Boston Bruins at Nashville Predators

Dec 2, 2021 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	2	33
Nashville Predators	0	42

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
14:38	BOS	Jake DeBrusk (4) PP	Craig Smith (3), Charlie Coyle (6)	1 - 0
2nd Period
00:30	BOS	Brandon Carlo (2)	Erik Haula (3)	2 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:39	NSH	Yakov Trenin	Interference	2
12:39	BOS	Trent Frederic	Roughing	2
12:39	NSH	Mark Borowiecki	Roughing	2
2nd Period
19:40	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	Tripping	2
3rd Period
06:04	BOS	Charlie Coyle	Roughing	2
10:18	NSH	Filip Forsberg	Holding	2
12:02	NSH	Mark Borowiecki	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	60	49	33	2	3.8	41.7
Nashville Predators	75	55	42	0	2.7	58.3

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: 3.8 expected, 2 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.7 expected, 0 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 · Taylor Hall · David Pastrnak	12:02	65.5	83.3	0-0
Craig Smith · Erik Haula · Charlie Coyle	10:59	52.6	71.5	1-0
Curtis Lazar · Tomas Nosek · Jake DeBrusk	8:12	20.0	21.2	0-0
Nick Foligno · Trent Frederic · Karson Kuhlman	6:02	14.3	17.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Derek Forbort · Charlie McAvoy	13:23	31.0	45.7	0-0
Matt Grzelcyk · Brandon Carlo	12:22	43.8	66.2	0-0
Mike Reilly · Jakub Zboril	5:28	33.3	43.9	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
25	Brandon Carlo	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	22:59	0.12	15-18	0.65-0.49
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	10:48	0.24	6-16	0.33-0.61
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	18:59		12-12	0.58-0.24
15	Craig Smith	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	17:02	0.20	11-10	0.67-0.24
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	17:21	0.54	11-9	0.54-0.20
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:37	0.07	14-24	0.64-0.88
10	Trent Frederic	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	07:13	0.07	3-13	0.10-0.54
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:20		4-18	0.17-0.74
20	Karson Kuhlman	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:58		2-18	0.10-0.61
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:03		15-11	0.92-0.31
27	Derek Forbort	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	20:29	0.03	15-24	0.89-0.73
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	20:18	0.85	20-10	1.17-0.23
67	Jakub Zboril	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	05:28	0.01	5-10	0.35-0.45
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:01	0.17	3-19	0.10-0.64
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	20:15	0.31	21-11	1.17-0.23
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	28:45	0.01	16-25	0.83-0.63
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	22:03	0.42	20-11	1.13-0.23
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:03	0.26	7-21	0.37-0.74

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	W, SO	42	42	0	59:18	2.66	+2.66

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Duchene · Mikael Granlund · Filip Forsberg	12:33	43.3	31.6	0-0
Colton Sissons · Yakov Trenin · Tanner Jeannot	9:29	25.0	9.3	0-1
Nick Cousins · Tommy Novak · Philip Tomasino	9:04	85.7	76.7	0-0
Ryan Johansen · Luke Kunin · Eeli Tolvanen	8:49	76.5	69.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Roman Josi · Dante Fabbro	15:50	61.4	47.8	0-1
Mattias Ekholm · Alexandre Carrier	11:45	47.6	32.4	0-0
Mark Borowiecki · Matt Benning	9:08	64.3	52.5	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	2	4	1	20:13	0.29	17-19	0.43-0.88
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	0	15:46		16-10	0.41-0.64
13	Yakov Trenin	C	-1	2	1	2	12:26	0.05	3-12	0.05-0.75
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	2	3	1	23:22	0.10	16-14	0.53-0.70
15	Colton Sissons	C	-1	0	1	4	15:36	0.09	5-9	0.14-0.51
15	Dante Fabbro	D	-1	0	3	0	19:28	0.11	28-18	0.90-1.08
17	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	0	3	2	11:10	0.23	16-5	0.35-0.18
18	Tommy Novak	C	0	0	1	0	10:57	0.14	20-4	0.83-0.29
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	0	5	0	11:41	0.34	20-5	0.91-0.37
33	Matt Benning	D	0	0	0	0	15:22		10-7	0.25-0.29
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	19:38	0.01	14-14	0.40-0.78
53	Philip Tomasino	R	0	0	3	0	10:38	0.62	20-4	0.88-0.33
59	Roman Josi	D	-1	0	9	0	27:26	0.25	35-22	1.18-1.24
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	3	21:52	0.01	15-17	0.36-0.70
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	3	4	12:10	0.11	13-5	0.31-0.15
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	-1	0	0	4	13:36		3-12	0.05-0.75
90	Mark Borowiecki	D	0	4	2	3	12:42	0.03	9-5	0.22-0.20
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	4	0	20:46	0.31	20-18	0.51-0.87

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Juuse Saros	L	33	31	2	57:12	3.25	+1.25