Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsMar 5, 2021

FinalFriday, Mar 5, 2021· TD Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Boston BruinsBOS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	12	8	12	32
BOS	1	3	1	5		BOS	8	10	7	25

: WSH 46BOS 41
: WSH 2.81BOS 2.18
PP goals: WSH 0BOS 0
Hits: WSH 34BOS 22
Blocks: WSH 7BOS 9
PIM: WSH 14BOS 26
: WSH 47%BOS 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Washington Capitals 5–1

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 7:51, −11:17 down on his 19:08 season average over 26 games.

Points
Brad Marchand had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:55.Marchand
Points
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:18.Bergeron
Points
Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:36.McAvoy
Usage
Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 7:51, −11:17 down on his 19:08 season average over 26 games.Carlo
New line
New look for BOS: Wagner–Bjork–Studnicka skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Bjork Studnicka
Luck
BOS scored 5 goals on 2.18 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Connor Clifton (BOS) played 25:38, +7:35 up on his 18:03 season average over 43 games.Clifton
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Ritchie–DeBrusk skated 7:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Ritchie DeBrusk

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 87 of 87 attempts · BOS 41 · WSH 46

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 26% of the game, BOS 21%.

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	43
	1.86	2.31
	1.65	2.21
	7	11
	1	7
	24	28
	−0.019	+0.019
	26%	21%

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
10:1641% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
6:3950% CF
L3Oshie – Eller – Panik
6:2958% CF
L4Backstrom – Wilson – Vrana
5:3557% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
16:5768% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
14:3325% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
13:0738% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
3:2692% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Sheary
1:40
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:06
PK2FEller – Hathaway
0:59
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:45
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
0:41

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
10:5164% CF
L2Wagner – Bjork – Studnicka
10:0970% CF
L3Smith – Coyle – Frederic
9:1640% CF
L4Krejci – Ritchie – DeBrusk
7:5156% CF
D1Tinordi – Clifton
10:5046% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
10:4371% CF
D3Zboril – Carlo
4:00100% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
2:0133% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Coyle – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:22100% CF
PK1FBjork – DeBrusk
0:56
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:50
PK1DClifton – Zboril
1:19
PK2DTinordi – McAvoy
1:15

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:21
BOSBrad Marchand (Patrice Bergeron, Charlie McAvoy)backhand0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Orlov, Kuznetsov, ShearyBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoy
WSH 0 – 1 BOS

2nd period

6:43
BOSTrent Frederic (Charlie McAvoy, Craig Smith)tip-in0.02 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, VranaBOS: Smith, Coyle, Grzelcyk, McAvoy, Frederic
WSH 0 – 2 BOS
9:01
BOSPatrice Bergeron (David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Chara, Ovechkin, Oshie, Eller, JensenBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Clifton, Pastrnak, Zboril
WSH 0 – 3 BOS
14:58
BOSBrad Marchand (Matt Grzelcyk)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Dowd, Dillon, ShearyBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoy
WSH 0 – 4 BOS

3rd period

1:05
BOSNick Ritchie (David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk)snap0.09 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Dillon, KuznetsovBOS: Krejci, Tinordi, Clifton, Ritchie, DeBrusk
WSH 0 – 5 BOS
13:36
WSHJakub Vrana (Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie)wrist0.10 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, Orlov, VranaBOS: Smith, Coyle, Tinordi, Zboril, DeBrusk
WSH 1 – 5 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	-4	8	1.09	4	0	0	22:41	—	—	39	40
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	37	42
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	42	45
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	1	2	0	11:05	—	—	40	29
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	43	30
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:53	—	—	60	63
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	1	0	2	16:27	—	—	55	49
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	2	0	0	15:12	—	—	58	69
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	47	57
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	1	0	0	17:36	—	—	50	43
Jakub Vrana L	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.41	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	57	54
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	10	10:56	—	—	56	40
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	64	69
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:11	—	—	72	83
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.04	1	0	0	21:16	—	—	27	14
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.05	3	1	2	17:24	—	—	29	12
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	18:36	—	—	35	34
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	2	0	17:03	—	—	39	44

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	18	14	4	.778	1.45	35:43
Ilya Samsonov	—	7	6	1	.857	0.73	24:15

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.09	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	56	59
Brad Marchand L	L1	2	1	3	+3	2	0.25	1	1	0	15:55	—	—	47	42
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.20	2	0	0	14:18	—	—	53	44
Anders Bjork L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	0	0	13:26	—	—	64	75
Chris Wagner R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:45	—	—	67	82
Jack Studnicka C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	70	81
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	2	18:04	—	—	44	37
Craig Smith C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	17:58	—	—	41	26
Trent Frederic C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	2	0	17	10:41	—	—	50	52
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	3	2	0	16:26	—	—	52	70
Nick Ritchie L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	3	0	0	14:54	—	—	60	78
David Krejci C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	54	76
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	2	0	0	25:38	—	—	50	60
Jarred Tinordi D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	2	5	19:46	—	—	36	29
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.00	0	1	0	22:36	—	—	69	68
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.15	1	1	0	19:24	—	—	46	51
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	20:59	—	—	65	73
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	7:51	—	—	60	20

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.81	60:00

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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.