Johnny Boychuk went from a bottom-line forward and AHL regular for the 29th-best team in the NHL to a top six defenseman on the Prince of Wales Trophy winners. There's a reason he was a bottom-line forward in Colorado - he's not a good defenseman. He was repeatedly exposed by Tampa and he was exposed in a significant way this evening in Vancouver. Bruins coach Claude Julien split Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg in an attempt to make sure one of them was available to play against the Sedins at all times. The problem with that, of course, is that it also meant Johnny Boychuk was going to play significant minutes against the Sedins. Bobby Orr himself would have trouble keeping his head above water with Boychuk riding on his back.
The Canucks brought their best dirty game tonight - not only was Henrik Sedin caught embellishing worse than any Italian soccer player, Alex Burrows bit Patrice Bergeron's finger in a scrum. There is no place for that in hockey, let alone the Stanley Cup Final. That's something I'd expect to see in a Central League final, not from the best team in the NHL. Brendan Shanahan should use this, his first opportunity to discipline a player, to set a standard and show the players that his behavior will not be tolerated. Burrows should receive at least a four-game suspension and I'd like to see a ten-game suspension. Burrows is a repeat offender when it comes to dirty play Shanahan should make him pay for it.
For those of you new to the concept: a scoring chance is defined as a clear play directed toward the opposing net from a dangerous scoring area - loosely defined as the top of the circle in and inside the faceoff dots, though sometimes slightly more generous than that depending on the amount of immediately-preceding puck movement or screens in front of the net. Blocked shots are generally not included but missed shots are. A player is awarded a scoring chance anytime he is on the ice and someone from either team has a chance to score. He is awarded a "chance for" if someone on his team has a chance to score and a "chance against" if the opposing team has a chance to score. Finally, a big thanks to Vic Ferrari for making the whole damn thing possible with his awesome scripts.
Scoring Chances - Boston at Vancouver, 6.1.2011
NHL Game Number 30411
Team Totals, Boston in Gold
| Period | Totals | EV | PP | 5v3 PP | SH | 5v3 SH | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 4v4 chances do do not count as even strength time on ice. See here for an explanation.
Scoring Chances by Player - Boston
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 11 | Gregory Campbell | 3:56 | 0 | 0 | 0:08 | 0 | 1 | 3:34 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Tomas Kaberle | 10:09 | 3 | 2 | 4:03 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Milan Lucic | 12:43 | 3 | 5 | 3:27 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Nathan Horton | 13:45 | 3 | 3 | 4:15 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Tyler Seguin | 5:01 | 0 | 1 | 1:20 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Daniel Paille | 2:09 | 0 | 0 | 0:08 | 0 | 1 | 2:58 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Andrew Ference | 14:10 | 2 | 5 | 1:55 | 1 | 0 | 5:07 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Chris Kelly | 11:33 | 1 | 5 | 0:31 | 0 | 0 | 3:03 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Mark Recchi | 11:31 | 3 | 5 | 3:34 | 1 | 0 | 0:13 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Tim Thomas | 41:51 | 7 | 13 | 8:06 | 3 | 1 | 9:31 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Zdeno Chara | 17:20 | 2 | 6 | 4:32 | 2 | 1 | 6:17 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Patrice Bergeron | 12:46 | 2 | 4 | 1:48 | 0 | 0 | 3:22 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Dennis Seidenberg | 17:09 | 2 | 4 | 5:02 | 1 | 1 | 5:02 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | David Krejci | 14:10 | 4 | 3 | 4:17 | 2 | 0 | 0:09 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Rich Peverley | 12:44 | 1 | 4 | 0:25 | 0 | 0 | 3:23 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Adam McQuaid | 9:46 | 3 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Johnny Boychuk | 16:17 | 2 | 7 | 1:38 | 1 | 0 | 2:36 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Brad Marchand | 15:35 | 3 | 6 | 0:08 | 0 | 0 | 0:46 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Michael Ryder | 10:42 | 1 | 3 | 3:25 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
Boston - Best and Worst
Top ES Forward: David Krejci +1
Bottom ES Forward: Chris Kelly -4
Top ES Defenseman: Adam McQuaid, Tomas Kaberle +1
Bottom ES Defenseman: Johnny Boychuk -5
Zdeno Chara spent 11 of his 17 even strength minutes matched against the Sedin line and did so with Johnny Boychuk. He held the Sedins scoreless but was outchanced by 4 against them. He deserves an enormous amount of credit though - holding the Sedins scoreless while paired with Johnny Boychuk is like the Wayne Gretzky winning the Brothers Scoring Title with Brent.
Scoring Chances by Player - Vancouver
| # | Player | EV | PP | SH | ||||||
| 1 | Roberto Luongo | 42:08 | 13 | 7 | 9:31 | 1 | 3 | 8:07 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dan Hamhuis | 4:02 | 2 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 1 | 4:07 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kevin Bieksa | 16:41 | 9 | 3 | 2:29 | 0 | 2 | 3:33 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Christian Ehrhoff | 19:36 | 5 | 1 | 5:48 | 1 | 0 | 1:02 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Sami Salo | 9:38 | 2 | 3 | 4:32 | 0 | 1 | 3:15 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Jeff Tambellini | 2:30 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Raffi Torres | 12:37 | 6 | 1 | 0:11 | 0 | 0 | 0:04 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Alexandre Burrows | 14:57 | 5 | 1 | 2:37 | 0 | 2 | 2:19 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Ryan Kesler | 12:21 | 4 | 5 | 7:02 | 1 | 2 | 5:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Chris Higgins | 11:56 | 2 | 4 | 2:03 | 0 | 0 | 1:50 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Mason Raymond | 12:39 | 4 | 4 | 2:14 | 0 | 1 | 1:50 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Daniel Sedin | 15:36 | 5 | 1 | 7:17 | 1 | 0 | 0:08 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Alexander Edler | 17:10 | 5 | 1 | 4:39 | 1 | 1 | 2:38 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Aaron Rome | 17:50 | 3 | 5 | 0:00 | 0 | 1 | 1:39 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Henrik Sedin | 14:50 | 4 | 0 | 7:17 | 1 | 0 | 0:15 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Jannik Hansen | 13:26 | 6 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Victor Oreskovich | 1:54 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Maxim Lapierre | 11:47 | 3 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1:16 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Alexandre Bolduc | 1:39 | 0 | 1 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver - Best and Worst
Top ES Forward: Jannik Hansen, Raffi Torres +5
Bottom ES Forward: Chris Higgins -2
Top ES Defenseman: Kevin Bieksa +6
Bottom ES Defenseman: Aaron Rome -2
The surprise here is the numbers posted by the Hansen, Torres, Lapierre line, but their big wins came against the Kelly line. Julien won't make that mistake again.
Head-to-Head Even Strength Scoring Chances
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Patrice Bergeron got the match against the Sedins, but it didn't matter - the Sedins did a number on him and linemates Marchand and Recchi. Kelly, Seguin and Ryder were beaten pretty badly by the LaPierre line and my guess is that Seguin will find his way back down to the fouth line and Rich Peverley will be on the third line in game two.
Scoring Chances by Period, Time and Game State
| Team | Period | Time | Note | BOS | VAN | State | ||||||||||
| VAN | 1 | 19:41 | Sedin | 28 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 44 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 1 | 19:08 | Kesler | 17 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 46 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 1 | 18:55 | Raymond | 17 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 46 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 5v5 |
| BOS | 1 | 17:00 | Horton | 17 | 18 | 30 | 33 | 44 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 5v5 |
| BOS | 1 | 13:20 | Horton | 12 | 17 | 30 | 33 | 46 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 29 | 5v4 | |
| BOS | 1 | 12:28 | Seidenberg | 12 | 18 | 30 | 33 | 44 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5v4 | |
| BOS | 1 | 12:04 | Lucic | 17 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 55 | 73 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 36 | 5v4 | |
| VAN | 1 | 11:51 | Sedin | 17 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 55 | 73 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 36 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 1 | 10:46 | Sedin | 11 | 20 | 30 | 33 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 4v5 | |
| VAN | 1 | 9:32 | Raymond | 21 | 30 | 49 | 55 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 4v4 | ||
| VAN | 1 | 4:23 | Raymond | 23 | 30 | 33 | 44 | 49 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 5v5 |
| BOS | 1 | 1:40 | Marchand | 21 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 55 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 5v5 |
| BOS | 2 | 18:24 | Recchi | 17 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 44 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 5v3 | ||
| BOS | 2 | 12:51 | Marchand | 12 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 54 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 40 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 2 | 10:02 | Salo | 21 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 33 | 3v5 | ||
| VAN | 2 | 5:55 | Sedin | 28 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 44 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 3 | 19:22 | Burrows | 28 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 55 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 29 | 33 | 5v5 |
| BOS | 3 | 18:44 | Lucic | 17 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 46 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 3 | 17:49 | Lapierre | 12 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 54 | 73 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 40 | 5v5 |
| BOS | 3 | 15:57 | Ryder | 12 | 23 | 30 | 49 | 54 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 3 | 15:00 | Hansen | 12 | 23 | 30 | 49 | 54 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 5v5 |
| BOS | 3 | 13:24 | Krejci | 12 | 17 | 18 | 30 | 46 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 3 | 9:26 | Edler | 28 | 30 | 33 | 37 | 44 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 33 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 3 | 8:28 | Lapierre | 17 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 46 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 40 | 5v5 |
| BOS | 3 | 6:42 | Marchand | 28 | 30 | 33 | 44 | 46 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 29 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 3 | 5:36 | Edler | 21 | 23 | 30 | 49 | 55 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 5v5 |
| VAN | 3 | 0:19 | Goal - Torres | 17 | 23 | 30 | 33 | 49 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 36 | 5v5 |