Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsDec 23, 2019

FinalMonday, Dec 23, 2019· TD Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

3

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Boston BruinsBOS

7

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	8	17	17	42
BOS	4	1	2	7		BOS	11	2	4	17

: WSH 62BOS 35
: WSH 3.15BOS 4.14
PP goals: WSH 0BOS 2
Hits: WSH 40BOS 19
Blocks: WSH 10BOS 13
PIM: WSH 26BOS 10
: WSH 50%BOS 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Washington Capitals 7–3

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 7–3 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:53 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:13.Marchand
Points
David Krejci had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:29.Krejci
Points
David Pastrnak had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:30.Pastrnak
Points
Patrice Bergeron had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:10.Bergeron
Points
Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:10.Coyle
Points
Sean Kuraly had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:08.Kuraly
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:53 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Krug Pastrnak
Usage
Torey Krug (BOS) played 8:44, −11:57 down on his 20:41 season average over 60 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 97 of 97 attempts · BOS 35 · WSH 62

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 46% of the game, BOS 31%.

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
	48	20
	2.42	0.59
	2.25	0.58
	11	5
	1	2
	18	18
	+0.025	−0.025
	46%	31%

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
7:4675% CF
L2Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
6:0888% CF
L3Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
4:1917% CF
L4Hagelin – Eller – Panik
2:08100% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
5:5945% CF
D2Gudas – Siegenthaler
5:37100% CF
D3Orlov – Jensen
4:2533% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
7:59100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Wilson – Vrana
0:510% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
3:18
PK2FDowd – Wilson
1:37
PK1DGudas – Siegenthaler
2:31
PK2DJensen – Kempny
2:20

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
9:3728% CF
L2Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk
7:1118% CF
L3Coyle – Kuraly – Bjork
7:0260% CF
L4Nordstrom – Ritchie – Lindholm
6:4922% CF
D1Moore – McAvoy
10:2836% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
6:2333% CF
D3Krug – Clifton
1:52100% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak
2:53100% CF
PP2Krejci – Moore – Coyle – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:38100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
3:43
PK2FKuraly – Lindholm
2:05
PK1DMoore – Carlo
7:17
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:59

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:37
BOSJake DeBruskPP (David Krejci, Matt Grzelcyk)snap0.45 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Jensen, SiegenthalerBOS: Krejci, Coyle, Grzelcyk, DeBrusk, McAvoy
WSH 0 – 1 BOS
13:29
BOSBrad Marchand (David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.01 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, KempnyBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Moore, Pastrnak, McAvoy
WSH 0 – 2 BOS
13:56
BOSAnders Bjork (Charlie Coyle, Sean Kuraly)slap0.04 xG
WSH: Oshie, Orlov, Jensen, Kuznetsov, VranaBOS: Coyle, Kuraly, Krug, Bjork, Carlo
WSH 0 – 3 BOS
18:57
BOSPatrice BergeronPP (David Pastrnak, David Krejci)tip-in0.13 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, OrlovBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
WSH 0 – 4 BOS

2nd period

6:55
BOSCharlie CoyleSH (Brad Marchand)wrist0.15 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Orlov, Wilson, VranaBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Grzelcyk, McAvoy
WSH 0 – 5 BOS
14:35
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Tom Wilson, John Carlson)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, SiegenthalerBOS: Krejci, Moore, Clifton, Heinen, DeBrusk
WSH 1 – 5 BOS

3rd period

15:29
WSHLars Eller (Jakub Vrana, Radko Gudas)tip-in0.08 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Gudas, Leipsic, VranaBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Moore, Carlo, DeBrusk
WSH 2 – 5 BOS
16:50
BOSDavid KrejciEN (Sean Kuraly)wrist0.96 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Eller, Carlson, KuznetsovBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Carlo
WSH 2 – 6 BOS
17:47
WSHGarnet Hathaway (Jonas Siegenthaler)wrist0.14 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Jensen, Dowd, Hathaway, SiegenthalerBOS: Moore, Coyle, Kuraly, Clifton, Bjork
WSH 3 – 6 BOS
19:32
BOSPatrice BergeronEN (Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak)wrist0.93 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Eller, Carlson, KuznetsovBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Clifton, Pastrnak, Carlo
WSH 3 – 7 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	-3	8	0.55	6	0	2	24:39	—	—	71	86
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.32	2	0	0	21:16	—	—	74	85
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.21	5	2	12	16:43	—	—	70	88
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:50	—	—	77	84
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.47	3	0	2	10:26	—	—	82	85
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	9:01	—	—	82	84
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.17	3	0	0	20:43	—	—	53	59
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.27	0	0	2	18:52	—	—	50	42
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	0	2	9:35	—	—	46	76
Lars Eller C	L4	1	0	1	-2	3	0.27	1	0	0	20:55	—	—	78	83
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	10:00	—	—	100	100
Richard Panik R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	7:56	—	—	70	56
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.15	3	2	2	25:00	—	—	61	81
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	53	75
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	2	2	16:47	—	—	82	95
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	14:55	—	—	100	100
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	2	0	0	16:21	—	—	60	72
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	2	15:17	—	—	57	56

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov	—	4	3	1	.750	0.78	37:41
Braden Holtby(start)	L	11	7	4	.636	0.98	20:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.65	2	0	0	22:13	—	—	24	9
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	1.08	0	1	0	22:10	—	—	24	9
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	3	3	+2	1	0.03	1	2	2	18:30	—	—	26	10
David Krejci C	L2	1	2	3	0	1	0.95	0	1	2	15:29	—	—	27	6
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	-2	5	0.78	0	0	2	13:16	—	—	25	5
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:38	—	—	15	0
Charlie Coyle C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	53	43
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:08	—	—	60	57
Anders Bjork L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	1	0	0	10:12	—	—	50	49
Par Lindholm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	10:40	—	—	22	26
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:21	—	—	22	26
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:11	—	—	20	26
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	4	0	26:40	—	—	20	8
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	2	2	2	23:58	—	—	40	19
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	3	2	0	25:44	—	—	29	27
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	32	6
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:21	—	—	18	15
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:44	—	—	67	87

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	42	39	3	.929	3.15	59:42

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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.