Boston Bruins at Nashville Predators

Dec 16, 2014 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	2	35
Nashville Predators	3	40

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
04:04	BOS	Milan Lucic (6)	Chris Kelly (7), Torey Krug (6)	1 - 0
19:30	NSH	Mike Fisher (2) PP	Shea Weber (12), Filip Forsberg (18)	1 - 1
3rd Period
01:31	NSH	Mike Ribeiro (9)	James Neal (8), Ryan Ellis (9)	1 - 2
03:28	BOS	Reilly Smith (8)	Brad Marchand (10), Patrice Bergeron (16)	2 - 2
Shootout
	NSH	Derek Roy	Shootout winner	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:23	BOS	Brad Marchand	Slashing	2
15:24	NSH	Colin Wilson	High sticking	2
2nd Period
01:56	NSH	Derek Roy	Hooking	2
13:53	BOS	Dennis Seidenberg	Delaying game puck over glass	2
18:59	BOS	Milan Lucic	Hooking	2
3rd Period
03:50	NSH	Colin Wilson	High sticking	2
06:49	BOS	Milan Lucic	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	58	44	35	2	3.0	43.4
Nashville Predators	69	52	40	2	2.5	56.6

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.0 expected, 2 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.5 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Boston Bruins

Nashville Predators

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Reilly Smith	11:39	36.8	53.7	1-0
Chris Kelly · Milan Lucic · Craig Cunningham	10:48	40.0	55.1	1-1
Loui Eriksson · Carl Soderberg · Matt Fraser	9:15	47.1	43.4	0-0
Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille · Seth Griffith	4:21	42.9	45.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zdeno Chara · Dougie Hamilton	11:59	42.3	33.9	1-1
Dennis Seidenberg · Zach Trotman	8:04	53.8	55.1	0-0
Kevan Miller · Torey Krug	7:11	43.8	74.6	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
17	Milan Lucic	L	1	0	1	0	4	4	1	15:39	0.59	10-15	0.75-0.47
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	19:07	0.74	9-13	0.46-0.28
22	Chris Kelly	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	17:00	0.13	9-13	0.68-0.45
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	20:21	0.10	11-13	0.40-0.30
47	Torey Krug	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	18:38	0.08	11-16	0.90-0.33
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	18:55	0.13	10-13	0.40-0.30
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	20:52	0.01	12-15	0.28-0.26
5	Zach Trotman	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:54	0.12	13-13	0.48-0.22
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:39	0.06	13-19	0.37-0.58
9	Gregory Campbell	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:23	0.14	8-10	0.17-0.09
12	Daniel Paille	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:50		5-6	0.11-0.03
21	Loui Eriksson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20:18	0.01	12-14	0.31-0.37
22	Craig Cunningham	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:21	0.03	9-14	0.61-0.48
23	Seth Griffith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:27		4-4	0.04-0.03
28	Matt Fraser	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	11:31	0.20	10-9	0.25-0.32
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	25:46	0.12	13-17	0.33-0.58
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	18:52	0.48	11-16	0.33-0.40
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	19:11	0.03	10-15	0.66-0.37

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Tuukka Rask	OTL	40	38	2	64:45	2.52	+0.52

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Ribeiro · James Neal · Filip Forsberg	11:39	56.3	50.2	0-1
Matt Cullen · Mike Fisher · Colin Wilson	11:16	58.8	73.2	0-0
Derek Roy · Craig Smith · Calle Jarnkrok	5:42	60.0	20.7	0-0
Olli Jokinen · Eric Nystrom · Gabriel Bourque	5:26	53.8	33.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi	15:29	51.7	26.0	0-1
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm	13:03	47.4	30.8	0-1
Mattias Ekholm · Seth Jones	4:15	80.0	90.7	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
12	Mike Fisher	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	21:09	0.21	14-10	0.51-0.16
63	Mike Ribeiro	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	20:40	0.09	15-12	0.40-0.80
6	Shea Weber	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	29:41	0.20	23-16	0.60-0.74
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	2	20:29	0.19	11-8	0.34-0.31
81	James Neal	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	20:40	0.08	10-12	0.38-0.80
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	22:26	0.11	14-15	0.41-0.65
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	19:12	0.06	15-7	0.33-0.13
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15:43	0.30	15-8	0.50-0.16
8	Derek Roy	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	09:22	0.02	9-8	0.10-0.66
13	Olli Jokinen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	09:55	0.04	10-7	0.19-0.32
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	24:33	0.06	19-12	0.65-0.64
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:21		10-5	0.09-0.19
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:34		9-7	0.08-0.23
20	Anton Volchenkov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	02:56		2-3	0.07-0.00
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	19:41	0.63	11-10	0.43-0.19
24	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	12:38	0.21	15-10	0.31-0.35
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:04	0.02	12-11	0.21-0.36
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	31:12	0.32	21-19	0.28-0.86

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	W	35	33	2	64:44	2.94	+0.94