Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 31, 2019

Final / SOTuesday, Dec 31, 2019· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	1	0	0	0	2		BOS	14	9	5	2	30
NJD	0	1	1	0	1	3		NJD	10	12	19	3	44

: BOS 59NJD 81
: BOS 2.64NJD 4.18
PP goals: BOS 1NJD 0
Hits: BOS 13NJD 19
Blocks: BOS 16NJD 14
PIM: BOS 8NJD 6
: BOS 50%NJD 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat Boston Bruins 3–2 in a shootout at home. Blake Coleman (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jaroslav Halak (BOS) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +15 against a season average of 29.2; the overtime loss.

Goalie
Jaroslav Halak (BOS) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +15 against a season average of 29.2; the overtime loss.Halak
Usage
Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 27:22, +7:00 up on his 20:22 season average over 66 games.Carlo
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 23:41, +5:43 up on his 17:58 season average over 67 games.Grzelcyk
Luck
NJD scored 2 goals on 4.18 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Backes–DeBrusk–Lindholm skated 6:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backes DeBrusk Lindholm
Usage
Sami Vatanen (NJD) played 26:47, +5:09 up on his 21:38 season average over 46 games.Vatanen
Usage
Zdeno Chara (BOS) played 27:50, +6:55 up on his 20:55 season average over 67 games.Chara
Usage
Nikita Gusev (NJD) played 17:58, +3:19 up on his 14:39 season average over 65 games.Gusev

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 140 of 140 attempts · NJD 81 · BOS 59

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 20% of the game, NJD 39%.

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	70
	2.30	2.95
	2.16	2.69
	11	10
	2	5
	24	13
	+0.000	+0.000
	20%	39%

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

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
12:4155% CF
L2Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly
9:0650% CF
L3Coyle – Ritchie – Bjork
7:5146% CF
L4Backes – DeBrusk – Lindholm
6:1363% CF
D1Chara – Carlo
18:4644% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Lauzon
11:0350% CF
D3Kampfer – Moore
9:3848% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
0:59100% CF
PK1FWagner – Kuraly
1:59
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:19
PK1DChara – Carlo
4:06
PK2DGrzelcyk – Lauzon
0:44

Current BOS line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Coleman – Gusev
12:1461% CF
L2Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
10:0762% CF
L3Simmonds – Wood – Hughes
8:0236% CF
L4Hayden – Zacha – Boqvist
7:3362% CF
D1Vatanen – Severson
16:4059% CF
D2Greene – Subban
14:0267% CF
D3Butcher – Mueller
12:1840% CF

PP1Palmieri – Vatanen – Severson – Hischier – Hughes
3:24100% CF
PP2Subban – Simmonds – Gusev – Zacha – Bratt
2:15100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
0:34
PK2FZacha – Hischier
0:12
PK1DGreene – Severson
0:47

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: BOS 2 – 3 NJD.

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
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	-1	9	0.77	0	0	0	21:06	—	—	49	46
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.30	2	0	2	20:46	—	—	55	47
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	0	1	0	19:44	—	—	47	46
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	38	41
Chris Wagner R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	0	0	14:41	—	—	46	60
Joakim Nordstrom C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.36	1	0	2	12:06	—	—	46	62
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	19:03	—	—	42	42
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	46	53
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:19	—	—	39	44
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:35	—	—	44	18
Par Lindholm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	11:42	—	—	50	16
David Backes R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	58	51
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	27:50	—	—	39	25
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.02	2	2	0	27:22	—	—	44	38
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	1	1	2	23:41	—	—	43	39
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	2	2	15:40	—	—	50	43
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	56	77
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	2	0	12:23	—	—	42	54

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	O	44	42	2	.955	4.18	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	2	19:26	—	—	54	73
Blake Coleman L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.59	1	0	0	19:01	—	—	58	72
Nikita Gusev L	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.30	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	61	84
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	65	77
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	60	64
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	0	0	2	15:23	—	—	65	78
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	4	1	0	14:40	—	—	37	32
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	1	0	14:35	—	—	39	42
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	47	31
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	16:42	—	—	45	24
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	8:59	—	—	57	20
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	8:52	—	—	62	21
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.56	0	1	0	26:47	—	—	57	55
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	1	1	0	25:42	—	—	57	56
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	20:02	—	—	60	76
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.20	3	2	2	19:56	—	—	66	81
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	1	0	16:28	—	—	42	29
Mirco Mueller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	15:38	—	—	40	30

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.64	65:00

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 DevilsDec 31, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (SO)

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