Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey DevilsJan 14, 2021

Final / SOThursday, Jan 14, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	0	1	0	1	3		BOS	16	10	9	2	37
NJD	0	0	2	0	0	2		NJD	4	7	7	4	22

: BOS 60NJD 46
: BOS 3.72NJD 3.48
PP goals: BOS 2NJD 0
Hits: BOS 13NJD 26
Blocks: BOS 7NJD 14
PIM: BOS 10NJD 8
: BOS 57%NJD 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

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

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 in a shootout at NJD. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Coyle and Grzelcyk) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:22 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:01.Marchand
Points
Jack Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:50.Hughes
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Coyle and Grzelcyk) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:22 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Coyle Grzelcyk
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +6 against a season average of 30.9; the overtime loss.Blackwood
Usage
P.K. Subban (NJD) played 29:58, +7:47 up on his 22:11 season average over 43 games.Subban
Luck
BOS scored 2 goals on 3.72 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 24:07, +4:30 up on his 19:37 season average over 36 games.Grzelcyk
Usage
Matt Tennyson (NJD) played 10:08, −4:35 down on his 14:43 season average over 20 games.Tennyson

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 106 of 106 attempts · NJD 46 · BOS 60

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 38% of the game, NJD 19%.

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
	48	38
	2.27	1.97
	2.07	1.93
	14	11
	4	2
	18	16
	+0.078	−0.078
	38%	19%

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 – Kase – DeBrusk
10:4763% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Studnicka
7:3430% CF
L3Coyle – Ritchie – Bjork
7:3357% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Frederic
6:3090% CF
D1Lauzon – McAvoy
11:5135% CF
D2Miller – Zboril
10:4347% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Carlo
10:2373% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Coyle – Grzelcyk
5:2290% CF
PP2Ritchie – Kase – Zboril – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:02
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:47
PK2FCoyle – Wagner
1:14
PK1DCarlo – Lauzon
3:24
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:25

Current BOS line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Sharangovich – Hughes
9:4221% CF
L2Zajac – Wood – Boqvist
8:4653% CF
L3Bastian – McLeod – Kuokkanen
8:1162% CF
L4Gusev – Johnsson – Zacha
7:4650% CF
D1Subban – Murray
14:0352% CF
D2Kulikov – Severson
10:3671% CF
D3Tennyson – Smith
8:5518% CF

PP1Subban – Palmieri – Gusev – Zacha – Hughes
4:1960% CF
PP2Severson – Johnsson – Wood – Boqvist – Smith
1:510% CF
PK1FZajac – Zacha
3:41
PK2FPalmieri – Sharangovich
1:08
PK1DKulikov – Severson
3:15
PK2DSubban – Murray
2:25

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:40
BOSBrad MarchandPP (David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron)snap0.20 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Coyle, GrzelcykNJD: Zajac, Palmieri, Kulikov, Severson
BOS 1 – 0 NJD

3rd period

8:51
NJDMiles Wood (Jack Hughes)snap0.09 xG
BOS: Wagner, Miller, Kuraly, Lauzon, DeBruskNJD: Palmieri, Tennyson, Wood, Smith, Hughes
BOS 1 – 1 NJD
13:12
BOSNick RitchiePP (Brad Marchand, Matt Grzelcyk)snap0.23 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Grzelcyk, RitchieNJD: Zajac, Kulikov, Severson, Zacha
BOS 2 – 1 NJD
13:46
NJDTy Smith (Matt Tennyson, Jack Hughes)slap0.02 xG
BOS: Coyle, Bjork, Lauzon, McAvoy, StudnickaNJD: Palmieri, Tennyson, Smith, Sharangovich, Hughes
BOS 2 – 2 NJD

Decided in the shootout: BOS 3 – 2 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 Krejci C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	0	0	2	20:22	—	—	64	51
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	64	59
Ondrej Kase R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	62	56
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	22:01	—	—	33	18
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.54	1	1	0	19:32	—	—	27	18
Jack Studnicka C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	23	14
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:31	—	—	47	77
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	50	73
Nick Ritchie L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.63	1	0	0	11:16	—	—	67	93
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	2	12:34	—	—	63	43
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	10:44	—	—	77	78
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.25	2	0	0	10:42	—	—	82	75
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	3	3	4	25:00	—	—	43	61
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	35	44
Jakub Zboril D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	18:41	—	—	62	58
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	16:49	—	—	52	42
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	1	1	0	6	0.44	0	0	2	24:07	—	—	67	58
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	72	58

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	3.48	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.67	1	1	0	21:50	—	—	22	35
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.42	4	0	0	19:50	—	—	30	35
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.41	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	20	37
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	56	87
Miles Wood L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.66	0	0	4	13:53	—	—	59	89
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	12:51	—	—	53	87
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	3	0	0	11:45	—	—	62	29
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	0	0	11:21	—	—	65	33
Janne Kuokkanen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	2	10:30	—	—	63	25
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	2	0	0	18:52	—	—	47	37
Nikita Gusev L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	40	31
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	42	40
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	1	0	29:58	—	—	44	47
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	50	53
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	24:19	—	—	64	62
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:48	—	—	61	71
Ty Smith D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.02	1	2	0	17:09	—	—	27	31
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	2	0	10:08	—	—	20	28

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	O	37	35	2	.946	3.72	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.