Boston Bruins at Montréal Canadiens

Mar 21, 2022 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	3	46
Montréal Canadiens	2	28

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:21	BOS	Brad Marchand (26)	Erik Haula (18), Connor Clifton (4)	1 - 0
2nd Period
08:49	MTL	David Savard (2)	Alexander Romanov (8), Paul Byron (2)	1 - 1
3rd Period
01:13	MTL	Joel Armia (4) SH	Unassisted	1 - 2
17:01	BOS	Connor Clifton (2)	Craig Smith (16), Charlie Coyle (23)	2 - 2
Overtime
00:34	BOS	Brad Marchand (27)	Erik Haula (19)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:55	MTL	Alexander Romanov	Cross checking	2
07:08	BOS	Brad Marchand	Tripping	2
13:54	MTL	David Savard	Tripping	2
2nd Period
13:59	BOS	Matt Grzelcyk	Interference	2
19:19	MTL	Alexander Romanov	Tripping	2
3rd Period
09:59	MTL	Cole Caufield	Hooking	2
19:42	MTL	Jake Evans	Roughing	2
19:42	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	Roughing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	81	59	46	3	4.7	57.4
Montréal Canadiens	50	38	28	2	2.2	42.6

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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 4.7 expected, 3 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.2 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

Montréal Canadiens

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
Brad Marchand · Jake DeBrusk · Jack Studnicka	10:43	63.2	74.5	0-0
Nick Foligno · Curtis Lazar · Tomas Nosek	9:15	52.9	87.8	0-0
Craig Smith · Charlie Coyle · Trent Frederic	9:02	50.0	27.3	1-1
Erik Haula · Taylor Hall · David Pastrnak	8:41	41.2	44.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Grzelcyk · Brandon Carlo	11:16	52.4	48.0	0-0
Mike Reilly · Charlie McAvoy	10:19	61.1	78.4	0-0
Derek Forbort · Connor Clifton	9:03	50.0	38.7	0-1

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
63	Brad Marchand	L	2	0	2	1	2	8	0	21:10	1.09	21-7	0.95-0.15
75	Connor Clifton	D	1	1	2	1	0	4	0	16:15	0.14	15-14	0.70-0.39
56	Erik Haula	L	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	14:20	0.10	16-12	0.98-0.33
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	19:17	0.13	11-12	0.25-0.73
15	Craig Smith	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	14:08	0.03	12-11	0.50-0.75
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	20:23	0.07	23-16	0.73-0.36
10	Trent Frederic	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	11:42	0.09	12-10	0.29-0.67
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	12:14	0.22	12-8	0.44-0.05
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	19:36	0.01	19-16	1.23-0.70
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:36	0.03	25-13	0.87-0.62
27	Derek Forbort	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:08	0.04	12-8	0.14-0.21
53	Jack Studnicka	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	14:49	0.80	15-8	0.49-0.16
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	11:45	0.06	11-10	0.42-0.10
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	17:13	0.58	8-12	0.20-0.27
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	0	0	-1	2	3	2	24:17	0.51	17-13	0.55-0.25
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	16:15	0.26	22-11	1.15-0.28
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	17:14	0.37	9-11	0.23-0.27
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	13:02	0.13	10-8	0.36-0.05

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	W	28	26	2	60:34	2.22	+0.22

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Anderson · Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield	12:55	42.9	47.3	0-1
Joel Armia · Jonathan Drouin · Christian Dvorak	8:17	53.3	12.0	0-0
Mike Hoffman · Laurent Dauphin · Rem Pitlick	8:10	31.3	9.5	0-0
Paul Byron · Jake Evans · Michael Pezzetta	5:06	50.0	83.6	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Petry · Joel Edmundson	14:14	39.3	43.3	0-1
David Savard · Alexander Romanov	13:01	42.3	41.2	1-0
Chris Wideman · Corey Schueneman	9:21	53.3	52.1	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
40	Joel Armia	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	15:21	0.50	10-13	0.10-0.86
58	David Savard	D	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	19:11	0.23	14-21	0.47-0.91
28	Alexander Romanov	D	0	1	1	1	4	3	2	20:54	0.05	16-21	0.49-0.67
41	Paul Byron	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	12:43	0.21	7-9	0.52-0.18
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	20:57	0.01	12-19	0.34-0.38
6	Chris Wideman	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:18	0.02	11-9	0.31-0.30
6	Joel Edmundson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23:00	0.04	14-19	0.42-0.38
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	17:01	0.02	17-18	0.55-0.52
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	20:27	0.28	12-19	0.46-0.52
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	17:03	0.16	15-17	0.54-0.51
20	Rem Pitlick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:47		7-14	0.09-0.93
22	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:20	0.13	11-13	0.16-0.86
26	Laurent Dauphin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:09		10-14	0.21-0.53
61	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	06:05		5-5	0.36-0.09
64	Corey Schueneman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	18:57	0.14	13-18	0.51-1.13
68	Mike Hoffman	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	16:41	0.09	8-22	0.10-1.05
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	13:33	0.06	7-10	0.43-0.23
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:57	0.31	11-9	0.26-0.43

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Jake Allen	OTL	46	43	3	60:34	4.61	+1.61