Nashville Predators vs. Boston BruinsJan 15, 2022

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 15, 2022· TD Garden

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

3

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Boston BruinsBOS

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	1	1	1	0	3		NSH	6	11	11	1	29
BOS	2	0	1	1	4		BOS	10	18	13	3	44

: NSH 54BOS 61
: NSH 2.33BOS 3.44
PP goals: NSH 0BOS 1
Hits: NSH 46BOS 45
Blocks: NSH 8BOS 12
PIM: NSH 7BOS 9
: NSH 61%BOS 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Nashville Predators 4–3 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Nashville Predators 4–3 in overtime at home. Taylor Hall (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:43 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:48.Marchand
Points
Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:30.Hall
Points
Patrice Bergeron had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:05.Bergeron
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:43 together.Bergeron Marchand Hall Pastrnak McAvoy
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +13 against a season average of 31.4; the overtime loss.Saros
Usage
Eeli Tolvanen (NSH) played 21:22, +8:03 up on his 13:19 season average over 74 games.Tolvanen
Usage
Philip Tomasino (NSH) played 6:43, −4:53 down on his 11:36 season average over 75 games.Tomasino
Usage
Mark Borowiecki (NSH) played 17:17, +4:14 up on his 13:03 season average over 56 games.Borowiecki

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

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

BOS
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · BOS 61 · NSH 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 27% of the game, BOS 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

NSH

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	NSH	BOS
	50	61
	2.22	2.88
	2.19	2.74
	4	12
	7	7
	19	18
	+0.114	−0.114
	27%	34%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Tolvanen
14:3564% CF
L2Johansen – Cousins – Kunin
13:0541% CF
L3Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
11:5850% CF
L4McCarron – Luff – Tomasino
5:2843% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
16:3162% CF
D2Benning – Carrier
11:4515% CF
D3Borowiecki – Myers
10:4461% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Tolvanen
3:5590% CF
PK1FSissons – Trenin
0:59
PK2FGranlund – Kunin
0:44
PK1DJosi – Fabbro
0:42
PK2DBorowiecki – Carrier
0:34

Current NSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
14:1865% CF
L2Coyle – DeBrusk – Steen
10:2683% CF
L3Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
10:2453% CF
L4Blidh – Lazar – Nosek
8:4815% CF
D1Reilly – Carlo
17:5550% CF
D2McAvoy – Vaakanainen
16:4372% CF
D3Forbort – Lewington
10:2844% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
1:4383% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:07
PK2FLazar – Nosek
1:43
PK1DLewington – Vaakanainen
1:18
PK2DForbort – McAvoy
1:03

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:20
BOSCraig Smith (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Johansen, Cousins, Benning, Carrier, KuninBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Smith, McAvoy, Vaakanainen
NSH 0 – 1 BOS
7:37
BOSMike Reilly (Erik Haula, Taylor Hall)backhand0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Sissons, Fabbro, Jeannot, TolvanenBOS: Haula, Hall, Reilly, Pastrnak, Carlo
NSH 0 – 2 BOS
14:30
NSHColton Sissons (Dante Fabbro)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Fabbro, JeannotBOS: Forbort, Blidh, Lewington, Lazar, Nosek
NSH 1 – 2 BOS

2nd period

7:32
NSHLuke Kunin (Nick Cousins, Mark Borowiecki)wrist0.07 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Cousins, Myers, Kunin, LuffBOS: Marchand, Haula, Pastrnak, Carlo, McAvoy
NSH 2 – 2 BOS

3rd period

3:50
BOSBrad MarchandPP (Charlie McAvoy, Patrice Bergeron)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Sissons, Benning, TreninBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NSH 2 – 3 BOS
6:26
NSHRoman Josi (Philip Tomasino)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Josi, McCarron, Fabbro, Luff, TomasinoBOS: Haula, Hall, Reilly, Pastrnak, Carlo
NSH 3 – 3 BOS

OT period

1:41
BOSTaylor Hall (David Pastrnak, Urho Vaakanainen)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: Sissons, Carrier, JeannotBOS: Hall, Pastrnak, Vaakanainen
NSH 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.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	22:58	—	—	56	72
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	6	0	0	21:22	—	—	56	68
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.51	2	0	0	20:57	—	—	56	72
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	0	0	20:25	—	—	44	21
Luke Kunin C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	5	0	0	17:08	—	—	37	23
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	16:05	—	—	31	18
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	6	0	2	15:54	—	—	47	48
Colton Sissons C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.49	5	0	0	15:49	—	—	44	53
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	1	0	15:40	—	—	54	63
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	3	0	0	6:43	—	—	33	20
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	5	6:31	—	—	27	12
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:15	—	—	44	51
Roman Josi D	D1	1	0	1	+1	9	0.33	2	3	0	29:32	—	—	60	74
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	4	1	0	18:21	—	—	58	74
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	0	0	19:36	—	—	17	13
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	35	30
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	2	0	17:17	—	—	59	56
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	52	41

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	O	44	40	4	.909	3.44	61:41

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	21:48	—	—	62	60
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	2	2	+1	6	0.53	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	66	60
Craig Smith C	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.36	2	0	0	16:58	—	—	64	61
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	1	0	14:56	—	—	70	92
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.59	0	0	0	13:47	—	—	63	87
Oskar Steen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	6	0	0	12:33	—	—	88	98
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	44	39
Taylor Hall L	L3	1	1	2	+1	5	0.34	2	1	0	15:30	—	—	60	51
Erik Haula L	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:17	—	—	50	44
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	19	10
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:10	—	—	19	11
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	6	1	0	10:24	—	—	21	11
Mike Reilly D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.61	2	0	0	21:10	—	—	59	78
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	2	21:02	—	—	46	49
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	6	2	0	27:44	—	—	65	64
Urho Vaakanainen D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.05	0	2	2	21:09	—	—	65	57
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	5	16:59	—	—	38	28
Tyler Lewington D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	12:30	—	—	40	32

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	2.33	61:35

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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.