Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston BruinsMay 2, 2018

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, May 2, 2018· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	3	0	1	4		TBL	19	11	7	37
BOS	1	0	0	1		BOS	14	8	7	29

: TBL 59BOS 65
: TBL 4.26BOS 2.45
PP goals: TBL 0BOS 1
Hits: TBL 26BOS 36
Blocks: TBL 19BOS 12
PIM: TBL 19BOS 27
: TBL 54%BOS 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at BOS. Ondrej Palat (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +8 against a season average of 28.3; the loss.

Points
Ondrej Palat had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:28.Palat
Points
Victor Hedman had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:18.Hedman
Goalie
Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +8 against a season average of 28.3; the loss.Rask
Usage
David Backes (BOS) played 6:09, −7:33 down on his 13:42 season average over 11 games.Backes
New line
New look for BOS: Wingels–Kuraly–Acciari skated 6:52 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wingels Kuraly Acciari
Usage
Ondrej Palat (TBL) played 20:28, +4:56 up on his 15:32 season average over 16 games.Palat
Usage
Rick Nash (BOS) played 19:10, +3:16 up on his 15:54 season average over 11 games.Nash
Usage
Tyler Johnson (TBL) played 19:25, +3:09 up on his 16:16 season average over 16 games.Johnson

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

← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · BOS 65 · TBL 59

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
TBL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 42% of the game, BOS 35%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BOS

TBL

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	TBL	BOS
	54	67
	2.72	2.33
	2.60	2.22
	14	6
	4	8
	26	24
	+0.060	−0.059
	42%	35%

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Johnson – Palat – Point
13:4742% CF
L2Stamkos – Kucherov – Miller
9:3125% CF
L3Kunitz – Callahan – Paquette
8:1870% CF
L4Killorn – Gourde – Cirelli
6:4763% CF
D1Stralman – McDonagh
12:1143% CF
D2Girardi – Hedman
10:1061% CF
D3Coburn – Sergachev
2:29100% CF

PP1Killorn – Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Miller
5:0275% CF
PP2Johnson – Palat – Gourde – Point – Sergachev
3:04100% CF
PK1FStamkos – Cirelli
0:29
PK1DGirardi – McDonagh
0:29

Current TBL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
15:0671% CF
L2Nash – Krejci – DeBrusk
12:4256% CF
L3Wingels – Kuraly – Acciari
6:5267% CF
L4Backes – Nash – Heinen
4:4245% CF
D1Krug – McAvoy
12:3757% CF
D2Miller – Grzelcyk
6:0422% CF
D3Chara – McQuaid
0:17100% CF

PP1Nash – Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak
0:29100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:27
PK2FNash – Nash
2:25
PK1DChara – McQuaid
4:03
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:11

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:47
TBLOndrej Palat (Tyler Johnson, Anton Stralman)wrist0.16 xG
TBL: Girardi, McDonagh, Johnson, Palat, PointBOS: Backes, McQuaid, Nash, Grzelcyk, Heinen
TBL 1 – 0 BOS
3:19
TBLOndrej Palat (Victor Hedman, Dan Girardi)tip-in0.05 xG
TBL: Girardi, Johnson, Hedman, Palat, PointBOS: Nash, Krejci, Miller, Krug, DeBrusk
TBL 2 – 0 BOS
14:12
BOSPatrice BergeronPP (David Pastrnak, Rick Nash)wrist0.02 xG
TBL: Girardi, McDonagh, Stamkos, CirelliBOS: Nash, Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
TBL 2 – 1 BOS
16:43
TBLAnthony Cirelli (Yanni Gourde, Ryan McDonagh)wrist0.16 xG
TBL: Girardi, Killorn, McDonagh, Gourde, CirelliBOS: Backes, Wingels, Miller, Krug, Acciari
TBL 3 – 1 BOS

3rd period

19:18
TBLSteven StamkosEN (J.T. Miller, Victor Hedman)wrist0.66 xG
TBL: Stralman, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, MillerBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
TBL 4 – 1 BOS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Point C	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.50	0	0	0	21:17	—	—	50	73
Ondrej Palat L	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.23	2	1	0	20:28	—	—	46	76
Tyler Johnson C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.30	1	2	0	19:25	—	—	43	71
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.70	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	27	28
Steven Stamkos C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.71	4	0	0	17:38	—	—	27	24
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	3	0	0	16:51	—	—	26	20
Chris Kunitz L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	13:31	—	—	57	64
Ryan Callahan R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:34	—	—	62	67
Cedric Paquette C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	0	17	10:02	—	—	64	71
Alex Killorn L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.23	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	63	50
Yanni Gourde C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	2	0	0	12:32	—	—	68	62
Anthony Cirelli C	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.39	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	46	43
Anton Stralman D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	3	0	2	24:00	—	—	53	68
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	1	5	0	23:56	—	—	33	44
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.19	1	2	0	26:18	—	—	43	40
Dan Girardi D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.08	2	5	0	16:32	—	—	43	53
Braydon Coburn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	12:32	—	—	44	56
Mikhail Sergachev D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	8:25	—	—	73	80

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.45	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	1	12	21:27	—	—	64	41
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	21:14	—	—	68	49
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	3	0	0	19:55	—	—	68	46
Rick Nash L	L2	0	1	1	-1	6	0.48	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	50	46
David Krejci C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.37	0	1	0	16:42	—	—	53	53
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	59	54
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.36	6	0	0	12:40	—	—	52	46
Tommy Wingels C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	5	1	0	11:24	—	—	52	44
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	0	1	0	11:02	—	—	68	81
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	1	2	10:52	—	—	41	29
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	1	0	8:55	—	—	47	48
David Backes R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	7	6:09	—	—	39	26
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	5	1	2	27:09	—	—	59	50
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.10	1	1	4	22:35	—	—	56	35
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	3	0	0	22:21	—	—	44	36
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	3	0	14:33	—	—	42	40
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	22:22	—	—	66	65
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	9:46	—	—	50	29

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	3.61	58:17

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.