	47	40
Brett Ritchie R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.50	2	0	2	14:22	—	—	50	42
Devin Shore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	5	0	0	15:42	—	—	44	60
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	42	41
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	0	2	12:10	—	—	53	39
Curtis McKenzie L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	2	0	0	9:34	—	—	46	6
Remi Elie L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:50	—	—	33	5
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	5:26	—	—	46	7
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	23:36	—	—	48	32
Esa Lindell D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	1	3	0	21:32	—	—	44	32
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	2	0	19:14	—	—	39	50
Greg Pateryn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	2	8	0	19:01	—	—	39	49
Stephen Johns D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.20	2	2	0	17:35	—	—	56	23
Marc Methot D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	15:14	—	—	50	21

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kari Lehtonen(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	3.04	59:38

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. Dallas StarsMar 23, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Dallas Stars 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Dallas Stars