Lightning vs. Bruins Scoring Chances - Game 2

by Derek Zona on May 18, 2011 11:30 AM MDT in Game Reports

To win this series, the Boston Bruins are going to need Tim Thomas to stand on his head, a huge power play opportunity advantage, Tyler Seguin's line to score on 80% of their shots on goal and a nightly Dwayne Roloson collapse. Tampa Bay is a vastly superior team in every area except in goal and at even strength, this series has yet to be close. It's only going to get more difficult in Tampa as Lightning coach Guy Boucher will get the final change.

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Scoring Chances - Tampa at Boston, 5.17.2011

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Team Totals, Tampa in Blue

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	7	8	3	2	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	0
2	8	6	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	7	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	22	15	18	7	3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0

4v4 chances do do not count as even strength time on ice. See here for an explanation.

The Bruins managed only 7 even strength chances in this one and it seemed like they scored on almost all of them. It's not sustainable, but Tampa preventing chances has been thus far.

Scoring Chances by Player - Tampa

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
2	Eric Brewer	16:54	4	2	2:56	3	3	5:54	0	0
4	Vincent Lecavalier	16:01	9	5	3:47	2	0	0:18	0	0
5	Mattias Ohlund	13:24	3	2	0:13	2	2	5:45	0	0
6	Ryan Malone	11:38	4	2	1:23	1	0	0:06	0	0
7	Brett Clark	10:42	5	4	2:18	0	2	3:40	0	0
8	Randy Jones	6:44	3	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
9	Steve Downie	11:02	4	0	2:32	1	0	0:00	0	0
10	Sean Bergenheim	11:28	5	1	0:00	0	2	3:39	0	0
12	Simon Gagne	8:54	4	1	3:34	0	1	1:13	0	0
16	Teddy Purcell	10:46	4	2	2:32	1	0	0:00	0	0
18	Adam Hall	8:06	5	2	0:00	0	2	4:26	0	0
19	Dominic Moore	12:07	5	2	0:26	0	1	3:17	0	0
26	Martin St. Louis	16:53	6	3	4:42	2	0	0:10	0	0
35	Dwayne Roloson	29:51	11	7	4:19	3	3	5:50	0	0
39	Mike Lundin	9:39	1	0	0:00	0	0	0:18	0	0
41	Mike Smith	12:49	6	0	2:00	0	1	4:00	0	0
44	Nate Thompson	7:17	3	0	0:00	0	2	5:10	0	0
47	Marc-Andre Bergeron	13:37	7	0	2:42	1	0	0:00	0	0
77	Victor Hedman	17:35	13	5	0:00	0	1	4:03	0	0
91	Steven Stamkos	15:39	6	3	4:30	2	0	0:00	0	0

Tampa - Best and Worst

Top ES Forward: Vincent Lecavalier, Steve Downie, Sean Bergenheim +4

Bottom ES Forward: Ryan Malone +2

Top ES Defenseman: Victor Hedman +8

Bottom ES Defenseman: Mattias Ohlund, Brett Clark, Mike Lundin +1

Through two games, Lecavalier's chance differential is now +11 and Hedman's is a ridiculous +14. Ryan Malone has been Tampa's worst forward by the chances and he's even for the series. Marc-Andre Bergeron's numbers are staggering, especially for an Oiler fan.

Scoring Chances by Player - Boston

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
11	Gregory Campbell	6:51	0	4	0:00	0	2	3:02	0	0
12	Tomas Kaberle	7:41	1	1	7:44	4	0	0:00	0	0
17	Milan Lucic	14:36	1	4	6:13	3	0	0:00	0	0
18	Nathan Horton	13:58	2	6	4:59	3	0	0:00	0	0
19	Tyler Seguin	11:42	5	4	1:49	1	0	0:00	0	0
20	Daniel Paille	5:29	0	2	0:00	0	0	2:37	0	0
21	Andrew Ference	14:43	2	7	1:19	0	0	1:57	0	0
22	Shawn Thornton	4:46	0	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
23	Chris Kelly	13:09	5	5	0:04	0	2	3:15	0	0
28	Mark Recchi	9:58	1	7	3:33	1	0	0:00	0	0
30	Tim Thomas	43:51	7	18	9:50	4	3	6:19	0	0
33	Zdeno Chara	20:53	3	7	2:41	0	1	3:13	0	0
44	Dennis Seidenberg	20:13	4	9	6:56	4	3	4:16	0	0
46	David Krejci	16:32	1	6	6:13	3	0	1:50	0	0
49	Rich Peverley	10:34	1	6	2:04	0	1	0:50	0	0
54	Adam McQuaid	11:37	3	5	0:00	0	0	0:56	0	0
55	Johnny Boychuk	12:50	1	7	1:00	0	2	2:16	0	0
63	Brad Marchand	11:49	1	6	0:48	0	1	1:04	0	0
73	Michael Ryder	9:54	4	4	3:47	1	0	0:00	0	0

Boston - Best and Worst

Top ES Forward: Tyler Seguin +1

Bottom ES Forward: Mark Recchi -6

Top ES Defenseman: Tomas Kaberle EVEN

Bottom ES Defenseman: Johnny Boychuk -6

While Boychuk was -6, Chara was -4. Chara's two-game total is now -9, second-worst among all Bruins, right after Seidenberg. I hope this team buys Thomas a new house and a rolex for each day of the year.

Head-to-Head Even Strength Scoring Chances

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Seguin was the only Bruin to win the battle overall and his line was the only line to win any individual line battle. Lecavalier was once against excellent, except against Seguin and Hedman and Bergeron were outstanding against everyone.

Scoring Chances by Period, Time and Game State

Team	Period	Time	Note	TBL						BOS						State
TBL	1	19:48	Goal - Hall	4	7	18	35	44	77	21	28	30	49	55	63	5v5
TBL	1	19:14	Stamkos	2	5	6	26	35	91	17	18	30	33	44	46	5v5
BOS	1	18:42	Kelly	4	7	12	16	35	77	19	21	23	30	55	73	5v5
TBL	1	16:55	Lecavalier	2	4	5	12	35		12	18	30	46	55		4v4
BOS	1	8:41	Recchi	2	4	5	6	16	35	28	30	33	49	54	63	5v5
BOS	1	8:02	Lucic	2	5	18	35	44		12	17	18	30	44	46	4v5
BOS	1	7:53	Recchi	2	5	35	44			17	28	30	33	44	46	3v5
BOS	1	7:24	Lucic	2	5	35	44			17	28	30	33	44	46	3v5
BOS	1	7:18	Lucic	2	5	35	44			17	28	30	33	44	46	3v5
BOS	1	7:06	Boychuk	7	19	35	77			12	30	49	55	63	73	3v5
BOS	1	6:03	Goal - Horton	2	7	10	12	35		12	17	18	30	44	46	4v5
TBL	1	0:58	Purcell	2	6	9	16	35	47	30	33	44	49	63		5v4
TBL	1	0:49	Lecavalier	2	4	5	26	35	91	11	23	30	44	55		5v4
TBL	1	0:47	Stamkos	2	4	5	26	35	91	11	23	30	44	55		5v4
TBL	1	0:07	Goal - St. Louis	4	8	26	35	77	91	11	23	28	30	44	55	5v5
TBL	2	19:40	St. Louis	2	4	5	26	35	91	21	28	30	46	55	63	5v5
TBL	2	19:33	Bergenheim	7	10	18	19	35	77	19	23	30	44	54	73	5v5
BOS	2	19:11	Goal - Seguin	8	10	18	19	35	77	19	23	30	44	54	73	5v5
TBL	2	18:50	Gagne	6	7	12	16	35	77	28	30	44	49	54	63	5v5
BOS	2	17:36	Goal - Krejci	2	4	5	26	35	91	12	17	18	30	44	46	5v5
TBL	2	13:53	Malone	6	7	18	19	35	77	19	21	23	30	54	73	5v5
BOS	2	13:31	Goal - Seguin	6	7	18	19	35	77	18	19	21	23	30	54	5v5
TBL	2	12:35	Downie	2	9	10	19	35	47	12	28	30	49	54	63	5v5
BOS	2	3:44	Goal - Ryder	7	10	19	35	77		12	19	28	30	44	73	4v5
TBL	2	2:10	Gagne	4	8	12	16	35	77	11	18	20	30	33	44	5v5
TBL	2	2:05	Lecavalier	4	8	12	16	35	77	11	18	20	30	33	44	5v5
BOS	2	0:20	Kelly	4	7	26	35	77	91	19	23	30	33	44	73	5v5
BOS	2	0:19	Goal - Ryder	4	7	26	35	77	91	19	23	30	33	44	73	5v5
TBL	2	0:09	Thompson	2	5	6	18	35	44	28	30	33	44	49	63	5v5
BOS	3	18:17	Horton	2	5	18	41	44		12	17	18	30	44	46	4v5
TBL	3	16:14	Goal - Stamkos	18	41	44	47	77	91	17	18	30	33	46	55	5v5
TBL	3	11:59	Stamkos	9	12	41	47	77	91	19	21	23	30	55	73	5v5
TBL	3	10:04	Lecavalier	4	16	26	39	41	47	17	18	30	33	44	46	5v5
TBL	3	6:46	Goal - Moore	4	10	19	41	47	77	11	18	21	30	46	54	5v5
TBL	3	3:52	Bergeron	4	9	26	41	47	77	19	23	30	33	44	73	5v5
TBL	3	2:21	Hedman	9	10	19	41	47	77	21	28	30	49	55	63	5v5
TBL	3	0:28	St. Louis	4	7	10	26	77	91	17	21	30	46	49	55	5v5

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Always good to see my eyes match up with the details. Boychuk had one of the worst games by a defensemen I can remember, and Im a NYR fan who’s watched such defensive luminaries as Dave Karpa and Igor Ulanov. The Bruins scored 6 goals, and watching it you felt like they should have lost. One of those weird games of attrition.

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by poploser on May 18, 2011 11:37 AM MDT reply actions

Boychuk had one of the worst games by a defensemen I can remember

This defense reminds me of Carolina’s defense in 2006.

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by Derek Zona on May 18, 2011 2:24 PM MDT up reply actions

Carolina’s defense… plus Chara.

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by Scott Reynolds on May 18, 2011 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions

It’s a mystery what happened to Claude Julien and the Bruins. He went from having the one of the most low event teams in hockey to the highest event team in hockey.

by Triumph44 on May 18, 2011 11:38 AM MDT reply actions

His defense stinks. They are terrible. Wideman, Stuart and Montador are miles ahead of McQuaid, Ference and Boychuk.

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by Derek Zona on May 18, 2011 2:22 PM MDT up reply actions

I can’t speak for McQuaid and Ference, but Boychuk is generally solid.

by JLikens on May 18, 2011 4:03 PM MDT up reply actions

Julien is also missing Marc Savard, who was no slouch before getting his brain scrambled, and Patrice Bergeron, who is probably one of the best ES centers in the league.

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by Kent Wilson on May 18, 2011 3:28 PM MDT up reply actions

Till the end of 2nd period, the chances were 15-14 Tampa….
I think this game did have the whole score effects feel to it.

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by SumOil on May 18, 2011 11:48 AM MDT reply actions

11-7 at evens.

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by Derek Zona on May 18, 2011 2:17 PM MDT up reply actions

Wow, Boston scores on 5 scoring chances in a row, 6 if you count the pair at 0:20 and 0:19 of the second as one thrust.

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by Bruce McCurdy on May 22, 2011 4:17 PM MDT reply actions

Love that pic that shows all of St.Louis and about half of Chara.

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by Bruce McCurdy on May 22, 2011 4:39 PM MDT reply actions

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