Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

Mar 3, 2021 · TD Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	2	28
Boston Bruins	1	19

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
3rd Period
01:19	BOS	David Pastrnak (10)	Brad Marchand (14)	0 - 1
06:14	WSH	Lars Eller (5)	Richard Panik (5), Nick Jensen (7)	1 - 1
Shootout
	WSH	Jakub Vrana	Shootout winner	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:23	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	Interference	2
14:19	BOS	David Krejci	Tripping	2
14:56	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	Interference	2
19:49	WSH	Richard Panik	Interference	2
3rd Period
14:30	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	Slashing	2
14:30	BOS	Trent Frederic	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	55	46	28	1	3.1	53.2
Boston Bruins	43	31	19	1	1.4	46.8

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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 1 scored · Boston Bruins: 1.4 expected, 1 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

Washington Capitals

Boston Bruins

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.

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Conor Sheary	14:03	61.5	63.6	0-1
T.J. Oshie · Lars Eller · Richard Panik	9:26	64.3	83.2	1-0
Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson · Jakub Vrana	7:56	50.0	46.5	0-0
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway	7:21	57.1	83.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
John Carlson · Brenden Dillon	18:11	57.1	63.6	0-1
Justin Schultz · Dmitry Orlov	15:32	59.3	75.1	0-0
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen	14:05	44.0	56.7	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
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	16:18	0.36	10-8	0.42-0.20
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	17:13	0.06	12-15	0.52-0.48
16	Richard Panik	R	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	12:18		10-7	0.46-0.08
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20:22	0.02	16-11	0.64-0.21
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	20:32	0.04	12-9	0.62-0.35
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	4	5	6	23:13	0.94	19-17	0.95-0.58
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:20	0.19	17-12	0.69-0.24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:26	0.32	8-13	0.33-0.34
19	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:28	0.12	8-9	0.22-0.37
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	08:10		5-3	0.26-0.05
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:39	0.13	6-4	0.31-0.06
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	16:59	0.01	12-14	0.57-0.36
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16:10	0.35	7-10	0.19-0.38
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	18:31		18-15	0.93-0.56
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:53	0.06	4-4	0.24-0.05
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	27:01	0.17	13-11	0.71-0.51
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	16:56	0.15	11-7	0.49-0.08
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	20:52	0.16	17-11	0.81-0.47

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	19	18	1	64:39	1.39	+0.39

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak	13:37	65.2	52.1	1-0
David Krejci · Craig Smith · Nick Ritchie	11:50	14.3	8.1	0-0
Jake DeBrusk · Trent Frederic · Jack Studnicka	9:52	63.6	59.1	0-0
Chris Wagner · Sean Kuraly · Anders Bjork	6:04	44.4	6.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jakub Zboril · Charlie McAvoy	15:00	42.9	16.2	0-0
Jarred Tinordi · Connor Clifton	13:40	46.7	44.6	0-0
Matt Grzelcyk · Brandon Carlo	13:21	56.5	65.5	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
88	David Pastrnak	R	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	20:52	0.25	17-10	0.51-0.57
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	19:44	0.09	15-10	0.49-0.47
10	Trent Frederic	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	12:13	0.13	9-4	0.38-0.24
14	Chris Wagner	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	07:42		5-8	0.04-0.32
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	16:30	0.03	5-13	0.16-0.40
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	21:34	0.01	16-15	0.69-0.60
24	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	09:18	0.02	5-11	0.04-0.55
25	Jarred Tinordi	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:41	0.01	7-9	0.25-0.37
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:02	0.08	17-15	0.65-0.71
27	Nick Ritchie	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17:51	0.10	7-15	0.17-0.60
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	19:04	0.12	17-9	0.54-0.57
46	David Krejci	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20:39		6-17	0.08-0.52
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	11:54	0.12	4-11	0.02-0.60
53	Jack Studnicka	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:33	0.21	9-5	0.44-0.24
67	Jakub Zboril	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	22:13	0.02	12-16	0.13-0.85
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	24:25	0.05	12-17	0.17-0.80
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	16:54	0.12	9-9	0.37-0.53
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	16:48	0.01	8-11	0.25-0.44

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Tuukka Rask	OTL	28	27	1	65:00	3.11	+2.11