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Boston Bruins at Nashville Predators

Dec 4, 2017 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 3 40
Nashville Predators 5 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:26 NSH Craig Smith (10) Alexei Emelin (4), Kyle Turris (13) 0 - 1
19:42 NSH Craig Smith (11) Mattias Ekholm (10), Kevin Fiala (13) 0 - 2
2nd Period
02:15 NSH Nick Bonino (5) Colton Sissons (7), Viktor Arvidsson (10) 0 - 3
04:10 NSH Kevin Fiala (4) Kyle Turris (14), Craig Smith (6) 0 - 4
10:14 BOS Charlie McAvoy (4) PP Danton Heinen (9), David Krejci (7) 1 - 4
3rd Period
04:33 BOS Zdeno Chara (3) David Backes (2), Riley Nash (7) 2 - 4
05:48 BOS David Pastrnak (14) Brad Marchand (11), Patrice Bergeron (10) 3 - 4
06:22 NSH Filip Forsberg (14) Roman Josi (12) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
05:28 BOS Matt Grzelcyk High sticking 2
09:54 NSH Roman Josi Cross checking 2
3rd Period
01:42 NSH Colton Sissons Holding 2
07:40 NSH Filip Forsberg Holding 2
09:13 BOS Brad Marchand Roughing 2
09:13 NSH Viktor Arvidsson Roughing 2
10:10 BOS David Backes Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 74 52 40 3 2.8 57.6
Nashville Predators 49 35 25 5 2.2 42.4

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdNashville Predators aheadBoston Bruins ahead

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: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.2 expected, 5 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 10:14 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 4:33 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBOS goal, 5:48 of 3rd, a 5% chanceNSH goal, 1:26 of 1st, a 20% chanceNSH goal, 19:42 of 1st, a 14% chanceNSH goal, 2:15 of 2nd, a 6% chanceNSH goal, 4:10 of 2nd, a 13% chanceNSH goal, 6:22 of 3rd, a 13% chanceBOS 2.8NSH 2.2

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak14:2567.961.71-0
David Backes · Riley Nash · Danton Heinen11:3552.636.91-3
David Krejci · Ryan Spooner · Anders Bjork9:1643.832.60-1
Sean Kuraly · Tim Schaller · Noel Acciari5:2750.045.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Charlie McAvoy15:1858.647.50-2
Kevan Miller · Matt Grzelcyk13:3864.739.00-1
Torey Krug · Brandon Carlo10:2239.141.30-1

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
33 Zdeno Chara D 1 0 1 -1 0 5 3 21:33 0.15 22-13 0.75-0.65
73 Charlie McAvoy D 1 0 1 -3 0 1 3 24:16 0.12 22-16 0.77-0.93
88 David Pastrnak R 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 22:27 0.56 21-10 0.66-0.35
18 Riley Nash C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 14:15 0.02 11-9 0.31-0.52
21 David Backes R 0 1 1 -2 2 3 1 19:20 0.32 12-11 0.39-0.64
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:22 0.39 20-9 0.64-0.34
46 David Krejci C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 16:39 0.24 12-10 0.35-0.66
58 Danton Heinen L 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 16:49 13-11 0.36-0.64
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 21:50 0.29 21-9 0.58-0.34
15 Ryan Spooner C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:15 9-9 0.32-0.55
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 18:18 0.11 16-7 0.30-0.32
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:14 0.05 10-10 0.33-0.57
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:50 14-14 0.58-0.56
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:53 0.18 15-19 0.58-0.85
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 08:27 0.03 9-10 0.27-0.30
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:39 0.16 12-10 0.33-0.29
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 07:34 0.10 9-9 0.31-0.27
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 18:29 0.05 17-9 0.28-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask 11 10 1 32:40 1.11 +0.11
31 Anton Khudobin L 14 10 4 24:10 1.09 -2.91

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Calle Jarnkrok · Pontus Aberg · Filip Forsberg10:4533.364.80-1
Nick Bonino · Colton Sissons · Viktor Arvidsson10:2639.131.01-0
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Kevin Fiala9:4855.068.33-1
Austin Watson · Miikka Salomaki · Frederick Gaudreau6:3955.631.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Mattias Ekholm19:2947.455.02-0
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban15:1140.752.12-1
Yannick Weber · Matt Irwin10:1338.946.01-1

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
15 Craig Smith C 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 14:51 0.61 13-11 0.89-0.43
22 Kevin Fiala L 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 13:11 0.23 14-12 0.98-0.49
8 Kyle Turris C 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 14:45 0.06 14-11 0.98-0.46
9 Filip Forsberg L 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 17:13 0.13 10-16 0.46-0.34
12 Nick Bonino C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 19:46 0.18 10-22 0.26-0.85
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 27:43 0.10 18-20 0.90-0.74
15 Colton Sissons C 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 18:27 0.12 10-16 0.37-0.57
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 18:48 0.02 11-18 0.61-0.59
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 17:06 0.04 11-20 0.32-0.78
59 Roman Josi D 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 27:07 0.20 20-24 1.01-0.77
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:47 0.07 7-11 0.20-0.24
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:45 0.13 7-16 0.22-0.18
20 Miikka Salomaki R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:03 6-6 0.13-0.14
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:20 0.04 7-9 0.17-0.28
46 Pontus Aberg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:14 0.10 8-13 0.44-0.13
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:35 0.05 7-14 0.20-0.24
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:36 0.08 14-18 0.72-0.62
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:23 8-8 0.26-0.26
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne W 40 37 3 60:00 2.85 -0.15