Washington Capitals vs. Boston BruinsFeb 10, 2024

FinalSaturday, Feb 10, 2024· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	16	8	5	29
BOS	0	0	0	0		BOS	4	4	10	18

: WSH 48BOS 42
: WSH 3.43BOS 2.00
PP goals: WSH 1BOS 0
Hits: WSH 31BOS 36
Blocks: WSH 11BOS 11
PIM: WSH 8BOS 17
: WSH 56%BOS 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 3–0

Washington Capitals beat Boston Bruins 3–0 at BOS. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Pacioretty, Carlson and McMichael) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:46 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:09.Ovechkin
Points
T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:46.Oshie
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Pacioretty, Carlson and McMichael) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:46 together.Ovechkin Oshie Pacioretty Carlson McMichael
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 5:00, −12:48 down on his 17:48 season average over 62 games.Grzelcyk
New line
New look for WSH: Mantha–McMichael–Protas skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mantha McMichael Protas
Luck
BOS scored 0 goals on 2.00 expected goals (42 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Pacioretty–Sgarbossa–Wilson skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Sgarbossa Wilson
Usage
Rasmus Sandin (WSH) played 17:35, −3:35 down on his 21:10 season average over 67 games.Sandin

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 90 of 90 attempts · BOS 42 · WSH 48

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 43% of the game, BOS 28%.

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	31
	1.75	1.40
	1.58	1.35
	10	5
	10	2
	18	16
	+0.031	−0.031
	43%	28%

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 – Oshie – Strome
8:5144% CF
L2Mantha – McMichael – Protas
8:0663% CF
L3Pacioretty – Sgarbossa – Wilson
8:0260% CF
L4Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
7:4455% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
13:5319% CF
D2Jensen – Sandin
9:3076% CF
D3Edmundson – Bear
8:2444% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Pacioretty – Carlson – McMichael
3:46100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Mantha – Strome – Sandin
2:31100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
2:41
PK2FWilson – McMichael
2:01
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
2:10
PK2DEdmundson – Fehérváry
1:42

Current WSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1van Riemsdyk – Pastrnak – Zacha
3:5840% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk
3:4740% CF
L3Heinen – Richard – Boqvist
3:4233% CF
L4Frederic – Geekie – Lauko
2:420% CF
D1Forbort – Wotherspoon
7:3250% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
7:1142% CF
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
4:2029% CF

PP1Marchand – van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Pastrnak – McAvoy
2:3967% CF
PP2Lindholm – Zacha – DeBrusk – Frederic – Geekie
1:06
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
1:56
PK2FZacha – DeBrusk
1:50
PK1DForbort – McAvoy
3:06
PK2DLindholm – Carlo
2:48

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:05
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Max Pacioretty, Connor McMichael)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Pacioretty, Carlson, McMichaelBOS: Lindholm, Zacha, Carlo, DeBrusk
WSH 1 – 0 BOS

3rd period

3:24
WSHDylan Strome (Alex Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie)snap0.14 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Jensen, Mantha, Strome, SandinBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Heinen, Wotherspoon, McAvoy
WSH 2 – 0 BOS
19:33
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Beck Malenstyn)backhand0.82 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Jensen, Dowd, MalenstynBOS: Coyle, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Heinen, Zacha, Geekie
WSH 3 – 0 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	1	1	2	+2	4	1.07	3	0	2	19:09	—	—	39	51
Dylan Strome C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	54	56
T.J. Oshie R	L1	1	1	2	0	1	0.14	0	1	2	14:46	—	—	39	41
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.54	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	46	48
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.31	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	71	99
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	11:44	—	—	67	60
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.46	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	56	54
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	13:54	—	—	59	54
Michael Sgarbossa C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	2	0	0	11:11	—	—	70	66
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:41	—	—	57	53
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:17	—	—	47	37
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:59	—	—	53	12
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	2	27:30	—	—	42	54
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	0	0	20:10	—	—	16	28
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.08	2	2	0	21:01	—	—	74	60
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	1	1	0	17:35	—	—	78	66
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	1	0	15:34	—	—	67	78
Ethan Bear D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:48	—	—	55	35

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	18	18	0	.1000	2.00	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	-1	3	0.20	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	50	59
Pavel Zacha C	L1	-1	0	0.11	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	23	8
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	41	26
Brad Marchand L	L2	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	19:25	—	—	50	57
Charlie Coyle C	L2	-2	1	0.27	0	1	0	18:47	—	—	50	57
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	4	0.74	1	2	0	16:59	—	—	39	61
Danton Heinen L	L3	-2	1	0.07	2	0	0	15:52	—	—	43	31
Anthony Richard C	L3	0	1	0.09	6	1	0	10:38	—	—	42	39
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:51	—	—	50	75
Morgan Geekie C	L4	-1	0	0.07	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	48	43
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	12:36	—	—	39	42
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	8:16	—	—	56	31
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	-1	0	0.00	9	0	0	19:36	—	—	46	42
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	1	0.09	4	1	0	17:59	—	—	44	68
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	-1	2	0.03	2	0	2	24:48	—	—	50	46
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	18:00	—	—	33	33
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	-1	1	0.00	5	1	0	27:13	—	—	50	38
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0.02	0	1	15	5:00	—	—	38	94

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.61	57:25

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

T.J. Oshie (WSH PP) 2nd 1:05 · assists Max Pacioretty, Connor McMichael · Forecheck turnover · 58.0 mph shot.

T.J. Oshie · 2nd 1:05 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.0 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 3:24 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.5 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:33 · WSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.3 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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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.