Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsFeb 11, 2023

FinalSaturday, Feb 11, 2023· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	9	4	10	23
BOS	0	1	0	1		BOS	7	11	10	28

: WSH 53BOS 55
: WSH 4.15BOS 3.76
PP goals: WSH 1BOS 0
Hits: WSH 37BOS 21
Blocks: WSH 14BOS 17
PIM: WSH 12BOS 12
: WSH 45%BOS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Boston Bruins 2–1

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 2–1 at BOS. Nick Foligno (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Eller–Mantha–Hathaway skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Mantha–Hathaway skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Mantha Hathaway
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.76 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 4.15 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Kuznetsov–Sheary skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Kuznetsov Sheary
Usage
David Krejci (BOS) played 21:52, +4:44 up on his 17:08 season average over 69 games.Krejci
Usage
Matt Irwin (WSH) played 8:40, −4:27 down on his 13:07 season average over 60 games.Irwin
Usage
A.J. Greer (BOS) played 5:23, −3:47 down on his 9:10 season average over 60 games.Greer
Usage
Jakub Lauko (BOS) played 5:10, −3:52 down on his 9:02 season average over 22 games.Lauko

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 108 of 108 attempts · BOS 55 · WSH 53

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 30% of the game, BOS 37%.

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
	53	50
	2.68	2.82
	2.67	2.68
	13	10
	10	4
	29	28
	−0.029	+0.029
	30%	37%

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 – Aube-Kubel – Strome
9:1856% CF
L2Eller – Mantha – Hathaway
8:5864% CF
L3Oshie – Kuznetsov – Sheary
8:4345% CF
L4Backstrom – Johansson – Milano
8:3650% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
10:1837% CF
D2Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
8:3753% CF
D3Irwin – Fehérváry
4:5755% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Johansson – Gustafsson
2:480% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson – Orlov – Sheary
0:28
PK1FSheary – Hathaway
1:03
PK2FJohansson – Kuznetsov
0:55
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
1:00
PK2DOrlov – Jensen
0:47

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha
10:2542% CF
L2Foligno – Coyle – Hall
9:0250% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
7:1967% CF
L4Greer – Frederic – Lauko
3:5820% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:2558% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
10:4260% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
7:5844% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – McAvoy
2:4786% CF
PP2Foligno – Hall – Lindholm – Grzelcyk – Zacha
0:14
PK1FCoyle – Zacha
1:35
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:35
PK1DForbort – Carlo
2:09
PK2DClifton – McAvoy
0:45

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:28
WSHNicklas BackstromPP (Marcus Johansson, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.67 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Johansson, OrlovBOS: Bergeron, Forbort, Carlo
WSH 1 – 0 BOS

2nd period

11:40
WSHGarnet Hathawaywrist0.02 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Mantha, van Riemsdyk, HathawayBOS: Forbort, Clifton, Greer, Frederic, Lauko
WSH 2 – 0 BOS
16:34
BOSNick Foligno (Connor Clifton, Taylor Hall)wrist0.10 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Johansson, Orlov, van Riemsdyk, MilanoBOS: Foligno, Coyle, Hall, Grzelcyk, Clifton
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	0	2	0.58	6	1	4	18:00	—	—	59	75
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	61	76
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	5	0	0	10:40	—	—	52	64
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	3	0	0	15:11	—	—	52	49
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:26	—	—	53	45
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.14	0	2	0	13:11	—	—	53	61
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	0	0	16:29	—	—	46	28
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.73	2	0	2	15:39	—	—	44	27
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	44	29
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.45	2	0	0	16:53	—	—	50	47
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.74	3	0	0	15:58	—	—	50	47
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.38	0	1	0	10:18	—	—	50	47
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	4	0	23:41	—	—	46	73
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	0	1	2	22:59	—	—	50	52
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:14	—	—	49	30
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	2	2	17:50	—	—	54	42
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	2	21:43	—	—	54	54
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	8:40	—	—	61	37

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	3.76	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	0	0	0	22:29	—	—	44	47
David Krejci C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	1	2	21:52	—	—	42	44
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.65	3	0	0	17:13	—	—	38	44
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.40	1	3	0	18:14	—	—	52	70
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:40	—	—	50	64
Nick Foligno L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.45	4	0	0	12:40	—	—	58	68
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.59	2	0	4	20:04	—	—	54	34
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	65	51
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	9:15	—	—	64	42
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	3	0	0	8:34	—	—	40	83
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	5:23	—	—	43	86
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:10	—	—	17	15
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	5	0	25:56	—	—	50	64
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	18:52	—	—	59	61
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	4	20:56	—	—	50	46
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	17:21	—	—	46	46
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	5	0	16:48	—	—	32	37
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	2	1	0	16:23	—	—	52	47

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	3.51	58:05

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.