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Vancouver Canucks vs. Boston BruinsNov 28, 2021

Final· TD Garden
Goals123TShots123T
VAN1102VAN10171138
BOS1023BOS11131842
VAN 57BOS 63
VAN 2.17BOS 2.40
PP goals
VAN 1BOS 2
Hits
VAN 18BOS 28
Blocks
VAN 11BOS 12
PIM
VAN 6BOS 8
VAN 49%BOS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Foligno, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 3:37 together.

  1. Points
    Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:10.Marchand
  2. Points
    Patrice Bergeron had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:52.Bergeron
  3. PP1
    BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Foligno, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 3:37 together.BergeronMarchandFolignoPastrnakMcAvoy
  4. Goalie
    Jaroslav Halak (VAN) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +18 against a season average of 23.5; the loss.Halak
  5. New line
    New look for BOS: Smith–Coyle–Hall skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SmithCoyleHall
  6. Goalie
    Linus Ullmark (BOS) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +10 against a season average of 27.8; the win.Ullmark
  7. New line
    New look for BOS: Foligno–Frederic–Kuhlman skated 7:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.FolignoFredericKuhlman
  8. Usage
    Nick Foligno (BOS) played 17:24, +5:01 up on his 12:23 season average over 63 games.Foligno

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, VAN at BOS: 120 attempts, 80 on goal, 5 goals, 4.57 expected goals; best chance Trent Frederic at 0.21 xG.

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

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · BOS 63 · VAN 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VAN at BOS: expected goals 2.40 to 2.17 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 63 to 57, 5 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdBOSVANPBGMPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BOS
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BOSVANcontrol2nd3rdPearson · 1st 3:33Blidh · 1st 5:51Garland · 2nd 12:31Marchand · 3rd 8:45Pastrnak · 3rd 16:36
  • BOS pressure
  • VAN pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 29% of the game, BOS 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VAN at BOS: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Linus Ullmark (60:00) for BOS and Jaroslav Halak (57:56) for VAN, 5 goals.

BOS
VAN
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
StatVANBOS
4361
1.142.08
1.121.99
48
48
712
−0.010+0.010
29%36%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Current VAN line combinations →

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:33
    VAN 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 5:51
    VAN 1 – 1 BOS

2nd period

  1. 12:31
    VAN 2 – 1 BOS

Box score

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

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
J.T. Miller CL1000-130.1100022:32——3227
Brock Boeser RL1011-120.2801017:38——3830
Nils Hoglander LL1011-130.1910215:37——2818
Bo Horvat CL2000030.2411022:59——3731
Conor Garland RL2101+160.1500218:39——5436
Tanner Pearson LL2101010.0230016:11——4528
Tyler Motte CL3000+110.1401014:29——3551
Alex Chiasson RL3000010.1800013:02——4352
Jason Dickinson CL3000+110.1631011:27——3748
Elias Pettersson CL4000020.1900013:05——7066
Vasily Podkolzin RL4000000.0010011:52——4331
Justin Dowling CL4000000.010008:19——6774
Tyler Myers DD1000020.0223024:52——4136
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DD1000020.0520224:33——4042
Tucker Poolman DD2000+150.1101015:51——4831
Kyle Burroughs DD2000+110.0221011:55——5335
Quinn Hughes DD3000-150.2900021:23——3937
Luke Schenn DD3000-100.0032013:03——3232
VAN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)L42393.9292.4057:56

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Brad Marchand LL1112050.1350220:10——7878
Patrice Bergeron CL1022030.2301019:52——7878
David Pastrnak RL1101-170.5710019:32——6569
Charlie Coyle CL2000010.0810017:26——6065
Craig Smith CL2000030.0910014:58——6053
Taylor Hall LL2000010.1100014:13——6067
Nick Foligno LL3011040.3720017:24——5976
Trent Frederic CL3000030.3731011:50——6076
Karson Kuhlman CL3000040.1410011:38——6475
Tomas Nosek LL4000000.0011212:00——2021
Anton Blidh LL4101010.012009:36——1511
Curtis Lazar CL4000+100.001007:05——2020
Mike Reilly DD1000000.0011017:17——4448
Jakub Zboril DD1000020.0731215:30——4850
Charlie McAvoy DD2000050.1703027:52——7181
Derek Forbort DD2000000.0022018:46——6177
Matt Grzelcyk DD3000000.0111219:57——6463
Brandon Carlo DD3000030.0331017:10——5649
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Linus Ullmark(start)W38362.9472.1760:00