Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsNov 4, 2017

FinalSaturday, Nov 4, 2017· TD Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Boston BruinsBOS

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	1	0	3		WSH	8	13	6	27
BOS	0	1	1	2		BOS	7	12	14	33

: WSH 43BOS 56
: WSH 2.09BOS 2.72
PP goals: WSH 0BOS 1
Hits: WSH 23BOS 25
Blocks: WSH 13BOS 8
PIM: WSH 8BOS 2
: WSH 48%BOS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Boston Bruins 3–2

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at BOS. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and Heinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:32 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:39.Pastrnak
Points
Tom Wilson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:12.Wilson
Points
Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:55.Krug
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and Heinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:32 together.Bergeron Marchand Krug Pastrnak Heinen
Usage
Brooks Orpik (WSH) played 25:08, +5:50 up on his 19:18 season average over 80 games.Orpik
New line
New look for WSH: Beagle–Chiasson–O'Brien skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle Chiasson O'Brien
Usage
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) played 18:54, −4:17 down on his 23:11 season average over 81 games.Orlov
Usage
Torey Krug (BOS) played 24:55, +4:35 up on his 20:20 season average over 75 games.Krug

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

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

BOS
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · BOS 56 · WSH 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 20% of the game, BOS 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

WSH

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	WSH	BOS
	37	54
	1.50	2.34
	1.45	2.31
	6	13
	10	4
	20	19
	+0.008	−0.008
	20%	44%

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.

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Smith-Pelly
11:5639% CF
L2Eller – Wilson – Stephenson
9:1240% CF
L3Beagle – Chiasson – O'Brien
8:3731% CF
L4Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
7:4356% CF
D1Orpik – Carlson
16:5631% CF
D2Chorney – Djoos
10:3544% CF
D3Orlov – Bowey
10:2959% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:03100% CF
PP2Eller – Chiasson – Orlov – Djoos – Vrana
0:57
PK1FBeagle – Chiasson
2:55
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:57
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:16
PK2DOrlov – Bowey
1:12

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
13:2268% CF
L2Kuraly – Schaller – DeBrusk
11:4450% CF
L3Beleskey – Nash – Czarnik
10:0287% CF
L4Szwarz – Heinen – Bjork
6:1527% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
18:4278% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
13:0142% CF
D3Postma – Miller
5:5756% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – Heinen
5:32100% CF
PP2Beleskey – Postma – Pastrnak – Bjork – DeBrusk
0:560% CF
PK1FNash – Heinen
1:16
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:35
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:05
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:44

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:01
WSHTom Wilson (Lars Eller, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Wilson, Stephenson, BoweyBOS: Bergeron, Postma, Szwarz, Miller, Heinen
WSH 1 – 0 BOS
13:06
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov)slap0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Smith-Pelly, BoweyBOS: Chara, Kuraly, Schaller, DeBrusk, McAvoy
WSH 2 – 0 BOS

2nd period

3:37
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Patrice Bergeron, Torey Krug)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Smith-PellyBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
WSH 2 – 1 BOS
18:50
WSHTom Wilson (Brooks Orpik)deflected0.05 xG
WSH: Orpik, Eller, Wilson, Stephenson, BoweyBOS: Beleskey, Krug, Pastrnak, Czarnik, McAvoy
WSH 3 – 1 BOS

3rd period

17:28
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Brad Marchand, Torey Krug)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Orpik, Oshie, Backstrom, CarlsonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, Heinen
WSH 3 – 2 BOS

Box score

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

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.30	2	2	0	17:21	—	—	33	41
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	37	42
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	13:40	—	—	40	44
Lars Eller C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.22	1	1	0	14:19	—	—	50	46
Tom Wilson R	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	0.39	3	0	2	14:12	—	—	48	43
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.07	1	0	0	12:17	—	—	42	31
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	1	1	0	16:22	—	—	29	34
Alex Chiasson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	36	35
Liam O'Brien C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:11	—	—	36	35
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	41	26
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	40	26
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	10:40	—	—	58	41
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	29:18	—	—	29	32
Brooks Orpik D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	3	4	25:08	—	—	33	33
Taylor Chorney D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	43	57
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	2	0	13:27	—	—	48	58
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	2	1	2	18:54	—	—	48	35
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	+3	2	0.03	2	0	0	14:39	—	—	55	33

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.72	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.31	1	2	0	23:21	—	—	67	64
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.41	0	1	0	22:34	—	—	65	62
David Pastrnak R	L1	2	0	2	0	6	0.72	1	0	0	21:39	—	—	66	62
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	55	55
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	2	0	0	14:11	—	—	50	44
Tim Schaller L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	2	13:48	—	—	53	54
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	14:18	—	—	82	87
Matt Beleskey L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	0	0	12:50	—	—	78	77
Austin Czarnik C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	1	0	0	12:17	—	—	78	77
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	1	0	14:16	—	—	25	45
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:44	—	—	29	35
Jordan Szwarz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	7:40	—	—	23	44
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	2	0	24:39	—	—	69	59
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	24:03	—	—	77	72
Torey Krug D	D2	0	2	2	-1	4	0.13	0	1	0	24:55	—	—	44	54
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:14	—	—	43	60
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:43	—	—	54	55
Paul Postma D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:02	—	—	60	82

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.09	58:30

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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.