Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

1st Round, Game 1 · May 15, 2021 · Capital One Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	2	26
Washington Capitals	3	32

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
06:22	WSH	Tom Wilson (1)	T.J. Oshie (1), Daniel Sprong (1)	0 - 1
13:10	BOS	Jake DeBrusk (1)	Curtis Lazar (1)	1 - 1
2nd Period
08:44	WSH	Brenden Dillon (1)	Anthony Mantha (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	1 - 2
16:38	BOS	Nick Ritchie (1) PP	David Pastrnak (1), Charlie McAvoy (1)	2 - 2
Overtime
04:41	WSH	Nic Dowd (1)	T.J. Oshie (2), Tom Wilson (1)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:58	WSH	John Carlson	Delaying game puck over glass	2
16:42	WSH	Justin Schultz	Tripping	2
2nd Period
09:01	BOS	Jeremy Lauzon	Cross checking	2
15:21	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	High sticking	2
3rd Period
05:06	WSH	Michael Raffl	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	63	47	26	2	2.8	47.3
Washington Capitals	66	47	32	3	2.0	52.7

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

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.8 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.0 expected, 3 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

Washington Capitals

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 · David Pastrnak	14:52	60.0	80.0	0-0
David Krejci · Craig Smith · Taylor Hall	13:13	54.5	52.6	0-2
Chris Wagner · Curtis Lazar · Jake DeBrusk	9:02	47.1	40.1	1-0
Charlie Coyle · Sean Kuraly · Nick Ritchie	8:40	26.3	13.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy	19:13	61.0	76.3	0-1
Kevan Miller · Jeremy Lauzon	17:04	40.6	36.3	1-2
Mike Reilly · Brandon Carlo	15:12	46.2	39.0	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

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
27	Nick Ritchie	L	1	0	1	-1	0	1	4	14:38	0.16	6-16	0.09-0.45
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	12:00	0.11	9-13	0.28-0.45
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	10:57	0.06	8-9	0.25-0.37
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	1	1	-1	0	5	2	23:57	0.23	26-18	1.46-0.43
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	21:31	1.02	21-12	1.29-0.28
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	15:06	0.01	7-19	0.16-0.54
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	8	19:12	0.02	13-25	0.35-0.70
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:37		12-16	0.35-0.59
14	Chris Wagner	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	11:37	0.07	9-10	0.27-0.38
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	18:59	0.18	16-17	0.55-0.57
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	24:52	0.05	26-17	1.37-0.46
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:42	0.03	13-15	0.35-0.55
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21:03	0.16	18-12	1.11-0.28
46	David Krejci	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	19:16	0.33	17-17	0.69-0.54
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	13:29	0.05	9-20	0.12-0.57
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23:07	0.15	22-17	1.29-0.36
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	17:49	0.20	15-12	0.52-0.49
86	Kevan Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	19:33	0.03	13-25	0.35-0.78

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Tuukka Rask	32	29	3	64:41	1.86	-1.14

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Anthony Mantha	13:07	70.8	69.8	1-0
Lars Eller · Michael Raffl · Conor Sheary	12:02	41.4	26.1	0-0
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway	9:30	53.3	40.7	0-0
T.J. Oshie · Tom Wilson · Daniel Sprong	7:09	54.5	64.6	1-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov	18:15	41.0	25.5	0-0
Justin Schultz · Brenden Dillon	15:29	47.8	69.4	1-0
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen	12:45	61.3	61.5	1-1

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
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	1	2	1	0	4	3	16:31	0.20	11-14	0.44-0.37
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	2	2	1	0	0	4	13:40	0.02	11-11	0.42-0.23
5	Brenden Dillon	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	6	20:18	0.08	15-14	0.67-0.36
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	4	15:59	0.21	11-10	0.30-0.28
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	1	0	4	4	18:26	0.40	23-12	0.68-0.33
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	09:12	0.12	8-7	0.27-0.19
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	17:18	0.02	23-9	0.65-0.29
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	20:02	0.04	21-13	0.48-0.33
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	21:12	0.08	21-15	0.86-0.46
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	24:51	0.06	24-24	0.58-1.31
18	Michael Raffl	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	16:14	0.10	14-21	0.41-1.36
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	19:05	0.21	23-16	0.66-0.48
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	19:52	0.27	18-20	0.55-1.18
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	12:12	0.02	8-8	0.18-0.35
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	19:07	0.09	21-13	0.59-0.46
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:19		13-18	0.42-1.01
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:28	0.03	11-9	0.29-0.42
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	22:56	0.07	17-26	0.41-1.42