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Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston BruinsMar 3, 2018

Final / OT· TD Garden
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Goals123OTTShots123OTT
MTL10001MTL12511028
BOS00112BOS101917450
MTL 45BOS 88
MTL 3.09BOS 5.46
PP goals
MTL 0BOS 1
Hits
MTL 30BOS 22
Blocks
MTL 18BOS 6
PIM
MTL 12BOS 6
MTL 37%BOS 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 in overtime at home. Torey Krug (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Antti Niemi (MTL) faced 50 shots and stopped 48 (.960), +20 against a season average of 29.6; the overtime loss.

  1. Points
    Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 10 shots in 24:46.Krug
  2. Goalie
    Antti Niemi (MTL) faced 50 shots and stopped 48 (.960), +20 against a season average of 29.6; the overtime loss.Niemi
  3. Usage
    Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 0:37, −21:53 down on his 22:30 season average over 62 games.McAvoy
  4. Luck
    BOS scored 2 goals on 5.46 expected goals (88 attempts), well short of its chances.
  5. New line
    New look for MTL: Deslauriers–Froese–Shaw skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeslauriersFroeseShaw
  6. Luck
    MTL scored 1 goal on 3.09 expected goals (45 attempts), well short of its chances.
  7. New line
    New look for BOS: Gionta–Backes–Heinen skated 5:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (84.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GiontaBackesHeinen
  8. New line
    New look for MTL: Byron–Shaw–de la Rose skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (23.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ByronShawde la Rose

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.

Shot map, MTL at BOS: 133 attempts, 78 on goal, 3 goals, 8.55 expected goals; best chance Nikita Scherbak at 0.30 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BOS
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · BOS 88 · MTL 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at BOS: expected goals 5.46 to 3.09 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 88 to 45, 3 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdOTBOSMTLGDMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 62:06
  • BOS
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BOSMTLcontrol2nd3rdOTGallagher · 1st 9:16DeBrusk · 3rd 17:15Marchand · OT 2:06
  • 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 27% of the game, BOS 52%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MTL at BOS: 38 players over 62:06; most ice Anton Khudobin (61:55) for BOS and Antti Niemi (62:06) for MTL, 3 goals.

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
StatMTLBOS
3556
2.342.81
2.162.68
813
42
2222
−0.144+0.144
27%52%

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

Current MTL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 9:16
    MTLBrendan Gallagherwrist0.01 xG
    MTL: Alzner, Deslauriers, Froese, Gallagher, JuulsenBOS: Marchand, Miller, Kuraly, Krug, Pastrnak
    MTL 1 – 0 BOS

3rd period

  1. 17:15
    BOSJake DeBruskPP (Nick Holden, Torey Krug)tip-in0.09 xG
    MTL: Alzner, Deslauriers, Froese, JuulsenBOS: Gionta, Krejci, Holden, Krug, DeBrusk
    MTL 1 – 1 BOS

OT period

  1. 2:06
    BOSBrad Marchand (Torey Krug, Brian Gionta)wrist0.14 xG
    MTL: Gallagher, Drouin, JuulsenBOS: Marchand, Holden, DeBrusk
    MTL 1 – 2 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jonathan Drouin LL1000-110.1301218:34——5537
Alex Galchenyuk CL1000030.3800018:18——5440
Brendan Gallagher RL1101030.2400018:16——5540
Andrew Shaw RL2000020.2621013:42——3754
Byron Froese CL2000+120.1321213:29——2931
Nicolas Deslauriers LL2000+100.0040011:29——3941
Artturi Lehkonen LL3000020.2320016:59——3964
Phillip Danault CL3000000.0210014:09——144
Nikita Scherbak RL3000030.5810012:37——3664
Paul Byron LL4000010.2112018:06——2545
Jacob de la Rose LL4000020.2951212:53——3251
Logan Shaw RL4000020.351009:15——2646
Karl Alzner DD1000+110.0824021:33——4844
Noah Juulsen DD1000010.0112221:09——4842
Jeff Petry DD2000010.0130222:29——3937
Jordie Benn DD2000010.0221017:44——4843
David Schlemko DD3000020.1315017:23——2651
Mike Reilly DD3000010.0320216:23——3052
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Antti Niemi(start)O50482.9605.4662:06

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
David Krejci CL1000020.0900020:37——5952
Rick Nash LL1000081.2810019:59——6767
Jake DeBrusk LL1101+150.3910016:40——7984
Brad Marchand LL2101020.5710021:04——5675
David Pastrnak RL2000-140.8011019:10——5972
Riley Nash CL2000010.0200014:35——6068
Tim Schaller LL3000010.1011011:15——7031
Sean Kuraly CL3000-110.1010210:59——5019
Noel Acciari CL3000010.0450010:44——4415
Brian Gionta RL4011010.1310015:43——6741
David Backes RL4000050.6730015:33——7265
Danton Heinen LL4000010.130009:35——6544
Zdeno Chara DD1000010.1300223:35——4436
Brandon Carlo DD1000010.1430220:04——6269
Nick Holden DD2011+160.2410021:52——7370
Kevan Miller DD2000-100.0002021:41——6744
Torey Krug D—022-1100.6432024:46——6461
Charlie McAvoy D—000000.000000:37——5022
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Anton Khudobin(start)W28271.9643.0961:55