San Jose Sharks vs. Boston BruinsOct 26, 2017

FinalThursday, Oct 26, 2017· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	1	0	1		SJS	10	12	15	37
BOS	1	1	0	2		BOS	11	11	11	33

: SJS 71BOS 56
: SJS 3.76BOS 2.99
PP goals: SJS 1BOS 0
Hits: SJS 24BOS 22
Blocks: SJS 14BOS 16
PIM: SJS 4BOS 12
: SJS 55%BOS 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge San Jose Sharks 2–1

Boston Bruins beat San Jose Sharks 2–1 at home. Danton Heinen (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture and Heed) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:02 together.

Points
Danton Heinen had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 8:39.Heinen
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture and Heed) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:02 together.Thornton Burns Pavelski Couture Heed
New line
New look for BOS: Backes–Pastrnak–DeBrusk skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backes Pastrnak DeBrusk
Luck
SJS scored 1 goal on 3.76 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Danton Heinen (BOS) played 8:39, −6:27 down on his 15:06 season average over 76 games.Heinen
Goalie
Anton Khudobin (BOS) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +9 against a season average of 28.3; the win.Khudobin
Usage
Sean Kuraly (BOS) played 4:26, −7:55 down on his 12:21 season average over 74 games.Kuraly
New line
New look for BOS: Nash–Agostino–Vatrano skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Agostino Vatrano

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

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

BOS
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · BOS 56 · SJS 71

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 44% of the game, BOS 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

SJS

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	SJS	BOS
	56	58
	2.58	2.63
	2.53	2.59
	13	11
	5	8
	20	29
	+0.047	−0.047
	44%	32%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Hertl – Karlsson
8:5950% CF
L2Thornton – Pavelski – Donskoi
7:4133% CF
L3Boedker – Tierney – Labanc
6:5850% CF
L4Ward – Carpenter – Meier
6:1467% CF
D1Burns – Ryan
14:5236% CF
D2Dillon – Heed
13:1471% CF
D3Vlasic – Braun
12:1948% CF

PP1Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Heed
4:02100% CF
PP2Vlasic – Boedker – Donskoi – Hertl – Labanc
2:5333% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Meier
1:37
PK2FCouture – Hertl
0:52
PK1DVlasic – Braun
2:30
PK2DDillon – Ryan
0:40

Current SJS line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Bjork
11:4363% CF
L2Backes – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
11:1240% CF
L3Nash – Agostino – Vatrano
6:2342% CF
L4Kuraly – Schaller – Heinen
2:3243% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
12:5752% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
6:3786% CF
D3Postma – Miller
5:3725% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Agostino – Krug – Pastrnak
2:32100% CF
PP2Backes – Postma – Bjork – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:13
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:33
PK2FNash – Schaller
2:17
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:00
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:00

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:41
BOSDanton HeinenSH (David Backes, Kevan Miller)wrist0.22 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Boedker, Donskoi, Hertl, LabancBOS: Backes, Heinen, Carlo, McAvoy
SJS 0 – 1 BOS

2nd period

10:40
SJSJoe ThorntonPP (Tim Heed, Brent Burns)wrist0.03 xG
SJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Couture, HeedBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Carlo
SJS 1 – 1 BOS
13:27
BOSDanton Heinen (Brandon Carlo, Tim Schaller)wrist0.39 xG
SJS: Thornton, Pavelski, Vlasic, Braun, DonskoiBOS: Chara, Schaller, Heinen, Vatrano, Carlo
SJS 1 – 2 BOS

Box score

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

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.55	1	1	0	19:04	—	—	54	65
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	17:30	—	—	46	56
Melker Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	12:25	—	—	48	52
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.48	3	1	2	20:37	—	—	30	16
Joe Thornton C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.18	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	41	22
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.40	2	1	0	14:58	—	—	46	31
Kevin Labanc R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.31	2	1	0	16:37	—	—	57	63
Mikkel Boedker L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	3	0	0	14:49	—	—	56	62
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	54	57
Timo Meier R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	11:46	—	—	53	72
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	11:14	—	—	57	75
Joel Ward R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	9:40	—	—	64	75
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	0	7	0.47	1	3	2	25:13	—	—	35	25
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	38	25
Tim Heed D	D2	0	1	1	0	5	0.18	0	2	0	20:16	—	—	62	86
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	3	1	0	16:30	—	—	75	99
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.35	0	1	0	19:42	—	—	50	48
Justin Braun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:06	—	—	52	46

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	2.99	57:46

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	22:35	—	—	52	37
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	2	0	22:23	—	—	47	37
Anders Bjork L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	1	0	16:02	—	—	60	48
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	2	18:57	—	—	44	57
David Backes R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	2	0	0	16:42	—	—	48	54
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	2	1	0	15:23	—	—	40	52
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	2	2	15:25	—	—	54	45
Kenny Agostino L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	11:17	—	—	43	33
Frank Vatrano R	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.34	1	0	0	8:58	—	—	53	56
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	63	76
Danton Heinen L	L4	2	0	2	+2	2	0.62	0	1	0	8:39	—	—	60	76
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	0	6	4:26	—	—	40	10
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	26:40	—	—	47	67
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.07	2	2	0	19:45	—	—	61	68
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:38	—	—	63	77
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	18:06	—	—	63	56
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	20:33	—	—	24	8
Paul Postma D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	12:58	—	—	44	33

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	3.76	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.