Ottawa Senators vs. Boston BruinsDec 27, 2017

FinalWednesday, Dec 27, 2017· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	1	0	1		OTT	6	11	9	26
BOS	2	2	1	5		BOS	7	9	7	23

: OTT 53BOS 44
: OTT 2.20BOS 2.40
PP goals: OTT 0BOS 0
Hits: OTT 18BOS 14
Blocks: OTT 13BOS 15
PIM: OTT 27BOS 19
: OTT 55%BOS 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Ottawa Senators 5–1

Boston Bruins beat Ottawa Senators 5–1 at home. Riley Nash (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for OTT: Burrows–Paul–Chlapik skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Riley Nash had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:23.Nash
Points
Danton Heinen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:55.Heinen
Points
David Backes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:53.Backes
Points
Matt Grzelcyk had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:48.Grzelcyk
New line
New look for OTT: Burrows–Paul–Chlapik skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Burrows Paul Chlapik
Usage
Fredrik Claesson (OTT) played 4:04, −11:27 down on his 15:31 season average over 63 games.Claesson
New line
New look for OTT: Thompson–Hoffman–Pageau skated 5:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thompson Hoffman Pageau
Luck
BOS scored 5 goals on 2.41 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

BOS
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · BOS 44 · OTT 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: OTT 34% 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

OTT

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	OTT	BOS
	59	44
	2.56	2.49
	2.48	2.35
	7	11
	4	5
	23	23
	+0.036	−0.036
	34%	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.

Ottawa Senators

L1Burrows – Paul – Chlapik
6:5657% CF
L2Thompson – Hoffman – Pageau
5:4178% CF
L3Pyatt – Brassard – Stone
5:0740% CF
L4Ryan – Duchene – Dzingel
4:3450% CF
D1Karlsson – Chabot
8:2882% CF
D2Oduya – Ceci
8:1113% CF
D3Phaneuf – Claesson
1:060% CF

PP1Brassard – Karlsson – Hoffman – Duchene – Stone
1:17100% CF
PP2Burrows – Phaneuf – Stone – Dzingel – Chabot
0:43100% CF
PK1FThompson – Pageau
1:59
PK2FBurrows – Stone
0:27
PK1DPhaneuf – Karlsson
1:57
PK2DOduya – Ceci
1:46

Current OTT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
13:1548% CF
L2Backes – Nash – Heinen
10:0947% CF
L3Spooner – Bjork – DeBrusk
8:0950% CF
L4Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
7:1650% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
13:2257% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
13:1460% CF
D3Chara – McAvoy
12:3332% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Spooner – Krug – Pastrnak
2:3375% CF
PP2Backes – Grzelcyk – Heinen – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:2180% CF
PK1FSchaller – Acciari
0:41
PK2FKuraly – Heinen
0:36
PK1DChara – Carlo
1:13

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Filip Chlapik C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	2	0	0	10:46	—	—	59	72
Alexandre Burrows R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.53	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	50	48
Nick Paul L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	52	49
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	2	0	15:38	—	—	56	58
Nate Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	13:20	—	—	53	45
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	71	83
Mark Stone R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	2	0	0	21:32	—	—	60	46
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	57	35
Tom Pyatt L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	2	0	15:04	—	—	47	42
Bobby Ryan R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	60	48
Matt Duchene C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	2	0	2	17:15	—	—	57	38
Ryan Dzingel C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	59	51
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.11	0	3	0	26:32	—	—	66	59
Thomas Chabot D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	74	70
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	3	0	26:01	—	—	41	41
Johnny Oduya D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:54	—	—	50	45
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	0	1	0	19:55	—	—	55	40
Fredrik Claesson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	25	4:04	—	—	0	0

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	2.40	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	19:51	—	—	41	45
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	2	0	18:41	—	—	46	50
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	2	17:28	—	—	46	51
Danton Heinen L	L2	1	1	2	+4	3	0.38	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	46	66
David Backes R	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.34	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	44	63
Riley Nash C	L2	2	1	3	+3	2	0.21	0	3	0	14:23	—	—	43	55
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:45	—	—	36	34
Ryan Spooner C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.39	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	45	40
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:28	—	—	50	51
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	13:25	—	—	35	37
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	12:12	—	—	38	48
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	17	8:16	—	—	46	55
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.04	0	2	0	19:48	—	—	63	74
Kevan Miller D	D1	1	0	1	+4	1	0.07	3	0	0	18:52	—	—	45	65
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	1	0	19:58	—	—	42	42
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:30	—	—	55	42
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	21:35	—	—	30	37
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:10	—	—	34	42

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.20	60:00

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.

Ottawa Senators vs. Boston BruinsDec 27, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins rout Ottawa Senators 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Boston Bruins