Lightning vs. Bruins Scoring Chances - Game 7

by Derek Zona on May 28, 2011 8:30 AM MDT in Game Reports

The Bruins finally put together a game they should've won handily. They dominated possession and shots, but settled for long-distance stuff in the first and Tampa simply packed it in and blocked shots. Julien seemed to figure this out in the second and third and the Bruins owned the game.

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Scoring Chances - Tampa at Boston, 5.27.2011

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Team Totals, Tampa in Blue

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	7	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	4	6	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	10	17	10	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

The shots differential didn't really tell the story of the first period. The Bruins were settling for perimeter shots and the Lightning kept blocking them down.

Scoring Chances by Player - Tampa

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
2	Eric Brewer	24:09	3	8	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
4	Vincent Lecavalier	19:46	3	6	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
5	Mattias Ohlund	19:22	3	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
6	Ryan Malone	14:42	4	7	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
7	Brett Clark	18:05	1	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
9	Steve Downie	17:30	1	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
12	Simon Gagne	16:36	2	6	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
16	Teddy Purcell	16:09	3	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
18	Adam Hall	11:44	0	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
19	Dominic Moore	14:36	7	7	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
26	Martin St. Louis	22:02	2	5	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
35	Dwayne Roloson	59:34	10	17	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
39	Mike Lundin	16:36	5	8	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
42	Dana Tyrell	6:42	2	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
44	Nate Thompson	13:46	0	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
47	Marc-Andre Bergeron	17:06	6	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
49	Blair Jones	8:40	5	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
77	Victor Hedman	23:58	2	7	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
91	Steven Stamkos	18:57	1	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0

Tampa - Best and Worst

Top ES Forward: Dana Tyrell, Blair Jones +1

Bottom ES Forward: Simon Gagne -4

Top ES Defenseman: Marc-Andre Bergeron +2

Bottom ES Defenseman: Eric Brewer, Victor Hedman -5

Essentially, everyone on this team decided to have their worst game of the series except for ... Marc-Andre Bergeron. Before seeing the numbers I noted that Gagne was invisible for much of the game and made zero impact.

Scoring Chances by Player - Boston

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
11	Gregory Campbell	6:03	0	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
12	Tomas Kaberle	13:06	3	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
17	Milan Lucic	18:51	9	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
18	Nathan Horton	14:43	7	0	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
19	Tyler Seguin	14:53	0	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
20	Daniel Paille	5:14	0	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
21	Andrew Ference	20:10	6	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
23	Chris Kelly	16:34	1	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
28	Mark Recchi	12:37	5	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
30	Tim Thomas	60:00	17	10	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
33	Zdeno Chara	26:44	8	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
37	Patrice Bergeron	20:44	7	3	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
44	Dennis Seidenberg	27:57	9	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
46	David Krejci	18:54	9	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
49	Rich Peverley	16:14	4	8	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
54	Adam McQuaid	13:28	2	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
55	Johnny Boychuk	18:35	6	4	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
63	Brad Marchand	17:15	8	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
73	Michael Ryder	17:58	1	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0

Boston - Best and Worst

Top ES Forward: Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton, David Krejci, Brad Marchand +7

Bottom ES Forward: Gregory Campbell, Rich Peverley -4

Top ES Defenseman: Zdeno Chara, Dennis Seidenberg -5

Bottom ES Defenseman: Tomas Kaberle, Adam McQuaid EVEN

It took them seven games, but Krejci's line finally played like a top line and won the battle. For as much as Versus talked about Peverley, he was beaten pretty soundly on the chances chart.

Chara and Seidenberg had their best game of the series which coincided with Tampa's worst game. I'm not sure which one drove the numbers.

Head-to-Head Even Strength Scoring Chances

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Krejci's line dominated and Bergeron's line dominated Lecavalier's line. Bergeron somehow kept up his stellar play.

Scoring Chances by Period, Time and Game State

Team	Period	Time	Note	TBL						BOS						State
TBL	1	16:32	Bergeron	19	35	39	42	47	49	11	20	21	30	49	55	5v5
TBL	1	16:26	Bergeron	19	35	39	42	47	49	11	20	21	30	49	55	5v5
BOS	1	15:28	Bergeron	4	7	12	16	35	77	28	30	33	37	44	63	5v5
TBL	1	8:06	Malone	2	5	6	19	35	49	11	30	33	37	44	49	5v5
TBL	1	5:01	Jones	6	19	35	39	47	49	12	17	30	44	46	49	5v5
BOS	1	4:52	Lucic	6	19	35	39	47	49	12	17	30	44	46	49	5v5
BOS	1	2:20	Marchand	4	12	16	35	39	77	28	30	33	37	44	63	5v5
BOS	1	2:18	Marchand	4	12	16	35	39	77	28	30	33	37	44	63	5v5
BOS	2	18:18	Horton	2	26	35	39	44	91	17	18	30	33	44	46	5v5
TBL	2	10:20	Gagne	4	12	16	35	39	47	12	19	23	30	54	73	5v5
BOS	2	8:07	Krejci	2	5	6	19	35	49	17	18	30	33	44	46	5v5
BOS	2	5:57	Krejci	6	7	19	26	35	77	17	18	21	30	46	55	5v5
BOS	2	3:08	Lucic	9	35	39	44	47	91	12	17	30	46	49	54	5v5
TBL	2	2:43	Moore	6	19	35	39	47	49	17	30	33	44	46	49	5v5
BOS	2	2:27	Recchi	6	19	35	39	47	49	21	28	30	37	55	63	5v5
BOS	2	2:26	Recchi	6	19	35	39	47	49	21	28	30	37	55	63	5v5
BOS	2	1:43	Krejci	2	4	5	18	26	35	17	18	30	33	44	46	5v5
BOS	3	18:40	Krejci	6	7	9	19	35	77	17	18	21	30	46	55	5v5
BOS	3	17:16	Marchand	2	4	18	35	39	42	12	30	37	49	54	63	5v5
TBL	3	14:22	Gagne	2	4	5	12	16	35	11	20	21	30	49	55	5v5
TBL	3	11:05	Malone	2	5	6	19	26	35	21	30	37	49	55	63	5v5
BOS	3	10:56	Marchand	2	6	19	26	35	77	30	33	37	44	49	63	5v5
BOS	3	10:37	Lucic	2	4	12	26	35	77	17	18	30	33	44	46	5v5
TBL	3	8:58	Lecavalier	4	7	26	35	77	91	12	19	23	30	54	73	5v5
BOS	3	7:33	Goal - Horton	2	5	12	16	35	91	17	18	21	30	46	55	5v5
BOS	3	5:02	Ryder	2	5	9	12	35	91	21	23	30	55	63	73	5v5
TBL	3	4:35	Purcell	9	16	19	35	47	77	28	30	33	37	44	49	5v5

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Shame. I think Tampa is the better club by a significant margin and I don’t see Boston giving much opposition to Vancouver.

by MathMan on May 28, 2011 8:36 AM MDT reply actions

I couldn’t see either giving VAN any trouble, really.

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by red army line on May 29, 2011 12:13 AM MDT up reply actions

I think Tampa would’ve made it look vaguely competitive. Considering how much they rolled Boston, unless the Bruins shape up I think it’s going to get pretty one-sided.

by MathMan on May 29, 2011 11:24 AM MDT up reply actions

most interesting fact in the game→ 0 penalties!

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by SumOil on May 28, 2011 9:03 AM MDT reply actions

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