Vancouver Canucks vs. Boston BruinsFeb 8, 2024

FinalThursday, Feb 8, 2024· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	4	9	4	17
BOS	2	2	0	4		BOS	11	9	4	24

: VAN 44BOS 41
: VAN 1.68BOS 2.36
PP goals: VAN 0BOS 0
Hits: VAN 31BOS 28
Blocks: VAN 7BOS 16
PIM: VAN 10BOS 10
: VAN 57%BOS 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Vancouver Canucks 4–0

Boston Bruins beat Vancouver Canucks 4–0 at home. Pavel Zacha (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS scored 4 goals on 2.36 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:51.Zacha
Points
Charlie Coyle had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:22.Coyle
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:22.Pastrnak
Luck
BOS scored 4 goals on 2.36 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
VAN scored 0 goals on 1.68 expected goals (44 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Pavel Zacha (BOS) played 14:51, −3:18 down on his 18:09 season average over 77 games.Zacha
Usage
Elias Lindholm (VAN) played 14:11, −5:35 down on his 19:46 season average over 74 games.Lindholm
Usage
Elias Pettersson (VAN) played 14:17, −5:26 down on his 19:43 season average over 81 games.Pettersson

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

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

BOS
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 85 of 85 attempts · BOS 41 · VAN 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 22% of the game, BOS 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	VAN	BOS
	41	37
	1.50	1.91
	1.47	1.87
	12	10
	2	4
	12	12
	+0.043	−0.043
	22%	28%

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

L1Blueger – Joshua – Garland
10:2563% CF
L2Lafferty – Hoglander – Aman
9:1127% CF
L3Miller – Boeser – Suter
8:0258% CF
L4Lindholm – Pettersson – Mikheyev
7:1843% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
13:2756% CF
D2Zadorov – Juulsen
12:3740% CF
D3Cole – Myers
10:5450% CF

PP1Miller – Lindholm – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
3:0450% CF
PP2Lafferty – Garland – Hronek – Suter – Mikheyev
2:23100% CF
PK1FPettersson – Mikheyev
1:28
PK2FBlueger – Joshua
0:51
PK1DCole – Myers
2:25
PK2DJuulsen – Hronek
1:05

Current VAN line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk
9:1443% CF
L2Heinen – Steen – Boqvist
6:5550% CF
L3Frederic – Geekie – Lauko
6:4933% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Pastrnak – Zacha
6:3453% CF
D1Forbort – Wotherspoon
13:4260% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:0958% CF
D3Lindholm – Carlo
10:4335% CF

PP1Marchand – van Riemsdyk – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
2:34100% CF
PP2Grzelcyk – Heinen – Wotherspoon – Frederic – Geekie
1:10100% CF
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
1:52
PK2FHeinen – Frederic
1:12
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
3:35
PK2DForbort – McAvoy
1:57

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:32
BOSBrad MarchandSH (Charlie Coyle)wrist0.23 xG
VAN: Miller, Lindholm, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Lindholm, Carlo
VAN 0 – 1 BOS
15:37
BOSDanton HeinenSH (Charlie Coyle)wrist0.16 xG
VAN: Miller, Lindholm, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesBOS: Coyle, Forbort, Heinen, McAvoy
VAN 0 – 2 BOS

2nd period

0:34
BOSMorgan Geekie (David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha)tip-in0.10 xG
VAN: Cole, Myers, Lindholm, Pettersson, MikheyevBOS: Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie
VAN 0 – 3 BOS
0:49
BOSPavel Zacha (James van Riemsdyk, David Pastrnak)wrist0.22 xG
VAN: Cole, Myers, Lindholm, Pettersson, MikheyevBOS: van Riemsdyk, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy
VAN 0 – 4 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
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Conor Garland R	L1	0	2	0.03	2	0	2	17:45	—	—	65	49
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	0	0.05	2	1	0	16:46	—	—	53	47
Dakota Joshua C	L1	0	4	0.34	5	0	0	14:06	—	—	67	52
Nils Aman C	L2	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:14	—	—	47	33
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	12:51	—	—	44	32
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:44	—	—	31	8
Pius Suter C	L3	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	57	78
Brock Boeser R	L3	-2	0	0.07	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	53	76
J.T. Miller C	L3	-2	1	0.12	2	0	4	13:54	—	—	64	79
Elias Pettersson C	L4	-4	0	0.05	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	47	33
Elias Lindholm C	L4	-4	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:11	—	—	50	33
Ilya Mikheyev R	L4	-2	3	0.30	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	47	32
Quinn Hughes D	D1	-2	3	0.13	0	0	0	23:33	—	—	62	51
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	0.02	4	1	0	22:25	—	—	60	48
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0.20	4	0	4	18:02	—	—	39	27
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:04	—	—	50	35
Ian Cole D	D3	-2	1	0.01	0	3	0	18:52	—	—	52	53
Tyler Myers D	D3	-2	0	0.15	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	50	51

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.36	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	38	52
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.47	0	0	2	18:13	—	—	44	52
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	50	58
Danton Heinen L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	1	2	0	14:06	—	—	33	7
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	11:43	—	—	55	63
Oskar Steen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	1	0	0	11:23	—	—	69	73
Morgan Geekie C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	6	2	0	15:04	—	—	45	50
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:23	—	—	29	44
Jakub Lauko C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	0	4	10:52	—	—	65	81
David Pastrnak R	L4	0	2	2	+2	6	0.51	2	1	2	17:22	—	—	40	49
Pavel Zacha C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.22	1	1	0	14:51	—	—	53	65
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:36	—	—	40	46
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:40	—	—	55	66
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	3	0	18:35	—	—	54	57
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.20	2	1	2	21:08	—	—	52	72
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.07	1	1	0	18:44	—	—	52	65
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:31	—	—	33	31
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	39	34

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	17	17	0	.1000	1.68	59:36

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brad Marchand (BOS SH) 1st 0:32 · assists Charlie Coyle · Dump and chase · dumped in · 34.1 mph shot · 7.5 s from entry to goal.

Brad Marchand · 1st 0:32 · BOS SH

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s

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Danton Heinen · 1st 15:37 · BOS SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 31.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Morgan Geekie · 2nd 0:34 · BOS

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Pavel Zacha · 2nd 0:49 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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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.