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Boston Bruins, 2020-21

Be the GM of the Boston Bruins Take over the 2020-21 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

MassMutual East Division Made the playoffs

2020-21 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
10 56 33-16-7 73 0.652 168 136 +32 18-7-3 15-9-4

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 56 games. 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. What these numbers mean

54.2Corsi for %3rd of 31 · 2,549 attempts for, 2,153 against
55.1Fenwick for %2nd of 31 · unblocked attempts
56.0Shots for %2nd of 31 · shots on goal
53.1Expected goals for %9th of 31 · 103.0 expected for, 90.9 against
53.8Goals for %10th of 31 · 106 for, 91 against
99.3PDO7.2% shooting + 92.1% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 31 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

45%50%55%60%65%Game 20Game 40Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak43429:1065.162.733-17
David Krejci · Craig Smith · Taylor Hall16179:2565.466.712-1
David Krejci · Craig Smith · Nick Ritchie23121:2157.061.57-2
Craig Smith · Charlie Coyle · Trent Frederic1692:0452.750.13-0
David Krejci · Nick Ritchie · David Pastrnak1889:1352.750.42-3
Chris Wagner · Sean Kuraly · Trent Frederic1687:0751.541.61-4
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy32339:4263.864.619-6
Jeremy Lauzon · Charlie McAvoy37320:2056.456.314-14
Kevan Miller · Jakub Zboril17170:4355.049.14-4
Connor Clifton · Jakub Zboril24160:1750.249.14-3
Connor Clifton · Jeremy Lauzon26118:0347.745.75-1

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Shots for
Shots against

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
1st Round Washington Capitals Won 4-1
2nd Round New York Islanders Lost 2-4

Value for money

$73.2MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 27 ranked players
$86.7MWorth at the going rate76.3 goals above replacement
+$13.5MValue9th of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits CF% xGF% Rating Cap hit Value
Brad Marchand L 53 29 40 69 26 46 143 66 61.1 58.4 +11.9 $6.125M+$6.6M
David Pastrnak R 48 20 28 48 10 24 176 35 60.6 58.9 +11.0 $6.667M+$5.2M
Patrice Bergeron C 54 23 25 48 27 16 182 49 62.4 59.9 +10.4 $6.875M+$4.4M
David Krejci C 51 8 36 44 16 16 83 25 57.0 57.1 +7.6 $7.25M+$1.2M
Craig Smith C 54 13 19 32 21 18 132 66 57.1 56.1 +4.7 $3.1M+$2.3M
Charlie McAvoy D 51 5 25 30 22 38 92 65 58.1 56.8 +7.1 $4.9M+$3M
Nick Ritchie L 56 15 11 26 -7 37 121 102 53.1 51.9 +0.4 $1.499M-$389K
Matt Grzelcyk D 37 5 15 20 11 22 80 19 60.3 61.0 +5.6 $3.688M+$2.6M
Charlie Coyle C 51 6 10 16 -4 20 79 57 49.2 46.0 -1.5 $5.25M-$6.1M
Jake DeBrusk L 41 5 9 14 1 6 92 33 50.8 53.3 +3.1 $3.675M+$162K
Taylor Hall L 16 8 6 14 15 2 48 10 56.6 56.4 +7.3 $8M+$55K
Jakub Zboril D 42 0 9 9 0 18 35 63 53.0 49.5 -0.6 $725K-$621K
Sean Kuraly C 47 4 5 9 -10 20 88 99 49.6 46.3 -1.0 $1.275M-$1.6M
Jeremy Lauzon D 41 1 7 8 8 40 48 98 52.1 51.9 +0.6 $850K+$431K
Mike Reilly D 15 0 8 8 7 4 31 16 54.7 53.0 +4.0 $1.5M+$3.3M
Connor Clifton D 44 1 6 7 10 38 48 108 50.2 50.5 +0.3 $1M+$48K
Anders Bjork L 30 2 3 5 -8 10 22 37 48.4 49.5 +1.3 $1.6M+$375K
Chris Wagner R 41 2 3 5 -9 24 57 75 45.9 41.4 -2.2 $1.35M-$2.9M
Steven Kampfer D 20 2 3 5 3 4 28 20 49.2 47.9 +0.3 $800K+$188K
Trent Frederic C 42 4 1 5 -8 65 44 61 47.1 44.1 -0.4 $925K-$666K
Brandon Carlo D 27 3 1 4 1 12 43 38 57.6 52.4 +1.8 $2.85M-$330K
Curtis Lazar C 17 2 2 4 -2 6 20 35 47.3 52.2 +2.8 $800K+$2.7M
Kevan Miller D 28 1 3 4 -1 20 27 64 53.9 53.8 +0.5 $1.25M-$89K
Jack Studnicka C 20 1 2 3 -3 0 28 7 43.2 46.2 +0.6 $769K+$528K
John Moore D 5 0 2 2 -3 2 8 9 45.2 46.1 +0.3 $2.75M
Karson Kuhlman C 20 2 0 2 -6 0 31 27 54.3 54.6 +0.2 $725K+$154K
Urho Vaakanainen D 9 0 2 2 -3 2 15 3 46.7 43.0 +0.3 $894K
Anton Blidh L 10 1 0 1 -5 6 10 25 51.2 43.7 -0.5 $700K
Greg McKegg C 5 1 0 1 -3 2 4 7 37.3 32.7 -0.7 $700K
Jarred Tinordi D 14 0 1 1 -5 7 22 44 46.1 43.2 +0.5 $700K+$506K
Cameron Hughes C 1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 46.7 54.9 +0.4 $793K
Jack Ahcan D 3 0 0 0 -3 0 5 2 41.7 37.0 -0.6 $925K
Ondrej Kase R 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 61.7 57.5 +0.1 $2.6M
Oskar Steen C 3 0 0 0 -1 2 6 11 49.4 41.7 -0.6
Par Lindholm C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28.6 20.9 -0.2 $850K
Zach Senyshyn R 8 0 0 0 -1 2 10 11 42.4 44.3 -0.3 $700K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Tuukka Rask 24 15522 611 558 53 2.28 0.913 +4.8 +10.7 $7M-$3.1M
Jaroslav Halak 19 9642 482 436 46 2.53 0.905 -3.2 +1.2 $2.249M
Jeremy Swayman 10 7302 271 256 15 1.50 0.945 +5.7 +7.8 $925K
Dan Vladar 5 2210 149 132 17 3.40 0.886 -3.2 -1.8 $750K

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
May 11, 2021 @ WSH L 1-2 25 32
May 10, 2021 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 38 18
May 8, 2021 vs NYR L 4-5 39 23
May 6, 2021 vs NYR W 4-0 34 15
May 4, 2021 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 36 21
May 3, 2021 @ NJD W 3-0 42 20
May 1, 2021 vs BUF W 6-2 43 19
Apr 29, 2021 vs BUF W 5-2 40 31
Apr 27, 2021 @ PIT W 3-1 31 26
Apr 25, 2021 @ PIT L 0-1 30 29
Apr 23, 2021 @ BUF L 4-6 40 34
Apr 22, 2021 @ BUF W 5-1 38 30
Apr 20, 2021 @ BUF W 2-0 41 32
Apr 18, 2021 vs WSH W 6-3 28 33
Apr 16, 2021 vs NYI W 3-0 28 25
Apr 15, 2021 vs NYI W 4-1 45 23
Apr 13, 2021 vs BUF W 3-2 (SO) 34 23
Apr 11, 2021 vs WSH L 1-8 35 33
Apr 10, 2021 @ PHI L 2-3 32 23
Apr 8, 2021 @ WSH W 4-2 32 33
Apr 6, 2021 @ PHI W 4-2 26 42
Apr 5, 2021 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 29 32
Apr 3, 2021 vs PIT W 7-5 28 28
Apr 1, 2021 vs PIT L 1-4 31 23
Mar 30, 2021 vs NJD W 5-4 (SO) 48 35
Mar 28, 2021 vs NJD L 0-1 40 29
Mar 27, 2021 vs BUF W 3-2 36 27
Mar 25, 2021 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 32 27
Mar 18, 2021 @ BUF W 4-1 37 24
Mar 16, 2021 @ PIT W 2-1 33 35
Mar 15, 2021 @ PIT L 1-4 43 26
Mar 13, 2021 vs NYR L 0-4 18 33
Mar 11, 2021 vs NYR W 4-0 27 27
Mar 9, 2021 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 33 27
Mar 7, 2021 vs NJD L 0-1 40 25
Mar 5, 2021 vs WSH W 5-1 25 32
Mar 3, 2021 vs WSH L 1-2 (SO) 19 28
Feb 28, 2021 @ NYR W 4-1 36 21
Feb 26, 2021 @ NYR L 2-6 33 34
Feb 25, 2021 @ NYI L 2-7 36 37
Feb 21, 2021 vs PHI W 7-3 35 19
Feb 18, 2021 vs NJD L 2-3 27 26
Feb 13, 2021 @ NYI L 2-4 30 42
Feb 12, 2021 @ NYR W 1-0 30 21
Feb 10, 2021 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 32 35
Feb 5, 2021 @ PHI W 2-1 23 24
Feb 3, 2021 @ PHI W 4-3 (OT) 35 25
Feb 1, 2021 @ WSH W 5-3 33 26
Jan 30, 2021 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 43 23
Jan 28, 2021 vs PIT W 4-1 20 17
Jan 26, 2021 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 36 30
Jan 23, 2021 vs PHI W 6-1 26 17
Jan 21, 2021 vs PHI W 5-4 (SO) 43 26
Jan 18, 2021 @ NYI L 0-1 27 17
Jan 16, 2021 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 28 31
Jan 14, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 (SO) 37 22