Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston BruinsJan 17, 2018

FinalWednesday, Jan 17, 2018· TD Garden

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Boston BruinsBOS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	0	1		MTL	6	7	9	22
BOS	1	1	2	4		BOS	12	13	7	32

: MTL 39BOS 63
: MTL 1.85BOS 2.52
PP goals: MTL 0BOS 1
Hits: MTL 32BOS 32
Blocks: MTL 21BOS 10
PIM: MTL 6BOS 4
: MTL 43%BOS 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Spooner, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:00 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:54.Marchand
Points
David Krejci had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:58.Krejci
Points
Patrice Bergeron had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:16.Bergeron
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Spooner, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:00 together.Bergeron Marchand Spooner Krug Pastrnak
Usage
Jakub Jerabek (MTL) played 20:32, +4:20 up on his 16:12 season average over 35 games.Jerabek
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Brad Marchand (BOS) played 15:54, −3:52 down on his 19:46 season average over 67 games.Marchand
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David Pastrnak (BOS) played 14:57, −3:03 down on his 18:00 season average over 81 games.Pastrnak
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Jordie Benn (MTL) played 23:28, +4:33 up on his 18:55 season average over 76 games.Benn

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

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · BOS 63 · MTL 39

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 23% of the game, BOS 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

MTL

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	MTL	BOS
	41	62
	1.57	1.27
	1.52	1.27
	6	5
	2	1
	23	20
	−0.067	+0.067
	23%	42%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Plekanec – Gallagher – Lehkonen
9:4150% CF
L2Byron – Pacioretty – Hudon
9:0033% CF
L3Deslauriers – Galchenyuk – Drouin
6:4964% CF
L4Froese – de la Rose – Carr
5:1844% CF
D1Benn – Jerabek
18:2742% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
14:2727% CF
D3Schlemko – Mete
12:3950% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
2:0575% CF
PP2Schlemko – Galchenyuk – Hudon – Lehkonen – Mete
0:26
PK1FByron – Pacioretty
2:23
PK2FPlekanec – Lehkonen
2:08
PK1DPetry – Alzner
1:39
PK2DSchlemko – Benn
0:45

Current MTL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Spooner – DeBrusk
12:1657% CF
L2Backes – Nash – Heinen
12:0175% CF
L3Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
11:0253% CF
L4Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
10:3055% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
17:1846% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
16:3167% CF
D3McQuaid – Grzelcyk
13:1568% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Spooner – Krug – Pastrnak
3:00100% CF
PP2Backes – Krejci – Grzelcyk – Heinen – McAvoy
1:42100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
0:46
PK2FNash – Kuraly
0:31
PK1DChara – Carlo
0:51
PK2DKrug – McAvoy
0:26

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:31
MTLJakub Jerabek (Charles Hudon, Paul Byron)tip-in0.07 xG
MTL: Alzner, Byron, Pacioretty, Hudon, JerabekBOS: Chara, Backes, Marchand, Nash, McAvoy
MTL 1 – 0 BOS
6:50
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Byron, Pacioretty, HudonBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
MTL 1 – 1 BOS

2nd period

2:37
BOSRyan Spooner (David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk)backhand0.01 xG
MTL: Schlemko, Froese, Galchenyuk, Drouin, MeteBOS: Krejci, McQuaid, Spooner, Grzelcyk, DeBrusk
MTL 1 – 2 BOS

3rd period

3:40
BOSBrad MarchandPP (Patrice Bergeron, Torey Krug)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Pacioretty, BennBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Spooner, Krug, Pastrnak
MTL 1 – 3 BOS
16:46
BOSDavid KrejciEN (David Backes)wrist0.94 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Byron, Pacioretty, Lehkonen, MeteBOS: Chara, Backes, Krejci, Heinen, McAvoy
MTL 1 – 4 BOS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	4	0	0	16:01	—	—	50	67
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	15:00	—	—	52	66
Tomas Plekanec C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	3	2	0	14:37	—	—	43	58
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	5	0	0	17:36	—	—	30	60
Paul Byron L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:20	—	—	26	69
Charles Hudon L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	1	2	0	13:25	—	—	35	64
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	41	54
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	42	58
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	5	0	0	12:39	—	—	50	55
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	2	2	14:19	—	—	38	54
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	4	12:07	—	—	32	11
Daniel Carr L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	11:16	—	—	28	11
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	23:28	—	—	42	45
Jakub Jerabek D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	2	2	0	20:32	—	—	45	48
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	2	2	0	23:13	—	—	26	50
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	1	0	18:56	—	—	29	60
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	44	61
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:53	—	—	50	68

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	1.57	59:41

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Spooner C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.07	4	0	0	16:07	—	—	57	44
David Krejci C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	1.08	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	56	43
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:21	—	—	57	44
David Backes R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	4	0	0	16:35	—	—	71	65
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:26	—	—	75	73
Riley Nash C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	0	0	14:23	—	—	72	64
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	5	0	0	13:18	—	—	58	40
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:31	—	—	58	39
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:50	—	—	56	39
Patrice Bergeron C	L4	0	2	2	+1	0	0.11	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	60	34
Brad Marchand L	L4	1	1	2	0	3	0.23	2	1	0	15:54	—	—	54	30
David Pastrnak R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.19	2	0	0	14:57	—	—	59	32
Torey Krug D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	21:48	—	—	52	27
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	21:25	—	—	45	24
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:52	—	—	63	51
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	2	2	20:12	—	—	65	60
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	70	62
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.09	2	0	0	15:12	—	—	70	60

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.85	60:00

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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.