Boston Bruins vs. New York IslandersJan 18, 2021

FinalMonday, Jan 18, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	0	0		BOS	11	6	10	27
NYI	0	0	1	1		NYI	3	7	7	17

: BOS 61NYI 39
: BOS 3.14NYI 2.67
PP goals: BOS 0NYI 0
Hits: BOS 26NYI 31
Blocks: BOS 12NYI 17
PIM: BOS 12NYI 6
: BOS 49%NYI 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Boston Bruins 1–0

New York Islanders beat Boston Bruins 1–0 at home. Jean-Gabriel Pageau (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–DeBrusk skated 9:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–DeBrusk skated 9:53 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bergeron Marchand DeBrusk
Luck
BOS scored 0 goals on 3.14 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Ritchie–Studnicka skated 8:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Ritchie Studnicka
New line
New look for BOS: Smith–Coyle–Bjork skated 7:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Coyle Bjork
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 13:25, −6:30 down on his 19:55 season average over 36 games.Grzelcyk
Luck
NYI scored 1 goal on 2.67 expected goals (39 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (NYI) played 20:20, +3:37 up on his 16:43 season average over 53 games.Pageau
Usage
Anders Bjork (BOS) played 9:43, −4:16 down on his 13:59 season average over 44 games.Bjork

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 100 of 100 attempts · NYI 39 · BOS 61

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 44% of the game, NYI 25%.

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
	53	30
	2.33	1.22
	2.22	1.20
	2	6
	2	4
	10	14
	−0.031	+0.032
	44%	25%

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 – DeBrusk
9:5375% CF
L2Krejci – Ritchie – Studnicka
8:2763% CF
L3Smith – Coyle – Bjork
7:2950% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Frederic
7:0250% CF
D1Lauzon – McAvoy
12:3450% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
9:0281% CF
D3Miller – Zboril
8:3850% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie
2:5286% CF
PP2Smith – Coyle – Zboril – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:44100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Wagner
1:32
PK2FKuraly – Studnicka
1:13
PK1DCarlo – Lauzon
3:33
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
1:43

Current BOS line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
8:4737% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
7:2611% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
6:1956% CF
L4Pageau – Johnston – Bellows
6:0030% CF
D1Leddy – Mayfield
10:0827% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
9:5630% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
8:0255% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Pulock – Barzal – Dobson
3:5880% CF
PP2Bailey – Leddy – Nelson – Pageau – Beauvillier
3:4767% CF
PK1FBailey – Nelson
2:03
PK2FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:22
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
2:21
PK2DGreene – Pulock
1:24

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

15:51
NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau (Adam Pelech, Ryan Pulock)wrist0.13 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lauzon, DeBrusk, McAvoyNYI: Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Pageau, Pelech, Pulock
BOS 0 – 1 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	-1	5	0.51	0	0	2	19:21	—	—	73	66
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	-1	2	0.46	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	77	67
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	71	62
David Krejci C	L2	0	2	0.33	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	65	90
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	6	0.78	2	0	2	15:02	—	—	65	90
Jack Studnicka C	L2	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	67	90
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	55	18
Craig Smith C	L3	0	1	0.12	1	0	2	12:46	—	—	57	35
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:43	—	—	50	3
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	2	0.38	1	2	0	14:50	—	—	50	81
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	13:17	—	—	54	83
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	10:30	—	—	58	70
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	-1	2	0.10	0	1	2	25:18	—	—	58	59
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	-1	1	0.01	7	2	0	22:58	—	—	45	48
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	1	0.07	1	1	2	19:35	—	—	74	81
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	0.03	0	1	2	13:25	—	—	80	98
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	0	0.03	2	2	0	18:14	—	—	65	60
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	1	0.08	5	1	0	17:28	—	—	56	57

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	17	16	1	.941	2.01	58:25

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.44	1	0	0	17:36	—	—	38	49
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	35	37
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	1	2	14:43	—	—	38	32
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	17	37
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	21	25
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	17	30
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	3	0	2	14:57	—	—	46	27
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	7	0	0	14:02	—	—	44	27
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:30	—	—	46	13
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.95	1	1	0	20:20	—	—	44	52
Kieffer Bellows L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	6:38	—	—	42	46
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	1	0	6:28	—	—	30	38
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	1	0	20:30	—	—	32	28
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	20:21	—	—	19	14
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	4	0	21:28	—	—	35	37
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.18	0	2	2	20:25	—	—	33	33
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	58	65
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	5	0	15:49	—	—	44	38

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	3.14	60:00

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.