Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey DevilsMay 4, 2021

Final / OTTuesday, May 4, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	0	2	1	0	3		BOS	15	12	9	0	36
NJD	1	0	2	1	4		NJD	9	4	6	2	21

: BOS 64NJD 42
: BOS 3.55NJD 2.33
PP goals: BOS 1NJD 1
Hits: BOS 26NJD 18
Blocks: BOS 10NJD 11
PIM: BOS 8NJD 4
: BOS 64%NJD 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Boston Bruins 4–3 in overtime at home. Pavel Zacha (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Ritchie and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:42 together.

Points
Pavel Zacha had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:22.Zacha
Points
Damon Severson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:29.Severson
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:38.Pastrnak
Points
Jack Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:16.Hughes
Points
Matt Grzelcyk had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:19.Grzelcyk
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Ritchie and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:42 together.Bergeron Marchand Grzelcyk Ritchie Pastrnak
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Butcher, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:44 together.Butcher Zacha Bratt Hischier Hughes
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +5 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Blackwood

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 42 · BOS 64

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 51% of the game, NJD 23%.

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
	67	37
	3.18	1.59
	3.08	1.54
	12	5
	12	5
	20	16
	+0.102	−0.102
	51%	23%

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
12:3261% CF
L2Krejci – Smith – Hall
11:0670% CF
L3Coyle – Kuraly – Ritchie
7:5592% CF
L4Lazar – DeBrusk – Frederic
6:4150% CF
D1Reilly – Carlo
8:4369% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
7:3875% CF
D3Clifton – Lauzon
6:5569% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
2:42100% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Coyle – Hall – McAvoy
2:17100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:45
PK2FCoyle – Kuraly
1:28
PK1DCarlo – Lauzon
2:44
PK2DReilly – McAvoy
1:32

Current BOS line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
9:3747% CF
L2Wood – Bastian – McLeod
9:2727% CF
L3Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
8:2638% CF
L4Merkley – Boqvist – Studenic
2:3825% CF
D1Murray – Severson
16:2635% CF
D2Carrick – Butcher
15:3333% CF
D3Tennyson – Bahl
11:1920% CF

PP1Butcher – Zacha – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
3:44100% CF
PP2Severson – Carrick – Wood – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich
2:1433% CF
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
3:32
PK2FZacha – McLeod
0:28
PK1DMurray – Severson
2:18
PK2DTennyson – Bahl
2:09

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
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	2	2	-2	1	0.20	0	0	2	18:38	—	—	63	87
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	61	90
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	0	1	-2	7	0.73	0	1	0	17:48	—	—	61	90
David Krejci C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	68	80
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.41	3	0	0	15:33	—	—	72	81
Taylor Hall L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	68	77
Sean Kuraly C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.45	3	0	0	18:01	—	—	68	59
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	2	1	0	15:50	—	—	71	58
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	1	0	13:24	—	—	85	87
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	46	31
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	3	0	0	11:27	—	—	57	54
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	10:10	—	—	57	53
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	20:54	—	—	72	66
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	1	1	0	20:51	—	—	64	62
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	2	21:01	—	—	59	63
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.05	1	0	2	20:19	—	—	67	66
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	17:21	—	—	50	59
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	4	1	2	17:13	—	—	70	77

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	O	21	17	4	.810	2.33	62:41

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.37	0	0	0	21:57	—	—	37	47
Pavel Zacha C	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.39	4	0	0	18:22	—	—	38	52
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	44	61
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	1	1	0	16:14	—	—	32	24
Nathan Bastian R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	2	14:51	—	—	25	2
Michael McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	14:33	—	—	27	22
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	2	2	+3	2	0.06	0	1	0	22:16	—	—	39	38
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.29	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	44	58
Janne Kuokkanen C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	33	34
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	41	16
Marián Studenic R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:24	—	—	35	14
Nick Merkley R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	4:27	—	—	25	24
Damon Severson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	25:29	—	—	40	31
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	2	0	21:51	—	—	42	23
Will Butcher D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	33	41
Connor Carrick D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	19:30	—	—	33	47
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	32	32
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:42	—	—	28	29

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	3.55	62:02

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 DevilsMay 4, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

New Jersey Devils