Boston Bruins vs. New York IslandersMar 9, 2021

Final / SOTuesday, Mar 9, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	0	0	0	0	1		BOS	12	12	4	5	33
NYI	0	1	0	0	1	2		NYI	8	8	9	2	27

: BOS 62NYI 54
: BOS 3.18NYI 2.85
PP goals: BOS 1NYI 1
Hits: BOS 29NYI 27
Blocks: BOS 17NYI 16
PIM: BOS 6NYI 6
: BOS 53%NYI 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Boston Bruins 2–1 (SO)

New York Islanders beat Boston Bruins 2–1 in a shootout at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Grzelcyk and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:20 together.

PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Grzelcyk and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:20 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Grzelcyk Pastrnak
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Ritchie–Studnicka skated 11:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Ritchie Studnicka
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.18 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Komarov–Pageau–Wahlstrom skated 6:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Komarov Pageau Wahlstrom
Luck
NYI scored 1 goal on 2.85 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jakub Zboril (BOS) played 22:25, +5:29 up on his 16:56 season average over 41 games.Zboril
Usage
Mathew Barzal (NYI) played 21:43, +3:02 up on his 18:41 season average over 54 games.Barzal
Usage
Urho Vaakanainen (BOS) played 14:51, −4:35 down on his 19:26 season average over 8 games.Vaakanainen

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 116 of 116 attempts · NYI 54 · BOS 62

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 31% of the game, NYI 31%.

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
	54	53
	2.60	1.93
	2.35	1.88
	7	12
	2	2
	12	22
	+0.019	−0.019
	31%	31%

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 – Ritchie – Studnicka
11:5238% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
11:4278% CF
L3Smith – Coyle – Frederic
11:3640% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Bjork
8:5615% CF
D1Clifton – Zboril
18:0138% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
15:0063% CF
D3Tinordi – Vaakanainen
11:4644% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak
2:20100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Bjork
1:21
PK2FBergeron – Coyle
0:35
PK1DTinordi – McAvoy
1:58
PK2DClifton – Vaakanainen
1:42

Current BOS line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
12:5871% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
12:4539% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
7:5550% CF
L4Komarov – Pageau – Wahlstrom
6:1358% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
16:1521% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
15:2364% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
10:5282% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Barzal – Beauvillier – Dobson
2:07100% CF
PP2Bailey – Leddy – Nelson – Pageau – Wahlstrom
1:16100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
2:24
PK2FKomarov – Pageau
0:18
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
2:24
PK2DGreene – Pulock
0:18

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:32
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Brad Marchand, Matt Grzelcyk)slap0.06 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Grzelcyk, PastrnakNYI: Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Mayfield, Pelech
BOS 1 – 0 NYI

2nd period

16:18
NYIBrock NelsonPP (Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Mathew Barzal)snap0.18 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Coyle, Clifton, VaakanainenNYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Pageau, Barzal
BOS 1 – 1 NYI

Decided in the shootout: BOS 1 – 2 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
David Krejci C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	20:33	—	—	46	50
Nick Ritchie L	L1	0	0	0	1	0.07	6	0	0	16:17	—	—	46	48
Jack Studnicka C	L1	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	2	0	13:37	—	—	33	34
David Pastrnak R	L2	1	0	1	5	0.61	1	0	0	20:41	—	—	78	89
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	6	0.77	1	1	0	17:52	—	—	77	89
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	1	1	5	0.49	2	1	4	17:38	—	—	75	87
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:59	—	—	46	45
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	50	51
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	13:28	—	—	48	53
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	13:01	—	—	28	27
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:51	—	—	22	24
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	10:08	—	—	14	22
Jakub Zboril D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	22:25	—	—	42	34
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	2	0	21:46	—	—	41	33
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	2	0	24:12	—	—	61	76
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	2	0.14	2	1	0	21:14	—	—	60	69
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:51	—	—	52	51
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	41	41

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	O	27	26	1	.963	2.85	65:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	5	0.58	0	0	0	21:43	—	—	67	72
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	2	19:23	—	—	63	70
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	66	79
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	0	1	2	0.35	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	36	33
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	36	22
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	5	0.54	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	42	38
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	0	15:36	—	—	30	13
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	1	0.07	8	0	0	13:44	—	—	46	29
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	0	0	11:10	—	—	33	20
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	1	1	0	0.15	2	1	0	15:17	—	—	55	54
Leo Komarov R	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:03	—	—	54	59
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	4	9:58	—	—	60	59
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	2	0	22:22	—	—	26	14
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	4	0	20:33	—	—	23	10
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	22:44	—	—	62	65
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	4	0	21:41	—	—	59	59
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:19	—	—	76	74
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	76	81

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	3.18	65:00

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.