Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota WildMar 18, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 18, 2023· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	2	2	5		BOS	16	15	7	38
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	9	10	12	31

: BOS 59MIN 57
: BOS 3.61MIN 3.53
PP goals: BOS 1MIN 1
Hits: BOS 29MIN 16
Blocks: BOS 12MIN 9
PIM: BOS 12MIN 10
: BOS 60%MIN 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Boston Bruins beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at MIN. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:40 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:38.Marchand
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:56.Pastrnak
Points
Marcus Johansson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:20.Johansson
Points
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:54.Bergeron
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:40 together.Bergeron Marchand Lindholm Pastrnak DeBrusk
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +7 against a season average of 30.1; the loss.Gustavsson
Luck
MIN scored 2 goals on 3.53 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 15:56, −3:41 down on his 19:37 season average over 81 games.Pastrnak

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 116 of 116 attempts · MIN 57 · BOS 59

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 36% of the game, MIN 25%.

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	42
	2.88	1.82
	2.72	1.71
	7	11
	5	8
	13	12
	+0.011	−0.011
	36%	25%

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

L1Coyle – Bertuzzi – Frederic
9:5680% CF
L2Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha
8:2950% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
8:1653% CF
L4Hathaway – Nosek – Lauko
7:4345% CF
D1Orlov – Clifton
14:0974% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
12:3443% CF
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
11:4357% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
2:40100% CF
PP2Krejci – Orlov – Bertuzzi – Zacha – McAvoy
1:2967% CF
PK1FCoyle – Nosek
1:39
PK2FBergeron – DeBrusk
0:47
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
2:49
PK2DOrlov – McAvoy
1:21

Current BOS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Walker
9:5069% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
8:4941% CF
L3Sundqvist – Gaudreau – Steel
8:1850% CF
L4Reaves – Shaw – Dewar
6:2733% CF
D1Goligoski – Dumba
14:1157% CF
D2Spurgeon – Klingberg
12:4024% CF
D3Merrill – Addison
9:2750% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Klingberg – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
4:4085% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Sundqvist – Gaudreau – Addison
0:58100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
2:15
PK2FShaw – Dewar
1:05
PK1DGoligoski – Spurgeon
1:53
PK2DDumba – Addison
1:26

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
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.75	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	75	90
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	79	86
Trent Frederic C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.74	2	0	0	13:42	—	—	70	82
David Pastrnak R	L2	1	1	2	0	6	0.48	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	54	50
David Krejci C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.40	0	2	0	14:41	—	—	52	47
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:37	—	—	52	49
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	3	3	+2	1	0.15	2	0	2	16:38	—	—	50	66
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	1	1	2	+3	2	0.41	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	55	76
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.22	2	2	2	15:10	—	—	57	79
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	46	1
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	7	0	2	11:29	—	—	56	28
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:32	—	—	50	2
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.17	2	0	2	22:14	—	—	73	73
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	4	2	0	19:25	—	—	68	76
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.02	2	2	2	21:07	—	—	44	54
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	41	51
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:03	—	—	58	50
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	58	55

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.53	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.55	0	0	0	21:51	—	—	41	40
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	3	0	0	19:08	—	—	52	41
Sammy Walker C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	60	66
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	1	0	0	21:17	—	—	36	37
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	1	1	0	6	1.00	2	0	0	20:20	—	—	46	49
Marcus Johansson L	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.41	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	36	37
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	32	19
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	1	0	1	-3	2	0.22	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	44	32
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	57	40
Mason Shaw C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	10:07	—	—	25	24
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	9:16	—	—	33	73
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	4	0	0	7:45	—	—	29	51
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	2	20:38	—	—	49	51
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	47	57
John Klingberg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	24:38	—	—	34	21
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	3	0	23:38	—	—	24	15
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	4	13:14	—	—	40	49
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:14	—	—	53	52

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.04	58:25

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 18, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Minnesota Wild