Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Boston Bruins Recap Aug 29, 2020

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, Aug 29, 2020· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	1	2	0	3		TBL	8	12	6	26
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	9	10	11	30

: TBL 52BOS 64
: TBL 3.05BOS 3.56
PP goals: TBL 1BOS 1
Hits: TBL 45BOS 38
Blocks: TBL 16BOS 13
PIM: TBL 13BOS 16
: TBL 35%BOS 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Boston Bruins 3–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Boston Bruins 3–1 at BOS. Ondrej Palat (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BOS: Coyle–Ritchie–Kuhlman skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ondrej Palat had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:42.Palat
Points
Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:43.Kucherov
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Ritchie–Kuhlman skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Ritchie Kuhlman
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.56 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 15:35, −4:34 down on his 20:09 season average over 11 games.Grzelcyk
Usage
Par Lindholm (BOS) played 6:27, −7:11 down on his 13:38 season average over 5 games.Lindholm
Usage
Zach Bogosian (TBL) played 10:55, −7:06 down on his 18:01 season average over 19 games.Bogosian
Usage
Chris Wagner (BOS) played 6:33, −6:41 down on his 13:14 season average over 11 games.Wagner

Three stars

2020 Second Round, game 4: TBL leads 3-1 after this game · series page

★ First starOndrej PalatTBL · L · 2 G
★★ Second starNikita KucherovTBL · R · 2 A
★★★ Third starAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · G · .967 SV%, 1.01 GAA

Officials

Referees: Chris Lee (#28), Francis Charron (#6) · Linesmen: Greg Devorski (#54), Matt MacPherson (#83)

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 116 of 116 attempts · BOS 64 · TBL 52

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 31% of the game, BOS 26%.

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
	40	47
	1.96	2.53
	1.95	2.30
	8	6
	5	5
	23	8
	−0.125	+0.125
	31%	26%

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.