Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 28, 2022

FinalWednesday, Dec 28, 2022· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	8	13	6	27
NJD	0	0	1	1		NJD	16	6	9	31

: BOS 52NJD 72
: BOS 4.46NJD 3.62
PP goals: BOS 0NJD 0
Hits: BOS 18NJD 15
Blocks: BOS 20NJD 8
PIM: BOS 9NJD 11
: BOS 62%NJD 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 3–1

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at NJD. Hampus Lindholm (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NJD scored 1 goal on 3.62 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Hampus Lindholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:24.Lindholm
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 3.62 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brendan Smith (NJD) played 22:56, +7:30 up on his 15:26 season average over 59 games.Smith
New line
New look for BOS: Foligno–Greer–Frederic skated 5:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Greer Frederic
New line
New look for BOS: Smith–Coyle–Hall skated 9:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Coyle Hall
New line
New look for NJD: Boqvist–Sharangovich–Mercer skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (69.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boqvist Sharangovich Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Wood–McLeod–Thompson skated 8:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood McLeod Thompson
Usage
Nico Hischier (NJD) played 15:46, −3:34 down on his 19:20 season average over 80 games.Hischier

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 124 of 124 attempts · NJD 72 · BOS 52

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 36% of the game, NJD 36%.

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
	50	76
	2.74	3.73
	2.60	3.49
	12	16
	10	6
	23	35
	+0.090	−0.090
	36%	36%

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
10:166% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
10:0956% CF
L3Smith – Coyle – Hall
9:0738% CF
L4Foligno – Greer – Frederic
5:1967% CF
D1Lindholm – Carlo
15:5444% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
14:0536% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
13:4144% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
2:43100% CF
PP2Krejci – Foligno – Hall – Zacha – McAvoy
1:16
PK1FCoyle – DeBrusk
1:18
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:39
PK1DClifton – Carlo
1:18

Current BOS line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Haula – Bratt – Hughes
12:4478% CF
L2Tatar – Hischier – Zetterlund
8:5546% CF
L3Boqvist – Sharangovich – Mercer
8:3770% CF
L4Wood – McLeod – Thompson
8:0335% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
13:2967% CF
D2Smith – Okhotiuk
12:4962% CF
D3Severson – Bahl
9:5652% CF

PP1Tatar – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:11100% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
1:40
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
1:14
PK1DSmith – Severson
1:11
PK2DHamilton – Bahl
0:29

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:57
BOSTrent Frederic (Hampus Lindholm)snap0.24 xG
BOS: Foligno, Forbort, Lindholm, Zacha, FredericNJD: Severson, Wood, McLeod, Bahl, Thompson
BOS 1 – 0 NJD

3rd period

6:11
NJDNico Hischier (Fabian Zetterlund, Tomas Tatar)tip-in0.14 xG
BOS: Smith, Coyle, Hall, Lindholm, McAvoyNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Hischier, Zetterlund
BOS 1 – 1 NJD
15:51
BOSPatrice Bergeron (Hampus Lindholm, Brad Marchand)tip-in0.06 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Carlo, DeBruskNJD: Smith, Tatar, Hischier, Zetterlund, Okhotiuk
BOS 2 – 1 NJD
18:11
BOSPavel ZachaEN (Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak)snap0.96 xG
BOS: Coyle, Forbort, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoyNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Severson, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes
BOS 3 – 1 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	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	15	4
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	13	0
Pavel Zacha C	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	1.02	1	1	0	17:28	—	—	13	26
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.41	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	58	70
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	59	68
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.77	2	1	2	15:52	—	—	57	70
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	2	0	17:31	—	—	39	37
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	42	37
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	41	41
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	38	51
Trent Frederic C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.36	0	1	5	10:30	—	—	42	45
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	0	0	8:27	—	—	71	66
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.07	1	3	0	22:24	—	—	42	52
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:44	—	—	40	34
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	3	2	19:14	—	—	33	54
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	3	0	16:47	—	—	30	37
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	3	2	0	18:41	—	—	47	37
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:06	—	—	45	43

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.62	59:49

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.77	0	0	0	21:12	—	—	74	81
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.81	0	0	0	20:57	—	—	76	84
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	78	91
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	47	27
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.31	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	42	29
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	46	29
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	69	67
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	74	74
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.36	0	1	0	13:31	—	—	69	71
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	2	0	0	11:35	—	—	45	41
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:10	—	—	35	27
Tyce Thompson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	1	0	9:53	—	—	43	37
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	21:54	—	—	71	66
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	0	2	19:13	—	—	69	66
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	22:56	—	—	48	53
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	16:01	—	—	60	76
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	1	3	0	25:18	—	—	53	50
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	9	12:06	—	—	52	38

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	3.00	57:35

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.