Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsMar 3, 2021

Final / SOWednesday, Mar 3, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	0	1	0	1	2		WSH	7	4	12	5	28
BOS	0	0	1	0	0	1		BOS	2	7	9	1	19

: WSH 55BOS 43
: WSH 3.21BOS 1.44
PP goals: WSH 0BOS 0
Hits: WSH 28BOS 26
Blocks: WSH 12BOS 9
PIM: WSH 6BOS 6
: 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 2–1 (SO)

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 2–1 in a shootout at BOS. Lars Eller (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Krejci–Smith–Ritchie skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Smith–Ritchie skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Smith Ritchie
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 3.21 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jakub Zboril (BOS) played 22:13, +5:16 up on his 16:57 season average over 41 games.Zboril
Usage
Conor Sheary (WSH) played 18:31, +4:54 up on his 13:37 season average over 52 games.Sheary
Usage
Anders Bjork (BOS) played 9:18, −4:41 down on his 13:59 season average over 44 games.Bjork
Usage
Carl Hagelin (WSH) played 9:53, −4:18 down on his 14:11 season average over 55 games.Hagelin
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 20:52, +4:24 up on his 16:28 season average over 40 games.Kuznetsov
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 23:13, +3:48 up on his 19:25 season average over 44 games.Ovechkin

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 98 of 98 attempts · BOS 43 · WSH 55

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 39% of the game, BOS 15%.

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
	49	43
	2.37	1.45
	2.33	1.42
	6	5
	0	0
	14	10
	−0.022	+0.022
	39%	15%

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 – Sheary
14:0362% CF
L2Oshie – Eller – Panik
9:2764% CF
L3Backstrom – Wilson – Vrana
7:5650% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
7:2157% CF
D1Carlson – Dillon
18:1457% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
15:3259% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
14:0744% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
1:43100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary
0:50100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
0:57
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:43
PK1DChara – Jensen
1:43
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
0:43

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
13:3965% CF
L2Krejci – Smith – Ritchie
11:5014% CF
L3DeBrusk – Frederic – Studnicka
9:5264% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Bjork
6:0444% CF
D1Zboril – McAvoy
15:0043% CF
D2Tinordi – Clifton
13:4047% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Carlo
13:2357% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
1:41100% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Pastrnak – DeBrusk – McAvoy
0:50
PK1FKuraly – Bjork
1:09
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:25
PK1DTinordi – Carlo
1:28
PK2DClifton – Zboril
0:23

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

1:19
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Brad Marchand)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Dillon, Kuznetsov, ShearyBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Carlo
WSH 0 – 1 BOS
6:14
WSHLars Eller (Richard Panik, Nick Jensen)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Chara, Oshie, Eller, Panik, JensenBOS: Kuraly, Bjork, Zboril, Carlo, DeBrusk
WSH 1 – 1 BOS

Decided in the shootout: WSH 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.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	1.04	6	0	4	23:13	—	—	53	63
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	1	0	20:52	—	—	61	61
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	55	62
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	2	0	16:56	—	—	61	91
Lars Eller C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.21	2	0	0	16:18	—	—	56	53
Richard Panik R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:18	—	—	59	90
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	38	58
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	16:28	—	—	47	39
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.51	2	1	0	16:10	—	—	41	37
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	10:39	—	—	60	81
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:53	—	—	50	80
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:10	—	—	63	81
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	1	1	0	27:01	—	—	54	55
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	1	0	20:32	—	—	57	61
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	59	77
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	1	0	20:20	—	—	59	76
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	2	3	0	17:13	—	—	44	46
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	16:59	—	—	46	60

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	1.44	64:39

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.30	0	1	0	20:52	—	—	63	45
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	60	50
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	19:04	—	—	65	47
David Krejci C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	20:39	—	—	26	12
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	1	0	17:51	—	—	32	15
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	16:30	—	—	28	19
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	50	56
Jack Studnicka C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	64	67
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	4	1	2	12:13	—	—	69	66
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	3	0	0	11:54	—	—	27	4
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	31	7
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:42	—	—	39	8
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	2	24:25	—	—	41	15
Jakub Zboril D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	0	22:13	—	—	43	14
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	16:48	—	—	42	38
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	16:41	—	—	44	45
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:34	—	—	52	51
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	2	0	21:02	—	—	53	53

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	O	28	27	1	.964	3.21	65:00

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.