Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsApr 18, 2021

FinalSunday, Apr 18, 2021· TD Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

3

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Boston BruinsBOS

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	2	0	3		WSH	14	11	8	33
BOS	2	3	1	6		BOS	10	10	8	28

: WSH 54BOS 45
: WSH 2.40BOS 4.03
PP goals: WSH 2BOS 0
Hits: WSH 33BOS 28
Blocks: WSH 9BOS 12
PIM: WSH 21BOS 14
: WSH 45%BOS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 6–3

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 6–3 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:50 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 19:11.Marchand
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Patrice Bergeron had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:54.Bergeron
Points
David Pastrnak had 3 assists (3 points) in 14:59.Pastrnak
Points
David Krejci had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:05.Krejci
Points
T.J. Oshie had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:47.Oshie
Points
Craig Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:51.Smith
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:19.Backstrom
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:50 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov

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 45 · WSH 54

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 32% of the game, BOS 26%.

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
	43	33
	1.65	2.03
	1.61	2.00
	10	7
	2	2
	11	13
	−0.041	+0.041
	32%	26%

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

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Mantha
8:4167% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
7:0638% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
6:4643% CF
L4Eller – Sheary – Sprong
5:2255% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
8:4538% CF
D2Jensen – Dillon
5:3767% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
0:00

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
5:5090% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Wilson – Mantha – Sheary
2:55100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
2:07
PK2FDowd – Wilson
1:37
PK1DJensen – Dillon
2:39
PK2DOrlov – van Riemsdyk
1:52

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Smith – Hall
9:0150% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
7:3950% CF
L3Coyle – Ritchie – DeBrusk
4:2933% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Lazar
3:400% CF
D1Reilly – Clifton
8:5556% CF
D2Kampfer – Tinordi
8:3331% CF
D3Lauzon – McAvoy
7:4850% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Reilly – Ritchie – Pastrnak
4:47100% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Hall – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:3650% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
3:10
PK2FKuraly – Lazar
2:32
PK1DLauzon – McAvoy
5:39
PK2DTinordi – Reilly
1:09

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:02
BOSPatrice BergeronSH (Brad Marchand)backhand0.15 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Tinordi, Reilly
WSH 0 – 1 BOS
13:56
BOSDavid Krejci (Connor Clifton, Craig Smith)tip-in0.05 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Dillon, Mantha, van RiemsdykBOS: Krejci, Smith, Hall, Clifton, Lauzon
WSH 0 – 2 BOS
19:50
WSHT.J. Oshie (Nicklas Backstrom)tip-in0.03 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Jensen, Dillon, ManthaBOS: Krejci, Smith, Hall, Reilly, McAvoy
WSH 1 – 2 BOS

2nd period

3:48
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovBOS: Coyle, Wagner, Tinordi, Lauzon
WSH 2 – 2 BOS
4:54
WSHAnthony ManthaPP (Dmitry Orlov, Lars Eller)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Wilson, Mantha, SprongBOS: Kampfer, Tinordi, Kuraly, Lazar
WSH 3 – 2 BOS
6:33
BOSBrad Marchand (David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron)backhand0.10 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Lauzon, McAvoy
WSH 3 – 3 BOS
16:02
BOSDavid Krejci (Craig Smith, Taylor Hall)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Orlov, Dowd, HathawayBOS: Krejci, Smith, Hall, DeBrusk, McAvoy
WSH 3 – 4 BOS
17:45
BOSPatrice Bergeron (David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Lauzon, McAvoy
WSH 3 – 5 BOS

3rd period

18:16
BOSBrad MarchandEN (David Pastrnak)wrist0.71 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, ManthaBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Reilly, Clifton, Pastrnak
WSH 3 – 6 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
T.J. Oshie R	L1	2	0	2	-2	3	0.23	2	0	0	19:47	—	—	60	59
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	2	2	-2	3	0.71	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	63	65
Anthony Mantha R	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	18:07	—	—	65	59
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	6	1	0	12:46	—	—	41	17
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:57	—	—	53	41
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	19	9:38	—	—	44	30
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	-4	5	0.34	5	0	0	19:26	—	—	58	30
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	4	0	0	18:02	—	—	50	9
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	-4	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	56	18
Lars Eller C	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.31	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	63	53
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	43	20
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	9:33	—	—	71	74
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	-3	3	0.13	2	1	2	27:30	—	—	52	38
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-5	2	0.04	1	0	0	25:50	—	—	52	33
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	0	0	19:47	—	—	65	59
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	3	0	19:08	—	—	63	59
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	14:50	—	—	60	39
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	2:45	—	—	0	0

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.65	59:25

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	57	61
David Krejci C	L1	2	0	2	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	55	52
Craig Smith C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	57	61
Brad Marchand L	L2	2	2	4	+4	3	1.50	0	1	0	19:11	—	—	54	79
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	2	1	3	+4	5	1.01	1	1	0	17:54	—	—	46	78
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	3	3	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	54	80
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	32	40
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	31	42
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	1	0	13:52	—	—	39	58
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	4	0	2	14:08	—	—	46	58
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	1	0	12:54	—	—	18	23
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	12:39	—	—	27	27
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	3	0	2	23:05	—	—	41	37
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	2	2	8	17:48	—	—	63	71
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	1	2	2	14:53	—	—	38	54
Steven Kampfer D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:24	—	—	29	9
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:00	—	—	33	48
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.00	8	1	0	19:23	—	—	50	90

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.40	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.