Ottawa Senators vs. Boston BruinsMar 9, 2019

FinalSaturday, Mar 9, 2019· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	1	1	2		OTT	6	8	5	19
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	12	14	5	31

: OTT 35BOS 63
: OTT 1.71BOS 2.98
PP goals: OTT 0BOS 1
Hits: OTT 25BOS 22
Blocks: OTT 13BOS 8
PIM: OTT 8BOS 8
: OTT 49%BOS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Ottawa Senators 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 at home. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug and Heinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:33 together.

Points
Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:55.Tkachuk
Points
Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:45.Krug
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug and Heinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:33 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Krug Heinen
New line
New look for BOS: Stempniak–Krejci–Nordstrom skated 6:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stempniak Krejci Nordstrom
Usage
Danton Heinen (BOS) played 18:17, +4:22 up on his 13:55 season average over 76 games.Heinen
Usage
Charlie Coyle (BOS) played 11:45, −5:05 down on his 16:50 season average over 80 games.Coyle
Usage
Anthony Duclair (OTT) played 17:18, +4:40 up on his 12:38 season average over 73 games.Duclair
Usage
John Moore (BOS) played 14:41, −4:09 down on his 18:50 season average over 60 games.Moore

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 98 of 98 attempts · BOS 63 · OTT 35

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 17% of the game, BOS 43%.

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
	31	59
	1.61	2.24
	1.54	2.19
	8	6
	1	5
	28	19
	−0.008	+0.008
	17%	43%

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

L1Pageau – Duclair – Tkachuk
10:5522% CF
L2Ryan – Smith – White
9:2647% CF
L3Paajarvi – Tierney – Balcers
8:4230% CF
L4Boedker – Lindberg – Gibbons
6:1973% CF
D1Ceci – Wolanin
16:3643% CF
D2DeMelo – Chabot
14:3432% CF
D3Borowiecki – Harpur
10:2817% CF

PP1Ryan – Duclair – White – Chabot – Tkachuk
3:3067% CF
PP2Boedker – DeMelo – White – Chabot – Tkachuk
0:36
PK1FPageau – Tierney
3:23
PK2FSmith – Paajarvi
0:56
PK1DCeci – Harpur
2:27
PK2DBorowiecki – DeMelo
2:13

Current OTT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Heinen
9:2365% CF
L2Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari
7:3669% CF
L3Backes – Coyle – Cehlarik
7:2275% CF
L4Stempniak – Krejci – Nordstrom
6:0963% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
14:1075% CF
D2Moore – Grzelcyk
10:4359% CF
D3Krug – Carlo
10:3967% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Krug – Heinen
3:33100% CF
PP2Backes – Coyle – Krug – Cehlarik – McAvoy
1:07
PK1FKuraly – Acciari
1:59
PK2FWagner – Nordstrom
1:13
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:09
PK2DMoore – McAvoy
0:59

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:11
BOSBrad MarchandPP (Torey Krug, Patrice Bergeron)snap0.10 xG
OTT: Pageau, Ceci, Tierney, HarpurBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug, Heinen
OTT 0 – 1 BOS
11:08
OTTJean-Gabriel Pageau (Brady Tkachuk)snap0.22 xG
OTT: Pageau, Ceci, Duclair, Wolanin, TkachukBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Heinen, McAvoy
OTT 1 – 1 BOS

3rd period

2:46
OTTBrady Tkachuk (Chris Tierney)backhand0.23 xG
OTT: Ceci, Tierney, Duclair, Wolanin, TkachukBOS: Bergeron, Nordstrom, Krug, Heinen, McAvoy
OTT 2 – 1 BOS
8:47
BOSChris Wagner (Torey Krug, Charlie McAvoy)tip-in0.04 xG
OTT: Pageau, Tierney, Harpur, ChabotBOS: Bergeron, Wagner, Krug, McAvoy
OTT 2 – 2 BOS
19:15
BOSDavid Krejci (Danton Heinen, Matt Grzelcyk)tip-in0.06 xG
OTT: Paajarvi, Gibbons, Ceci, Tierney, WolaninBOS: Chara, Backes, Krejci, Heinen, McAvoy
OTT 2 – 3 BOS

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
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.25	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	21	32
Anthony Duclair L	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	2	17:18	—	—	24	49
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	2	0	0	17:01	—	—	20	31
Colin White C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	40	30
Bobby Ryan R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	42	46
Zack Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	14:32	—	—	38	49
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	19:18	—	—	29	50
Magnus Paajarvi L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:07	—	—	24	30
Rudolfs Balcers L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	30	31
Mikkel Boedker L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	64	77
Brian Gibbons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	0	0	10:44	—	—	45	37
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	9:43	—	—	50	63
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	5	0	0	22:36	—	—	46	55
Christian Wolanin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	44	56
Thomas Chabot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	0	0	23:46	—	—	37	39
Dylan DeMelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	5	2	19:35	—	—	31	34
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:07	—	—	22	24
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	3	0	15:07	—	—	25	22

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.98	59:44

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.16	1	0	2	18:17	—	—	67	39
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.40	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	63	36
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.24	0	0	2	18:11	—	—	65	44
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	0	0	16:17	—	—	61	78
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.74	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	57	77
Chris Wagner R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	2	0	0	13:57	—	—	69	83
David Backes R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	1	1	0	15:05	—	—	74	81
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	75	78
Peter Cehlarik L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	10:00	—	—	77	80
David Krejci C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.27	2	0	0	16:40	—	—	73	46
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	1	0	13:58	—	—	47	33
Lee Stempniak R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:46	—	—	67	32
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	22:17	—	—	71	61
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	1	1	2	21:27	—	—	71	49
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	1	0	2	16:52	—	—	60	70
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	56	66
Torey Krug D	D3	0	2	2	0	3	0.22	0	1	0	20:45	—	—	63	40
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	5	2	0	20:33	—	—	65	70

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	19	17	2	.895	1.71	59:58

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.