Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston BruinsMar 23, 2023

FinalThursday, Mar 23, 2023· TD Garden

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

2

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Boston BruinsBOS

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	11	14	6	31
BOS	2	1	1	4		BOS	8	6	7	21

: MTL 63BOS 40
: MTL 2.95BOS 2.51
PP goals: MTL 2BOS 0
Hits: MTL 28BOS 26
Blocks: MTL 10BOS 10
PIM: MTL 14BOS 25
: MTL 48%BOS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Gurianov, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:45 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:22.Pastrnak
Points
Kirby Dach had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:00.Dach
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:27.Suzuki
Points
Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:54.Bertuzzi
Points
Connor Clifton had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:13.Clifton
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Gurianov, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:45 together.Matheson Gurianov Suzuki Harvey-Pinard Dach
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New look for MTL: Drouin–Gurianov–Dach skated 10:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Gurianov Dach
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New look for MTL: Hoffman–Suzuki–Harvey-Pinard skated 7:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Suzuki Harvey-Pinard

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 103 of 103 attempts · BOS 40 · MTL 63

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 34% of the game, BOS 27%.

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
	54	32
	2.28	2.21
	2.18	2.06
	10	14
	7	4
	19	17
	+0.001	−0.001
	34%	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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Drouin – Gurianov – Dach
10:1270% CF
L2Hoffman – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
7:5173% CF
L3Gallagher – Evans – Pitlick
7:0653% CF
L4Belzile – Tierney – Pezzetta
3:4250% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
8:0275% CF
D2Edmundson – Barron
6:3070% CF
D3Wideman – Kovacevic
4:4450% CF

PP1Matheson – Gurianov – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard – Dach
5:45100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Belzile – Drouin – Pitlick – Barron
2:2675% CF
PK1FSuzuki – Harvey-Pinard
2:14
PK2FTierney – Evans
1:59
PK1DSavard – Matheson
2:53
PK2DEdmundson – Kovacevic
2:36

Current MTL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha
6:3233% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
5:0118% CF
L3Coyle – Bertuzzi – Frederic
4:2467% CF
L4Hathaway – Nosek – Greer
1:3520% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
12:2424% CF
D2Orlov – Lindholm
10:0029% CF
D3Clifton – Zboril
7:5550% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
4:13100% CF
PP2Krejci – Orlov – Bertuzzi – Zacha – McAvoy
2:11100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Nosek
3:57
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:31
PK1DOrlov – McAvoy
4:13
PK2DLindholm – Zboril
1:44

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:34
BOSTyler Bertuzzi (Charlie Coyle, Jakub Zboril)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Wideman, Belzile, Matheson, Tierney, PezzettaBOS: Coyle, Clifton, Bertuzzi, Zboril, Frederic
MTL 0 – 1 BOS
13:38
BOSJake DeBrusk (Connor Clifton, Patrice Bergeron)wrist0.17 xG
MTL: Savard, Edmundson, Drouin, Gurianov, PitlickBOS: Bergeron, Lindholm, Grzelcyk, Clifton, DeBrusk
MTL 0 – 2 BOS
19:41
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Denis Gurianov, Kirby Dach)slap0.14 xG
MTL: Matheson, Gurianov, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard, DachBOS: Orlov, Zacha, McAvoy, Frederic
MTL 1 – 2 BOS

2nd period

2:36
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Tyler Bertuzzi)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Savard, Edmundson, Tierney, Drouin, EvansBOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, Bertuzzi, Pastrnak, McAvoy
MTL 1 – 3 BOS
16:13
MTLKirby DachPP (Mike Matheson, Nick Suzuki)tip-in0.10 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Matheson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard, DachBOS: Orlov, Zacha, Zboril, DeBrusk
MTL 2 – 3 BOS

3rd period

12:16
BOSDavid Krejci (Connor Clifton, David Pastrnak)backhand0.10 xG
MTL: Savard, Gallagher, Edmundson, Evans, PitlickBOS: Krejci, Clifton, Pastrnak, Zacha, Zboril
MTL 2 – 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
Kirby Dach C	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.26	3	0	0	24:00	—	—	76	75
Denis Gurianov R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.28	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	68	53
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.29	2	0	0	17:21	—	—	65	57
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.51	2	2	0	22:27	—	—	77	73
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	3	0	0	20:05	—	—	78	77
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	12:49	—	—	73	40
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	2	0	0	14:46	—	—	53	23
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:20	—	—	56	20
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	0	2	4	11:58	—	—	48	27
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	50	61
Alex Belzile R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	10:14	—	—	46	62
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	1	0	0	6:12	—	—	54	77
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.13	1	2	4	28:55	—	—	65	46
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.12	4	1	0	20:14	—	—	68	56
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	3	1	0	19:57	—	—	59	52
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	4	16:13	—	—	67	57
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	53	48
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:16	—	—	50	21

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.51	57:56

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.73	2	1	0	22:22	—	—	37	53
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	3	1	0	16:15	—	—	36	30
David Krejci C	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	44	69
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.39	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	35	37
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	4	15:08	—	—	20	32
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.29	3	1	0	15:03	—	—	27	48
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.13	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	50	67
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:23	—	—	54	59
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	47	41
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	29	35
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	11:27	—	—	33	50
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	1	15	2:13	—	—	20	71
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	2	24:24	—	—	30	21
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	3	2	0	17:29	—	—	31	37
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	22:54	—	—	33	43
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:48	—	—	41	60
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	2	0	2	15:13	—	—	48	60
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.21	3	2	0	12:13	—	—	44	55

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.95	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.