Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 21, 2019

FinalThursday, Mar 21, 2019· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	1	3	5		BOS	7	9	11	27
NJD	0	1	0	1		NJD	7	8	7	22

: BOS 58NJD 36
: BOS 4.09NJD 1.56
PP goals: BOS 0NJD 0
Hits: BOS 14NJD 26
Blocks: BOS 7NJD 15
PIM: BOS 2NJD 6
: BOS 53%NJD 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Boston Bruins rout New Jersey Devils 5–1

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 5–1 at NJD. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for NJD: Stafford–Pietila–Zacha skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Patrice Bergeron had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:10.Bergeron
Points
Brad Marchand had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:54.Marchand
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:51.Pastrnak
New line
New look for NJD: Stafford–Pietila–Zacha skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stafford Pietila Zacha
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 15:54, −3:46 down on his 19:40 season average over 78 games.Marchand
Usage
Danton Heinen (BOS) played 17:11, +3:15 up on his 13:56 season average over 76 games.Heinen
Usage
Joey Anderson (NJD) played 18:11, +5:27 up on his 12:44 season average over 33 games.Anderson
Usage
Eric Tangradi (NJD) played 11:03, −3:17 down on his 14:20 season average over 5 games.Tangradi

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 94 of 94 attempts · NJD 36 · BOS 58

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD pressure
BOS pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 52% of the game, NJD 11%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NJD

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BOS	NJD
	59	36
	3.99	1.60
	3.78	1.59
	10	10
	2	4
	18	6
	−0.012	+0.012
	52%	11%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Coyle – DeBrusk
10:5438% CF
L2Backes – Nordstrom – Acciari
10:4765% CF
L3Wagner – Kuraly – Heinen
10:1667% CF
L4Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
10:0483% CF
D1Clifton – Carlo
15:5255% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
13:4788% CF
D3Kampfer – Moore
11:5944% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:2480% CF
PP2Backes – Kampfer – Coyle – Heinen – DeBrusk
1:26
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:07
PK2FWagner – Nordstrom
0:22
PK1DChara – Carlo
1:07
PK2DMoore – McAvoy
0:22

Current BOS line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Stafford – Pietila – Zacha
10:4947% CF
L2Zajac – Coleman – Noesen
10:2920% CF
L3Agostino – Rooney – Anderson
8:5811% CF
L4Tangradi – Gabriel – McLeod
8:2437% CF
D1Carrick – Santini
16:0357% CF
D2Greene – Severson
14:0029% CF
D3Jacobs – Yakovlev
14:0037% CF

PP1Zajac – Agostino – Coleman – Severson – Zacha
0:58100% CF
PP2Stafford – Tangradi – Pietila – Noesen – Severson
0:23100% CF
PK1FRooney – Anderson
2:22
PK2FZajac – Zacha
0:49
PK1DGreene – Severson
4:37

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	2	2	0	18:24	—	—	50	47
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	38	42
David Krejci C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	48	32
David Backes R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.95	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	67	89
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.22	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	68	90
Joakim Nordstrom C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.63	0	0	0	11:33	—	—	65	89
Danton Heinen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	58	45
Chris Wagner R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	60	44
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	2	1	0	11:26	—	—	59	31
Patrice Bergeron C	L4	2	1	3	+4	4	0.95	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	85	72
Brad Marchand L	L4	0	3	3	+3	1	0.19	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	83	71
David Pastrnak R	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.13	2	0	2	15:51	—	—	87	73
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:19	—	—	57	42
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.03	4	0	0	18:50	—	—	54	66
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	89	95
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.23	1	1	0	19:56	—	—	78	87
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	50	51
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	44	45

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.56	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	47	68
Blake Pietila L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	38	29
Drew Stafford R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	12:27	—	—	50	59
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.28	0	0	2	17:57	—	—	17	29
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:40	—	—	20	27
Stefan Noesen R	L2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	23	21
Joey Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	18:11	—	—	32	17
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:50	—	—	25	19
Kenny Agostino L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	5	0	0	14:21	—	—	44	34
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	5	1	0	13:33	—	—	45	17
Eric Tangradi L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	2	2	0	11:03	—	—	42	22
Kurtis Gabriel R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	10:18	—	—	48	42
Steven Santini D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	0	2	19:30	—	—	56	44
Connor Carrick D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	19:30	—	—	52	38
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.07	1	1	0	23:29	—	—	23	18
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	5	0	22:51	—	—	29	29
Egor Yakovlev D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	33	20
Josh Jacobs D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	14:54	—	—	40	22

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	3.74	59:20

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 21, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins rout New Jersey Devils 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

New Jersey Devils