Minnesota Wild vs. Boston BruinsJan 8, 2019

FinalTuesday, Jan 8, 2019· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	0	0		MIN	6	12	6	24
BOS	3	1	0	4		BOS	15	5	7	27

: MIN 51BOS 48
: MIN 1.84BOS 1.73
PP goals: MIN 0BOS 2
Hits: MIN 28BOS 21
Blocks: MIN 9BOS 18
PIM: MIN 4BOS 6
: MIN 46%BOS 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Minnesota Wild 4–0

Boston Bruins beat Minnesota Wild 4–0 at home. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 1:14 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 12:47.Marchand
Points
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 12:14.Bergeron
Points
John Moore had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:23.Moore
Points
Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:03.Krug
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 1:14 together.Bergeron Marchand Krug Pastrnak DeBrusk
New line
New look for MIN: Hendricks–Foligno–Eriksson Ek skated 10:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hendricks Foligno Eriksson Ek
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 12:47, −6:56 down on his 19:43 season average over 78 games.Marchand
Usage
Patrice Bergeron (BOS) played 12:14, −6:20 down on his 18:34 season average over 64 games.Bergeron

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

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

BOS
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · BOS 48 · MIN 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 26% of the game, BOS 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

MIN

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	MIN	BOS
	59	53
	2.15	1.68
	2.11	1.66
	13	5
	4	5
	28	18
	−0.053	+0.053
	26%	27%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Parise – Coyle – Kunin
10:5941% CF
L2Hendricks – Foligno – Eriksson Ek
10:0769% CF
L3Koivu – Zucker – Niederreiter
8:0256% CF
L4Staal – Granlund – Greenway
7:4071% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
17:4341% CF
D2Pateryn – Brodin
17:1852% CF
D3Prosser – Seeler
14:2962% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Granlund – Kunin
2:30100% CF
PP2Koivu – Spurgeon – Zucker – Coyle – Niederreiter
2:29
PK1FHendricks – Coyle
0:31
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
0:26
PK1DPateryn – Brodin
0:31
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
0:19

Current MIN line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari
13:4252% CF
L2Backes – Krejci – DeBrusk
13:3930% CF
L3Donato – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson
10:0938% CF
L4Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
9:0560% CF
D1Chara – Carlo
19:4450% CF
D2Moore – Krug
15:1452% CF
D3Miller – Grzelcyk
13:1836% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
1:14100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Acciari
1:11
PK2FWagner – Forsbacka Karlsson
1:05
PK1DChara – Carlo
1:59
PK2DMoore – Miller
0:59

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:23
BOSDanton Heinen (John Moore, Torey Krug)tip-in0.03 xG
MIN: Hendricks, Suter, Spurgeon, Foligno, Eriksson EkBOS: Moore, Krug, Donato, Heinen, Forsbacka Karlsson
MIN 0 – 1 BOS
11:29
BOSBrad Marchand (Patrice Bergeron, John Moore)wrist0.02 xG
MIN: Parise, Pateryn, Coyle, Brodin, KuninBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Moore, Krug, Pastrnak
MIN 0 – 2 BOS
19:15
BOSJake DeBruskPP (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand)tip-in0.09 xG
MIN: Hendricks, Pateryn, Coyle, BrodinBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, DeBrusk
MIN 0 – 3 BOS

2nd period

6:24
BOSPatrice BergeronPP (Brad Marchand, Torey Krug)tip-in0.13 xG
MIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Coyle, Eriksson EkBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, DeBrusk
MIN 0 – 4 BOS

Box score

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

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Parise L	L1	-1	2	0.16	1	1	2	16:30	—	—	45	47
Luke Kunin C	L1	-1	3	0.08	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	37	40
Charlie Coyle C	L1	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	43	43
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:16	—	—	65	81
Marcus Foligno L	L2	-1	1	0.08	3	0	0	12:10	—	—	71	84
Matt Hendricks C	L2	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	11:46	—	—	65	81
Mikko Koivu C	L3	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	50	40
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	0	2	0.09	4	0	0	16:20	—	—	50	53
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:04	—	—	59	56
Eric Staal C	L4	0	2	0.19	0	0	2	17:06	—	—	61	78
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	61	63
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	1	0.28	3	0	0	15:53	—	—	50	55
Ryan Suter D	D1	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	22:40	—	—	45	52
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:24	—	—	42	47
Jonas Brodin D	D2	-1	2	0.20	1	1	0	19:45	—	—	54	61
Greg Pateryn D	D2	-1	1	0.04	3	1	0	17:57	—	—	52	62
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	15:48	—	—	63	61
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	15:17	—	—	62	55

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	1.73	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	1	0	18:21	—	—	52	51
Noel Acciari C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	55	57
Chris Wagner R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	2	0	0	16:19	—	—	50	47
David Krejci C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:22	—	—	35	33
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	17:00	—	—	33	27
David Backes R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	1	0	16:22	—	—	39	40
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:01	—	—	39	30
Danton Heinen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	40	54
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:30	—	—	41	42
Brad Marchand L	L4	1	2	3	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	62	47
Patrice Bergeron C	L4	1	2	3	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	60	44
David Pastrnak R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	1	0	11:32	—	—	62	47
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	1	0	24:39	—	—	48	49
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	2	2	22:35	—	—	54	51
John Moore D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.19	2	2	2	19:23	—	—	55	45
Torey Krug D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.05	0	2	0	18:03	—	—	50	34
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	4	2	18:00	—	—	35	35
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	16:51	—	—	39	49

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	1.84	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.