Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota WildMar 25, 2018

Final / OTSunday, Mar 25, 2018· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	0	1	0	1	2		BOS	12	12	3	1	28
MIN	0	0	1	0	1		MIN	11	8	6	0	25

: BOS 55MIN 46
: BOS 1.81MIN 2.06
PP goals: BOS 0MIN 0
Hits: BOS 15MIN 9
Blocks: BOS 7MIN 13
PIM: BOS 4MIN 4
: BOS 54%MIN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Minnesota Wild 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Minnesota Wild 2–1 in overtime at MIN. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak skated 15:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:18.Marchand
Points
Patrice Bergeron had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:08.Bergeron
New line
New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak skated 15:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bergeron Marchand Pastrnak
New line
New look for BOS: Gionta–Krejci–Donato skated 10:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gionta Krejci Donato
Usage
Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 29:00, +5:15 up on his 23:45 season average over 81 games.Dumba
New line
New look for BOS: Nash–Wingels–Heinen skated 10:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Wingels Heinen
New line
New look for MIN: Cullen–Niederreiter–Mitchell skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Niederreiter Mitchell
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 22:08, +5:29 up on his 16:39 season average over 60 games.Grzelcyk

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · MIN 46 · BOS 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 20% of the game, MIN 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	60	47
	1.69	1.93
	1.68	1.89
	7	8
	5	2
	10	7
	+0.033	−0.033
	20%	27%

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
15:0675% CF
L2Gionta – Krejci – Donato
10:5133% CF
L3Nash – Wingels – Heinen
10:3061% CF
L4Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
7:0446% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
16:4152% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
12:5169% CF
D3McQuaid – Holden
7:2470% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – Donato
1:52100% CF
PP2Gionta – Krejci – Holden – Grzelcyk – Heinen
1:470% CF
PK1FNash – Acciari
1:14
PK2FKuraly – Schaller
0:59
PK1DMcQuaid – Miller
1:52
PK2DHolden – Carlo
0:53

Current BOS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Winnik – Foligno – Eriksson Ek
7:4145% CF
L2Staal – Zucker – Granlund
7:3253% CF
L3Koivu – Parise – Coyle
6:0846% CF
L4Cullen – Niederreiter – Mitchell
5:3520% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
21:3436% CF
D2Brodin – Murphy
17:0452% CF
D3Prosser – Seeler
10:0938% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Parise – Granlund – Dumba
2:12100% CF
PP2Staal – Suter – Zucker – Niederreiter – Dumba
1:06100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
1:38
PK2FParise – Coyle
1:03
PK1DSuter – Dumba
1:59
PK2DProsser – Seeler
0:37

Current MIN 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	1	2	+2	2	0.13	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	70	60
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.16	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	73	73
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.32	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	69	72
David Krejci C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	41	39
Brian Gionta R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.52	2	0	0	14:55	—	—	42	40
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	36	40
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	62	47
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	62	46
Tommy Wingels C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:52	—	—	60	46
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	50	41
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	11:17	—	—	50	55
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	8:23	—	—	46	49
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	22:08	—	—	53	69
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	3	1	0	21:23	—	—	44	21
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	1	1	2	21:17	—	—	66	64
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	2	1	2	19:23	—	—	62	72
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	17:24	—	—	75	42
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	45	11

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.06	60:28

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	12:43	—	—	42	78
Daniel Winnik L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:19	—	—	33	68
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:24	—	—	43	77
Eric Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	56	79
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	56	80
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.77	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	59	81
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	36	12
Mikko Koivu C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	50	44
Zach Parise L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	53	48
Nino Niederreiter R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:28	—	—	36	47
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	3	0	12:01	—	—	20	18
Zack Mitchell R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:23	—	—	28	19
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	29:00	—	—	41	48
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	3	0	28:32	—	—	35	47
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	20:37	—	—	51	55
Ryan Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	51	55
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	12:40	—	—	38	56
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	10:47	—	—	39	58

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	O	28	26	2	.929	1.81	60:28

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. Minnesota WildMar 25, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Minnesota Wild 2–1 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Minnesota Wild