Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey DevilsJan 22, 2025

FinalWednesday, Jan 22, 2025· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	0	1		BOS	5	10	8	23
NJD	0	4	1	5		NJD	11	17	6	34

: BOS 50NJD 61
: BOS 1.94NJD 3.59
PP goals: BOS 0NJD 3
Hits: BOS 11NJD 11
Blocks: BOS 19NJD 17
PIM: BOS 14NJD 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 rout Boston Bruins 5–1

New Jersey Devils beat Boston Bruins 5–1 at home. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Noesen, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 3 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:07 together.

Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:41.Hischier
Points
Dawson Mercer had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:37.Mercer
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Noesen, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 3 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:07 together.Hamilton Noesen Bratt Hischier Hughes
Points
Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:50.Hamilton
Points
Timo Meier had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:36.Meier
New line
New look for NJD: Dowling–Meier–Mercer skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowling Meier Mercer
New line
New look for BOS: Jones–Brazeau–Beecher skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jones Brazeau Beecher
New line
New look for NJD: Noesen–Bratt–Hischier skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (39.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Bratt 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 111 of 111 attempts · NJD 61 · BOS 50

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 30% of the game, NJD 54%.

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
	47	53
	1.42	2.60
	1.40	2.31
	5	14
	6	1
	17	22
	+0.000	+0.000
	30%	54%

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

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
8:4042% CF
L2Jones – Brazeau – Beecher
7:5238% CF
L3Marchand – Coyle – Poitras
6:1469% CF
L4Lindholm – Lettieri – Wahlstrom
5:3633% CF
D1Zadorov – Peeke
15:5538% CF
D2Wotherspoon – Lohrei
11:5448% CF
D3Oesterle – Carlo
8:0964% CF

PP1Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – Lohrei
3:4988% CF
PP2Coyle – Oesterle – Lettieri – Geekie – Poitras
0:31
PK1FLindholm – Zacha
2:46
PK2FMarchand – Coyle
1:16
PK1DZadorov – Carlo
5:35
PK2DWotherspoon – Peeke
2:00

Current BOS line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Dowling – Meier – Mercer
9:2458% CF
L2Noesen – Bratt – Hischier
8:4539% CF
L3Bastian – Cotter – Hughes
7:2167% CF
L4Tatar – MacDermid – Lazar
3:2040% CF
D1Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
13:5763% CF
D2Pesce – Hughes
12:2264% CF
D3Dillon – Hamilton
10:3941% CF

PP1Hamilton – Noesen – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
6:0792% CF
PP2Tatar – Meier – Cotter – Mercer – Hughes
2:20100% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
1:59
PK2FLazar – Bastian
1:32
PK1DPesce – Siegenthaler
2:33
PK2DDillon – Kovacevic
0:58

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
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	41	41
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.65	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	52	45
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	0	0	2	15:14	—	—	48	36
John Beecher C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	39	20
Max Jones L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:33	—	—	44	42
Justin Brazeau R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	1	2	10:08	—	—	47	29
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	0	2	17:41	—	—	58	27
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	0	2	2	16:22	—	—	63	26
Matthew Poitras C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	0	1	0	14:08	—	—	54	20
Elias Lindholm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	2	0	16:12	—	—	33	67
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	12:56	—	—	38	54
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	1	0	9:36	—	—	31	43
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	5	0	23:31	—	—	34	27
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	3	2	21:36	—	—	40	26
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	52	58
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	18:14	—	—	48	53
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	50	27
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:33	—	—	65	33

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.01	39:40
Joonas Korpisalo	—	6	5	1	.833	0.58	20:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dawson Mercer C	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.62	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	65	83
Timo Meier R	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.22	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	61	79
Justin Dowling C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	0	1	0	12:45	—	—	58	98
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	2	3	-1	3	0.55	0	1	0	20:41	—	—	48	56
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.48	1	0	0	19:37	—	—	50	56
Stefan Noesen R	L2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.54	1	1	0	18:38	—	—	46	47
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.53	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	73	59
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	13:56	—	—	40	13
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	75	81
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	2	2	0	11:51	—	—	23	56
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	44	33
Kurtis MacDermid L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	6:09	—	—	33	20
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	4	0	21:16	—	—	58	68
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	19:43	—	—	59	69
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	54	84
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	61	87
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.13	1	0	2	17:50	—	—	44	50
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	5	2	17:07	—	—	36	55

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen	W	16	16	0	.1000	1.42	36:51
Jacob Markstrom(start)	—	7	6	1	.857	0.52	23:09

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Morgan Geekie (BOS) 1st 5:50 · assists David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha · Forecheck turnover · 68.4 mph shot.

Morgan Geekie · 1st 5:50 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 68.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: one-timer

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Dawson Mercer · 2nd 1:24 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.6 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Dougie Hamilton · 2nd 4:12 · NJD PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 78.0 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Type: one-timer

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Stefan Noesen · 2nd 16:01 · NJD PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Dawson Mercer · 2nd 16:13 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Nico Hischier · 3rd 13:32 · NJD PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 45.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: deflection, rebound

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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 DevilsJan 22, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils rout Boston Bruins 5–1

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

Goal anatomy

Morgan Geekie · 1st 5:50 · BOS

Dawson Mercer · 2nd 1:24 · NJD

Dougie Hamilton · 2nd 4:12 · NJD PP

Stefan Noesen · 2nd 16:01 · NJD PP

Dawson Mercer · 2nd 16:13 · NJD

Nico Hischier · 3rd 13:32 · NJD PP