Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsJan 20, 2022

FinalThursday, Jan 20, 2022· TD Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Boston BruinsBOS

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	1	3		WSH	5	6	6	17
BOS	1	1	2	4		BOS	10	10	14	34

: WSH 42BOS 54
: WSH 1.54BOS 2.89
PP goals: WSH 0BOS 2
Hits: WSH 36BOS 27
Blocks: WSH 14BOS 17
PIM: WSH 6BOS 8
: WSH 45%BOS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Washington Capitals 4–3

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 4–3 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Brad Marchand (BOS) played 8:54, −10:30 down on his 19:24 season average over 69 games.

Points
David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:56.Pastrnak
Points
Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:55.DeBrusk
Points
Erik Haula had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:32.Haula
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 8:54, −10:30 down on his 19:24 season average over 69 games.Marchand
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 11:35, −7:52 down on his 19:27 season average over 75 games.Jensen
Usage
Anton Blidh (BOS) played 3:26, −7:32 down on his 10:58 season average over 31 games.Blidh
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Jonsson-Fjallby–McMichael skated 7:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Jonsson-Fjallby McMichael
Usage
Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 22:02, +4:38 up on his 17:24 season average over 71 games.van Riemsdyk

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 96 of 96 attempts · BOS 54 · WSH 42

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 14% of the game, BOS 47%.

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
	40	49
	1.47	2.22
	1.47	2.11
	5	13
	2	4
	20	13
	−0.052	+0.052
	14%	47%

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 – Leason
9:4647% CF
L2Backstrom – Wilson – Protas
9:3250% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Hathaway
9:2245% CF
L4Eller – Jonsson-Fjallby – McMichael
7:5027% CF
D1Jensen – Fehérváry
9:2254% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Kempny
8:3621% CF
D3Schultz – Irwin
6:3750% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson
5:5686% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – van Riemsdyk – Hathaway – Protas
1:05
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:40
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
1:24
PK1DKempny – Fehérváry
1:08
PK2DJensen – van Riemsdyk
0:51

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
12:2552% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
5:2775% CF
L3Foligno – Coyle – DeBrusk
3:1375% CF
L4Blidh – Lazar – Nosek
2:440% CF
D1Carlo – Vaakanainen
14:4443% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:0764% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
8:3267% CF

PP1Bergeron – Foligno – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
3:39100% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
1:24100% CF
PK1FLazar – Nosek
2:56
PK2FCoyle – DeBrusk
1:18
PK1DForbort – Carlo
3:47
PK2DMcAvoy – Vaakanainen
2:14

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:07
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Alex Ovechkin, Trevor van Riemsdyk)snap0.01 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, KempnyBOS: Marchand, Smith, Forbort, Nosek, McAvoy
WSH 1 – 0 BOS
4:57
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Taylor Hall, Erik Haula)wrist0.14 xG
WSH: Jensen, Dowd, Wilson, Fehérváry, ProtasBOS: Haula, Forbort, Hall, Clifton, Pastrnak
WSH 1 – 1 BOS

2nd period

8:37
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Matt Grzelcyk)wrist0.23 xG
WSH: Eller, Irwin, Kuznetsov, van RiemsdykBOS: Smith, Coyle, Hall, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak
WSH 1 – 2 BOS
16:12
WSHLars Eller (Connor McMichael)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Eller, Jensen, Fehérváry, Leason, McMichaelBOS: Haula, Forbort, Hall, Clifton, Pastrnak
WSH 2 – 2 BOS

3rd period

9:41
BOSJake DeBruskwrist0.00 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, van Riemsdyk, Hathaway, FehérváryBOS: Bergeron, Smith, Grzelcyk, DeBrusk, McAvoy
WSH 2 – 3 BOS
10:17
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Tom Wilson)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Fehérváry, ProtasBOS: Haula, Hall, Pastrnak, Carlo, Vaakanainen
WSH 3 – 3 BOS
19:15
BOSCharlie McAvoyPP (Jake DeBrusk, Erik Haula)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Eller, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, FehérváryBOS: Smith, Haula, DeBrusk, McAvoy, Vaakanainen
WSH 3 – 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	-1	1	0.06	1	0	2	13:12	—	—	44	37
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:00	—	—	41	44
Brett Leason R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	1	0	0	11:56	—	—	56	54
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	4	1	0	20:59	—	—	50	47
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	50	68
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	44	51
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	1	0	2	20:32	—	—	46	26
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	4	0	0	20:05	—	—	48	25
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	2	2	16:12	—	—	41	28
Lars Eller C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	4	0	0	16:52	—	—	39	36
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	2	0	0	11:39	—	—	44	44
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:04	—	—	27	37
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	2	0	21:16	—	—	48	33
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	53	31
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	22:02	—	—	30	36
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	4	0	20:47	—	—	45	36
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	22:10	—	—	67	54
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	13:35	—	—	38	53

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	2.89	59:22

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	2	0	2	-1	5	0.59	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	52	51
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.28	0	1	2	18:16	—	—	52	55
Erik Haula L	L1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.22	0	0	2	16:32	—	—	50	51
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.38	3	1	0	18:45	—	—	62	70
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	1	2	16:19	—	—	58	75
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	0	2	8:54	—	—	67	65
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.43	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	55	73
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:48	—	—	61	66
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	0	0	15:02	—	—	67	62
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	50	61
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	3	1	0	13:35	—	—	53	51
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	3:26	—	—	0	0
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	4	0	21:49	—	—	46	43
Urho Vaakanainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	20:13	—	—	43	41
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	1	4	0	24:35	—	—	60	70
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	2	0	20:20	—	—	63	77
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:35	—	—	64	74
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	10:45	—	—	63	83

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	17	14	3	.824	1.54	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.