Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsDec 14, 2017

FinalThursday, Dec 14, 2017· TD Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

5

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Boston BruinsBOS

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	3	5		WSH	13	3	6	22
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	11	13	13	37

: WSH 45BOS 74
: WSH 2.62BOS 4.01
PP goals: WSH 1BOS 2
Hits: WSH 20BOS 31
Blocks: WSH 15BOS 11
PIM: WSH 22BOS 20
: WSH 42%BOS 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 5–3

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 5–3 at BOS. Patrice Bergeron (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 9 attempts in 4:05 together.

Points
Alex Chiasson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:46.Chiasson
Points
Patrice Bergeron had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:04.Bergeron
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:45.Ovechkin
Points
Danton Heinen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:33.Heinen
Points
Matt Niskanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:58.Niskanen
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and Heinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:05 together.Bergeron Marchand Krug Pastrnak Heinen
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Connolly) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:25 together.Ovechkin Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov Connolly
Goalie
Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +6 against a season average of 30.5; the win.Holtby

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 119 of 119 attempts · BOS 74 · WSH 45

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 23% of the game, BOS 50%.

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
	40	66
	1.31	2.86
	1.27	2.80
	7	13
	4	4
	23	29
	−0.079	+0.079
	23%	50%

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 – Backstrom – Wilson
10:0435% CF
L2Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
9:1611% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
8:0433% CF
L4Chiasson – Kuznetsov – Vrana
5:5771% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
13:3154% CF
D2Orpik – Bowey
7:117% CF
D3Carlson – Djoos
7:0133% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Connolly
5:25100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Connolly – Vrana
0:20
PK1FBeagle – Chiasson
3:45
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:51
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:55
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
1:46

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
9:3453% CF
L2Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
7:2245% CF
L3Backes – Nash – Heinen
6:1290% CF
L4Krejci – Bjork – DeBrusk
5:4253% CF
D1Chara – Miller
13:4761% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
12:0474% CF
D3Krug – Carlo
8:3950% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – Heinen
4:0590% CF
PP2Backes – Krejci – Grzelcyk – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:58100% CF
PK1FNash – Acciari
2:43
PK2FMarchand – Schaller
0:42
PK1DChara – Carlo
4:13
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:38

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:34
WSHJakub Vrana (Matt Niskanen)snap0.14 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, VranaBOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, Bjork, DeBrusk, McAvoy
WSH 1 – 0 BOS

2nd period

4:22
BOSPatrice BergeronPP (Brad Marchand, Danton Heinen)snap0.15 xG
WSH: Orpik, Beagle, Carlson, ChiassonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, Heinen
WSH 1 – 1 BOS
12:05
WSHNicklas BackstromPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.15 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, ConnollyBOS: Chara, Nash, Carlo, Acciari
WSH 2 – 1 BOS

3rd period

7:52
WSHAlex Chiasson (Christian Djoos, John Carlson)tip-in0.09 xG
WSH: Carlson, Chiasson, Kuznetsov, Djoos, VranaBOS: Chara, Krejci, Bjork, Carlo, DeBrusk
WSH 3 – 1 BOS
11:31
WSHAlex ChiassonSHbackhand0.14 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Beagle, Carlson, ChiassonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, Heinen
WSH 4 – 1 BOS
16:20
BOSDavid Krejci (Charlie McAvoy, Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Beagle, Smith-Pelly, Stephenson, Djoos, BoweyBOS: Krejci, Grzelcyk, Bjork, DeBrusk, McAvoy
WSH 4 – 2 BOS
18:31
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Matt Niskanen)wrist0.43 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, WilsonBOS: Bergeron, Backes, Krejci, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
WSH 5 – 2 BOS
19:33
BOSPatrice BergeronPP (David Pastrnak, Danton Heinen)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Beagle, Carlson, ChiassonBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Krug, Pastrnak, Heinen
WSH 5 – 3 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	1	2	+2	4	0.86	0	0	0	20:45	—	—	32	24
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	0	0	2	19:37	—	—	33	15
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	2	0	10	15:37	—	—	33	9
Jay Beagle C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	14:25	—	—	11	22
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:01	—	—	14	26
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:25	—	—	11	20
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	2	15:50	—	—	35	47
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:38	—	—	35	43
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	1	0	11:36	—	—	38	44
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.11	0	2	0	17:39	—	—	62	55
Alex Chiasson R	L4	2	0	2	+2	3	0.32	0	2	0	12:46	—	—	71	54
Jakub Vrana L	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.17	1	0	2	9:09	—	—	76	69
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.02	2	2	0	22:58	—	—	50	34
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.10	5	1	2	21:33	—	—	47	49
Brooks Orpik D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	2	2	18:33	—	—	36	24
Madison Bowey D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:50	—	—	4	0
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	25:20	—	—	48	44
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	29	23

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	4.01	59:42

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	2	0	2	-2	4	0.63	2	1	2	20:04	—	—	55	58
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.44	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	52	73
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.61	0	2	12	17:44	—	—	48	64
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	0	0	15:26	—	—	64	59
Tim Schaller L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	2	1	0	12:30	—	—	50	65
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	11:34	—	—	60	50
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	2	2	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	88	90
David Backes R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	6	0	0	15:07	—	—	73	86
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	0	0	14:27	—	—	69	91
David Krejci C	L4	1	0	1	-2	7	0.79	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	65	62
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.03	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	64	59
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	6:47	—	—	53	51
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	3	0	22:17	—	—	57	74
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	19:16	—	—	59	82
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	4	20:54	—	—	70	62
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	75	62
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.16	1	1	0	18:14	—	—	55	76
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:15	—	—	50	55

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.19	58:53

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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.