Boston Bruins vs. New York IslandersFeb 29, 2020

FinalSaturday, Feb 29, 2020· NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	0	2	4		BOS	11	12	7	30
NYI	0	0	0	0		NYI	8	4	13	25

: BOS 54NYI 61
: BOS 3.20NYI 2.83
PP goals: BOS 1NYI 0
Hits: BOS 14NYI 26
Blocks: BOS 23NYI 17
PIM: BOS 12NYI 6
: BOS 51%NYI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout New York Islanders 4–0

Boston Bruins beat New York Islanders 4–0 at NYI. Charlie McAvoy (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYI scored 0 goals on 2.83 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Charlie McAvoy had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:30.McAvoy
Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:21.Marchand
Points
Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:21.Krug
Luck
NYI scored 0 goals on 2.83 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Nordstrom–Kuraly–Lindholm skated 7:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nordstrom Kuraly Lindholm
New line
New look for NYI: Clutterbuck–Brassard–Martin skated 4:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clutterbuck Brassard Martin
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 15:55, −3:05 down on his 19:00 season average over 69 games.Pastrnak
Usage
Brock Nelson (NYI) played 15:02, −3:53 down on his 18:55 season average over 67 games.Nelson

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · NYI 61 · BOS 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 34% of the game, NYI 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYI

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	NYI
	44	48
	2.56	1.84
	2.29	1.73
	11	12
	1	4
	24	14
	+0.021	−0.021
	34%	39%

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
10:1847% CF
L2Krejci – Ritchie – Kase
8:5853% CF
L3Coyle – DeBrusk – Kuhlman
8:5658% CF
L4Nordstrom – Kuraly – Lindholm
7:3956% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
12:2156% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
11:3846% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Lauzon
9:5847% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Coyle – Krug – Pastrnak
2:51100% CF
PP2Krejci – Coyle – Grzelcyk – Kase – DeBrusk
0:27100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Nordstrom
4:23
PK2FKuraly – Lindholm
2:23
PK1DChara – Carlo
4:48
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
1:39

Current BOS line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
10:1663% CF
L2Bailey – Pageau – Dal Colle
7:3614% CF
L3Komarov – Nelson – Beauvillier
4:2586% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Brassard – Martin
4:0767% CF
D1Boychuk – Leddy
11:3553% CF
D2Greene – Pulock
10:4759% CF
D3Mayfield – Toews
8:4353% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Pageau – Toews – Barzal
5:44100% CF
PP2Brassard – Bailey – Nelson – Pulock – Beauvillier
3:1480% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Pageau
1:28
PK2FKomarov – Bailey
0:47
PK1DGreene – Mayfield
2:03
PK2DBoychuk – Pulock
0:00

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:30
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Torey Krug, Brandon Carlo)slap0.02 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak, CarloNYI: Greene, Bailey, Pageau, Pulock, Dal Colle
BOS 1 – 0 NYI
13:10
BOSMatt Grzelcyk (Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.02 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoyNYI: Boychuk, Bailey, Leddy, Dal Colle, Barzal
BOS 2 – 0 NYI

3rd period

11:06
BOSBrad Marchand (Patrice Bergeron, Charlie McAvoy)wrap-around0.04 xG
BOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoyNYI: Komarov, Leddy, Nelson, Pulock, Beauvillier
BOS 3 – 0 NYI
16:26
BOSCharlie McAvoyPP (Torey Krug, David Krejci)slap0.02 xG
BOS: Krejci, Krug, Pastrnak, DeBrusk, McAvoyNYI: Greene, Bailey, Pageau, Mayfield
BOS 4 – 0 NYI

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
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	1	2	+3	4	0.49	0	1	0	17:21	—	—	43	45
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.12	1	4	0	16:35	—	—	36	43
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.17	0	0	4	15:55	—	—	36	44
David Krejci C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	57	66
Ondrej Kase R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	55	57
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	11:01	—	—	57	67
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	3	0	20:09	—	—	50	55
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	2	0	0	13:08	—	—	56	78
Karson Kuhlman C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:52	—	—	67	86
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	3	3	0	13:56	—	—	36	38
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	43	61
Par Lindholm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	1	0	11:20	—	—	60	78
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	2	0	22:59	—	—	44	48
Torey Krug D	D1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.36	0	1	0	18:21	—	—	55	53
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	2	2	21:49	—	—	36	37
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	1	2	3	+2	2	0.02	1	3	0	21:30	—	—	55	69
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.15	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	50	76
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	1	2	14:14	—	—	48	62

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.83	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	-1	2	0.20	1	0	2	20:49	—	—	61	45
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	3	0.55	0	1	0	19:35	—	—	60	43
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:55	—	—	60	43
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	-1	0	0.19	1	1	0	20:12	—	—	41	33
Josh Bailey R	L2	-2	1	0.13	1	0	0	19:11	—	—	33	24
Michael Dal Colle L	L2	-2	1	0.09	3	0	0	12:07	—	—	16	10
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	-1	2	0.09	2	1	0	15:58	—	—	63	69
Brock Nelson C	L3	-1	3	0.44	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	68	59
Leo Komarov R	L3	-1	1	0.23	2	0	2	10:16	—	—	64	74
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	2	0.31	2	0	0	13:45	—	—	57	31
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:08	—	—	36	25
Matt Martin L	L4	0	1	0.04	5	0	0	9:04	—	—	67	71
Nick Leddy D	D1	-2	1	0.12	2	1	0	18:03	—	—	55	27
Johnny Boychuk D	D1	-1	0	0.03	2	2	0	13:49	—	—	53	12
Ryan Pulock D	D2	-2	4	0.23	2	5	0	22:06	—	—	61	71
Andy Greene D	D2	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	18:19	—	—	39	34
Devon Toews D	D3	0	2	0.18	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	48	43
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	17:54	—	—	52	44

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	3.20	59:31

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.