Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsMay 21, 2021

FinalPlayoffsFriday, May 21, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	4	9	7	20
BOS	0	1	3	4		BOS	11	12	14	37

: WSH 50BOS 61
: WSH 1.90BOS 3.64
PP goals: WSH 1BOS 3
Hits: WSH 38BOS 34
Blocks: WSH 11BOS 17
PIM: WSH 14BOS 16
: WSH 44%BOS 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 4–1

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 4–1 at home. Charlie McAvoy (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 4:32 together.

Points
Charlie McAvoy had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 26:18.McAvoy
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 14:12.Pastrnak
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 4:32 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Pastrnak McAvoy
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Backstrom–Mantha skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Backstrom Mantha
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 14:12, −6:05 down on his 20:17 season average over 10 games.Pastrnak
Goalie
Ilya Samsonov (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +4 against a season average of 33.0; the loss.Samsonov
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 14:35, −6:07 down on his 20:42 season average over 10 games.Grzelcyk
Usage
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) played 17:29, −7:27 down on his 24:56 season average over 4 games.Orlov

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 111 of 111 attempts · BOS 61 · WSH 50

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 20% of the game, BOS 42%.

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
	38	49
	0.94	3.11
	0.93	3.00
	1	11
	0	7
	10	24
	−0.009	+0.009
	20%	42%

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

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
7:2360% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Mantha
6:0327% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
4:5436% CF
L4Eller – Raffl – Sheary
4:4643% CF
D1Schultz – Dillon
8:5540% CF
D2Carlson – Orlov
8:5046% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
6:3846% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
6:5470% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Wilson – Mantha – Sheary
2:14100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
3:00
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
2:40
PK1DChara – Jensen
4:21
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
2:05

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Smith – Hall
10:5868% CF
L2Coyle – Ritchie – DeBrusk
7:0043% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
6:5973% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Lazar
4:4075% CF
D1Reilly – Carlo
11:1855% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
6:3092% CF
D3Miller – Clifton
5:3350% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – McAvoy
4:32100% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Coyle – Hall – Grzelcyk
1:52100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Kuraly
3:39
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
2:25
PK1DCarlo – McAvoy
4:19
PK2DGrzelcyk – Clifton
1:18

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:00
BOSBrad MarchandPP (David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy)tip-in0.17 xG
WSH: Chara, Eller, Jensen, WilsonBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
WSH 0 – 1 BOS

3rd period

0:29
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Charlie McAvoy, David Krejci)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Chara, Hagelin, Eller, JensenBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
WSH 0 – 2 BOS
1:03
BOSCharlie Coyle (Jake DeBrusk, Nick Ritchie)wrist0.15 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Dillon, Kuznetsov, WilsonBOS: Coyle, Reilly, Clifton, Ritchie, DeBrusk
WSH 0 – 3 BOS
4:54
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, WilsonBOS: Coyle, Kuraly, Carlo, McAvoy
WSH 1 – 3 BOS
14:50
BOSMatt GrzelcykPP (Charlie McAvoy, Taylor Hall)slap0.07 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Dillon, WilsonBOS: Smith, Coyle, Hall, Grzelcyk, McAvoy
WSH 1 – 4 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
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	0	0	14:31	—	—	58	46
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	62	47
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	0	2	9:33	—	—	68	52
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	2	0	0	20:11	—	—	25	3
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:50	—	—	40	18
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	4	18:37	—	—	32	15
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.24	6	0	0	21:12	—	—	47	26
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	3	2	2	19:16	—	—	40	30
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	29	9
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	14:53	—	—	53	39
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	1	0	0	11:56	—	—	38	8
Michael Raffl L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	2	7:49	—	—	40	21
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	3	0	19:46	—	—	43	26
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	16:26	—	—	43	24
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	2	3	0	24:24	—	—	45	16
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	4	17:29	—	—	44	16
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	14:59	—	—	41	28
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	14:11	—	—	41	25

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.64	56:22

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Krejci C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.35	1	2	0	20:28	—	—	68	74
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	54	58
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	56	64
Charlie Coyle C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	6	2	6	18:07	—	—	38	68
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	2	11:44	—	—	37	62
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	2	7:34	—	—	40	60
Brad Marchand L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	1	0	2	19:46	—	—	64	95
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	2	1	2	17:14	—	—	67	92
David Pastrnak R	L3	1	1	2	0	6	0.88	2	1	0	14:12	—	—	71	94
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	67	100
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	10:34	—	—	50	75
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	4	0	0	8:40	—	—	57	64
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	4	2	23:11	—	—	54	66
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	1	1	0	18:42	—	—	50	68
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	3	3	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	26:18	—	—	69	92
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	14:35	—	—	67	76
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	3	3	0	21:46	—	—	50	80
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	8:30	—	—	46	75

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.90	60:00

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.