Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota WildApr 4, 2019

FinalThursday, Apr 4, 2019· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	8	18	9	35
MIN	0	0	0	0		MIN	9	9	8	26

: BOS 67MIN 52
: BOS 3.62MIN 2.65
PP goals: BOS 0MIN 0
Hits: BOS 13MIN 18
Blocks: BOS 14MIN 15
PIM: BOS 4MIN 6
: BOS 54%MIN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Minnesota Wild 3–0

Boston Bruins beat Minnesota Wild 3–0 at MIN. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Bergeron–Pastrnak–DeBrusk skated 11:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for BOS: Bergeron–Pastrnak–DeBrusk skated 11:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bergeron Pastrnak DeBrusk
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Donato–Kunin skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Donato Kunin
New line
New look for MIN: Zucker–Fiala–Eriksson Ek skated 9:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Fiala Eriksson Ek
Luck
MIN scored 0 goals on 2.65 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Anthony Bitetto (MIN) played 20:08, +8:27 up on his 11:41 season average over 35 games.Bitetto
Usage
Ryan Suter (MIN) played 18:18, −8:30 down on his 26:48 season average over 81 games.Suter
Usage
Kevan Miller (BOS) played 9:44, −8:13 down on his 17:57 season average over 38 games.Miller
Usage
Steven Kampfer (BOS) played 19:51, +5:23 up on his 14:28 season average over 34 games.Kampfer

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 119 of 119 attempts · MIN 52 · BOS 67

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 44% of the game, MIN 23%.

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
	68	47
	2.68	2.21
	2.48	2.15
	13	5
	6	8
	18	12
	+0.015	−0.015
	44%	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

L1Bergeron – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
11:0150% CF
L2Backes – Nordstrom – Acciari
10:0057% CF
L3Johansson – Coyle – Senyshyn
9:1550% CF
L4Heinen – Frederic – Kuhlman
8:2644% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
12:5150% CF
D2Kampfer – Clifton
10:0444% CF
D3Miller – Grzelcyk
9:1360% CF

PP1Bergeron – Johansson – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
3:0771% CF
PP2Backes – Kampfer – Coyle – Grzelcyk – Heinen
0:44
PK1FCoyle – Kuhlman
1:03
PK2FNordstrom – Acciari
0:39
PK1DKampfer – Krug
1:03
PK2DGrzelcyk – Carlo
0:57

Current BOS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Donato – Kunin
10:5038% CF
L2Zucker – Fiala – Eriksson Ek
9:1642% CF
L3Rask – Greenway – Sturm
8:2156% CF
L4Fehr – Foligno – Brown
7:1033% CF
D1Pateryn – Bitetto
18:2650% CF
D2Brodin – Hunt
16:4239% CF
D3Suter – Spurgeon
13:4444% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Spurgeon – Fiala – Kunin
1:01100% CF
PP2Zucker – Brodin – Hunt – Donato – Eriksson Ek
0:54
PK1FFehr – Foligno
1:13
PK2FEriksson Ek – Kunin
0:38
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:04
PK2DPateryn – Brodin
1:48

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:21
BOSJoakim Nordstrom (Noel Acciari, Matt Grzelcyk)snap0.13 xG
BOS: Backes, Nordstrom, Grzelcyk, Carlo, AcciariMIN: Staal, Pateryn, Bitetto, Donato, Kunin
BOS 1 – 0 MIN

3rd period

17:15
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Jake DeBrusk, Brandon Carlo)snap0.03 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Carlo, DeBruskMIN: Brodin, Hunt, Donato, Eriksson Ek, Kunin
BOS 2 – 0 MIN
17:51
BOSZach SenyshynEN (Marcus Johansson, Steven Kampfer)wrist0.51 xG
BOS: Kampfer, Johansson, Coyle, Clifton, SenyshynMIN: Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Zucker, Fiala, Greenway
BOS 3 – 0 MIN

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	0.43	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	58	34
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	54	32
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.43	1	1	0	17:16	—	—	52	31
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.37	3	0	0	15:59	—	—	66	56
David Backes R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	57	58
Joakim Nordstrom C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	58	55
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	17:42	—	—	61	67
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	1	0	15:31	—	—	57	56
Zach Senyshyn R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	1.09	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	60	66
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	14:04	—	—	71	80
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	67	54
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	9:05	—	—	50	60
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	3	0	22:54	—	—	56	38
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	1	2	21:01	—	—	56	54
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	0	2	20:38	—	—	59	53
Steven Kampfer D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	19:51	—	—	58	54
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	0	3	0	23:02	—	—	67	78
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	9:44	—	—	62	53

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.65	59:58

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eric Staal C	L1	-2	1	0.15	0	2	0	18:43	—	—	35	63
Luke Kunin C	L1	-2	3	0.21	2	0	4	18:13	—	—	32	62
Ryan Donato C	L1	-2	4	0.61	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	33	64
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	-1	2	0.11	4	0	0	16:20	—	—	33	32
Jason Zucker L	L2	-1	0	0.27	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	32	34
Kevin Fiala L	L2	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	35	27
Jordan Greenway L	L3	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	16:07	—	—	54	53
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	63	64
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	3	0.21	2	2	0	13:20	—	—	52	36
JT Brown R	L4	0	1	0.08	0	2	0	10:52	—	—	39	4
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	3	0.56	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	44	9
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	9:15	—	—	39	10
Greg Pateryn D	D1	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	20:59	—	—	45	28
Anthony Bitetto D	D1	-1	0	0.03	2	1	0	20:08	—	—	45	25
Jonas Brodin D	D2	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	21:53	—	—	36	40
Brad Hunt D	D2	-1	1	0.06	0	2	2	18:40	—	—	38	38
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	-1	2	0.07	0	3	0	20:03	—	—	38	57
Ryan Suter D	D3	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	44	66

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	3.11	59:43

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.