Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 23, 2022

FinalFriday, Dec 23, 2022· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	4	0	4		BOS	5	13	5	23
NJD	1	0	2	3		NJD	11	12	17	40

: BOS 43NJD 79
: BOS 1.93NJD 2.77
PP goals: BOS 0NJD 1
Hits: BOS 13NJD 13
Blocks: BOS 30NJD 15
PIM: BOS 4NJD 2
: BOS 49%NJD 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge New Jersey Devils 4–3

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 at NJD. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Tatar, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:48 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:57.Pastrnak
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Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:08.DeBrusk
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Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:49.Tatar
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David Krejci had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:23.Krejci
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Dougie Hamilton had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:11.Hamilton
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Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:26.Hischier
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Tatar, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:48 together.Tatar Hamilton Bratt Hischier Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Wood–McLeod–Mercer skated 12:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood McLeod Mercer

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 122 of 122 attempts · NJD 79 · BOS 43

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 18% of the game, NJD 46%.

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
	49	78
	2.31	2.67
	2.23	2.57
	11	10
	1	4
	31	25
	−0.022	+0.022
	18%	46%

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 – Pastrnak – Zacha
13:4247% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
9:0738% CF
L3Coyle – Hall – Frederic
5:3921% CF
L4Foligno – Nosek – Greer
3:5680% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
16:3641% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
16:0732% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
12:3132% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
1:0950% CF
PP2Krejci – Foligno – Hall – Zacha – McAvoy
0:42100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:16
PK2FCoyle – Nosek
0:48
PK1DForbort – Carlo
1:50
PK2DLindholm – Clifton
0:14

Current BOS line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Wood – McLeod – Mercer
12:1546% CF
L2Haula – Bratt – Hughes
11:4667% CF
L3Tatar – Hischier – Zetterlund
8:2374% CF
L4Boqvist – Sharangovich – Holtz
4:5360% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
13:0639% CF
D2Smith – Severson
10:0950% CF
D3Bahl – Okhotiuk
3:3867% CF

PP1Tatar – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
1:48100% CF
PP2Haula – Severson – Wood – Zetterlund – Holtz
0:14100% CF
PK1FBoqvist – Mercer
0:46
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
0:46
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
1:00
PK2DSmith – Bahl
0:32

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 Krejci C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.29	1	5	0	20:23	—	—	42	72
David Pastrnak R	L1	2	0	2	+1	6	0.70	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	46	72
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	47	71
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	40	47
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.11	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	42	45
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.27	0	4	0	14:05	—	—	38	44
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	2	1	0	16:53	—	—	28	18
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:33	—	—	29	19
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:42	—	—	18	20
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:59	—	—	32	14
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	58	55
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:00	—	—	57	66
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	6	2	20:31	—	—	41	56
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	19:11	—	—	36	54
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	1	1	0	22:57	—	—	46	73
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	20:50	—	—	33	59
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	2	3	0	17:23	—	—	40	28
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	3	0	17:04	—	—	37	10

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	2.77	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:17	—	—	45	21
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	50	22
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	55	26
Jack Hughes C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.18	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	66	44
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.45	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	62	33
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	2	14:33	—	—	58	22
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	2	2	0	4	0.58	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	73	81
Tomas Tatar L	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.61	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	78	87
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	2	0	0	12:01	—	—	62	60
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	67	92
Yegor Sharangovich C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.41	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	53	83
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	7:34	—	—	67	91
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	2	2	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	25:11	—	—	46	46
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	3	3	0	22:50	—	—	62	47
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	26:02	—	—	59	51
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	2	4	0	21:19	—	—	71	54
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	2	0	14:03	—	—	68	89
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	8:14	—	—	75	42

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	18	14	4	.778	1.80	40:00
Vitek Vanecek	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.13	18:38

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 23, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge New Jersey Devils 4–3

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