Boston Bruins vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 16, 2026

Final / OTMonday, Mar 16, 2026· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	2	0	1	0	3		BOS	8	8	5	1	22
NJD	0	2	1	1	4		NJD	6	17	6	5	34

: BOS 45NJD 71
: BOS 2.12NJD 3.42
PP goals: BOS 0NJD 0
Hits: BOS 22NJD 20
Blocks: BOS 19NJD 9
PIM: BOS 18NJD 20
: BOS 52%NJD 48%

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. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Marat Khusnutdinov (BOS) played 19:56, +5:30 up on his 14:26 season average over 76 games.

Points
Jack Hughes had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 24:16.Hughes
Points
David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:03.Pastrnak
Points
Paul Cotter had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 9:18.Cotter
Points
Connor Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:50.Brown
Usage
Marat Khusnutdinov (BOS) played 19:56, +5:30 up on his 14:26 season average over 76 games.Khusnutdinov
Usage
Dougie Hamilton (NJD) played 26:19, +4:50 up on his 21:29 season average over 76 games.Hamilton
New line
New look for BOS: Lindholm–Geekie–Steeves skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindholm Geekie Steeves
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 22:38, +3:55 up on his 18:43 season average over 81 games.Bratt

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 116 of 116 attempts · NJD 71 · BOS 45

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 22% of the game, NJD 41%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

NJD skaters (rows) against BOS skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NJD side.

Matchup matrix

NJD xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BOS	NJD
	44	73
	1.80	3.07
	1.76	2.94
	10	11
	5	4
	24	26
	+0.045	−0.045
	22%	41%

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 – Khusnutdinov – Minten
12:0657% CF
L2Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
11:5323% CF
L3Lindholm – Geekie – Steeves
8:2517% CF
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
7:1560% CF
D1Zadorov – Jokiharju
16:5639% CF
D2Lindholm – Lohrei
15:4848% CF
D3McAvoy – Aspirot
14:0428% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Lohrei
3:32100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Khusnutdinov – Minten
0:40
PK1FLindholm – Khusnutdinov
1:12
PK2FKuraly – Kastelic
0:41
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
1:30
PK2DZadorov – Aspirot
1:12

Current BOS line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
13:5850% CF
L2Brown – Bratt – Hughes
11:5676% CF
L3Glass – Gritsyuk – Hameenaho
8:1281% CF
L4Bjugstad – Cotter – Tsyplakov
6:2122% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
16:0150% CF
D2Kovacevic – Hughes
13:4772% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
12:0763% CF

PP1Hamilton – Brown – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:4867% CF
PP2Meier – Gritsyuk – Mercer – Hughes – Nemec
0:20
PK1FBrown – Glass
0:58
PK2FHischier – Mercer
0:34
PK1DDillon – Siegenthaler
1:11
PK2DHamilton – Hughes
0:57

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	2	0	2	+1	4	0.60	2	1	2	24:03	—	—	47	56
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	50	60
Fraser Minten C	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.28	1	1	0	18:13	—	—	56	64
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.26	2	1	0	18:54	—	—	20	26
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:24	—	—	26	34
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	24	31
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	1	0	20:38	—	—	20	26
Morgan Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	21	30
Alex Steeves C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	6	1	0	11:34	—	—	23	34
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	0	0	0	10:50	—	—	57	19
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:39	—	—	52	15
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	12	8:50	—	—	60	20
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	2	0	20:07	—	—	37	33
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	19:14	—	—	41	38
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	3	0	22:07	—	—	50	43
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	22:00	—	—	46	46
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.16	0	3	2	20:55	—	—	24	31
Jonathan Aspirot D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	2	2	16:15	—	—	28	35

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	O	34	30	4	.882	3.42	64:14

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	2	22:03	—	—	50	46
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	2	19:07	—	—	52	38
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.22	1	1	0	17:56	—	—	55	48
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	3	3	+2	4	0.34	0	2	0	24:16	—	—	71	75
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	1	0	0	22:38	—	—	72	77
Connor Brown R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.82	1	0	2	19:50	—	—	72	84
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	83	75
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	0	0	11:17	—	—	79	58
Lenni Hameenaho R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	9:16	—	—	81	84
Paul Cotter L	L4	2	0	2	+1	2	0.34	3	0	0	9:18	—	—	17	22
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	7:42	—	—	20	39
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:39	—	—	27	31
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	1	1	0	26:19	—	—	49	51
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	2	0	21:31	—	—	55	63
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	22:35	—	—	73	65
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	7	16:10	—	—	70	65
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	19:48	—	—	68	63
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	5	15:48	—	—	63	85

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	2.12	64:53

Goal anatomy

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

David Pastrnak (BOS) 1st 4:02 · assists Henri Jokiharju, Marat Khusnutdinov · Rebound · carried in · 18.7 mph shot · 10.0 s from entry to goal.

David Pastrnak · 1st 4:02 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 10.0 s
Type: rebound

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Paul Cotter · OT 4:53 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 26.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Pavel Zacha · 1st 14:29 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 26.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Connor Brown · 2nd 0:32 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Jesper Bratt · 2nd 8:08 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 47.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Paul Cotter · 3rd 2:50 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: one-timer

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David Pastrnak · 3rd 4:32 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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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 DevilsMar 16, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

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

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

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

Goal anatomy

David Pastrnak · 1st 4:02 · BOS

Paul Cotter · OT 4:53 · NJD

Pavel Zacha · 1st 14:29 · BOS

Connor Brown · 2nd 0:32 · NJD

Jesper Bratt · 2nd 8:08 · NJD

Paul Cotter · 3rd 2:50 · NJD

David Pastrnak · 3rd 4:32 · BOS