Boston Bruins vs. New York IslandersDec 15, 2023

Final / SOFriday, Dec 15, 2023· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	0	2	2	0	1	5		BOS	9	10	10	5	34
NYI	0	2	2	0	0	4		NYI	15	14	4	4	37

: BOS 67NYI 63
: BOS 2.55NYI 4.58
PP goals: BOS 3NYI 2
Hits: BOS 27NYI 41
Blocks: BOS 7NYI 18
PIM: BOS 8NYI 4
: BOS 43%NYI 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge New York Islanders 5–4 (SO)

Boston Bruins beat New York Islanders 5–4 in a shootout at NYI. Bo Horvat (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Shattenkirk, Pastrnak, DeBrusk and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:02 together.

Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:26.Horvat
Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:19.Nelson
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:18.Pastrnak
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James van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:42.van Riemsdyk
Points
Morgan Geekie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:53.Geekie
Points
Kevin Shattenkirk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:00.Shattenkirk
Points
Mathew Barzal had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:56.Barzal
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Shattenkirk, Pastrnak, DeBrusk and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:02 together.Marchand Shattenkirk Pastrnak DeBrusk Geekie

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 130 of 130 attempts · NYI 63 · BOS 67

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 26% of the game, NYI 45%.

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
	62	58
	1.40	3.22
	1.39	3.07
	7	16
	7	6
	19	16
	−0.067	+0.067
	26%	45%

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 – Heinen – Geekie
10:2435% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk
10:0453% CF
L3Steen – Lauko – Beecher
6:0933% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Frederic – Boqvist
3:3950% CF
D1Grzelcyk – Carlo
11:1158% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Lindholm
10:1533% CF
D3Wotherspoon – Lohrei
7:3482% CF

PP1Marchand – Shattenkirk – Pastrnak – DeBrusk – Geekie
3:02100% CF
PP2Marchand – van Riemsdyk – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie
0:11100% CF
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
1:36
PK2FFrederic – Beecher
0:32
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
2:52
PK2DGrzelcyk – Wotherspoon
1:15

Current BOS line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Horvat – Barzal
10:5964% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall
10:5352% CF
L3Pageau – Gauthier – Holmstrom
9:3017% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Fasching
8:3543% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
18:5451% CF
D2Reilly – Aho
15:2341% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Bolduc
11:4860% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
3:0388% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Reilly – Engvall – Aho
0:52
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:49
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
1:22
PK1DBortuzzo – Romanov
1:30
PK2DDobson – Bolduc
0:18

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:42
NYIAlexander Romanov (Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat)wrist0.09 xG
BOS: Shattenkirk, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Heinen, GeekieNYI: Lee, Horvat, Barzal, Dobson, Romanov
BOS 0 – 1 NYI
13:26
NYISimon Holmstrom (Jean-Gabriel Pageau)wrist0.14 xG
BOS: Shattenkirk, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Frederic, BoqvistNYI: Clutterbuck, Pageau, Dobson, Bolduc, Holmstrom
BOS 0 – 2 NYI
14:45
BOSMorgan GeekiePP (James van Riemsdyk, Brad Marchand)wrist0.19 xG
BOS: Marchand, van Riemsdyk, Lindholm, Pastrnak, GeekieNYI: Pageau, Dobson, Bolduc, Holmstrom
BOS 1 – 2 NYI
17:26
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Kevin Shattenkirk, Morgan Geekie)snap0.14 xG
BOS: Marchand, Shattenkirk, Pastrnak, DeBrusk, GeekieNYI: Clutterbuck, Bortuzzo, Cizikas, Romanov
BOS 2 – 2 NYI

3rd period

5:06
NYIBo HorvatPP (Brock Nelson, Mike Reilly)wrist0.11 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Carlo, DeBrusk, FredericNYI: Lee, Nelson, Reilly, Horvat, Barzal
BOS 2 – 3 NYI
10:48
BOSJames van RiemsdykPP (Kevin Shattenkirk, David Pastrnak)tip-in0.10 xG
BOS: Marchand, Shattenkirk, van Riemsdyk, Pastrnak, GeekieNYI: Pageau, Dobson, Romanov, Holmstrom
BOS 3 – 3 NYI
12:01
NYIBrock NelsonPP (Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal)wrist0.16 xG
BOS: Marchand, Lindholm, Carlo, BeecherNYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Horvat, Barzal, Dobson
BOS 3 – 4 NYI
16:51
BOSMason Lohreiwrist0.03 xG
BOS: Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Geekie, LohreiNYI: Pageau, Reilly, Gauthier, Aho, Holmstrom
BOS 4 – 4 NYI

Decided in the shootout: BOS 5 – 4 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 Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	-1	6	0.52	2	0	2	24:18	—	—	49	34
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	2	1	0	19:08	—	—	49	17
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.37	0	1	0	18:53	—	—	51	22
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	1	0	0	23:53	—	—	61	44
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	2	0	2	23:15	—	—	51	31
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	50	17
Oskar Steen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	53	36
John Beecher C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	8:48	—	—	31	11
Jakub Lauko C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:19	—	—	33	13
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	2	1	0	14:07	—	—	81	75
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	1	1	2	0	3	0.36	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	80	100
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	4:47	—	—	22	1
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	2	0	23:10	—	—	51	37
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	0	0	22:36	—	—	62	46
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	26:04	—	—	32	6
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	2	2	-2	2	0.01	0	0	2	18:00	—	—	41	14
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	2	0	0	19:19	—	—	71	65
Mason Lohrei D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.06	2	1	0	16:30	—	—	57	27

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	37	33	4	.892	4.58	65:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	20:56	—	—	52	74
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	2	3	+1	6	0.78	2	3	0	20:26	—	—	47	71
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.54	4	0	2	13:42	—	—	70	87
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.94	0	0	0	22:19	—	—	57	72
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	2	1	0	16:29	—	—	54	75
Pierre Engvall L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.64	2	0	0	15:56	—	—	60	82
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	24	30
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	3	0	0	14:39	—	—	36	63
Julien Gauthier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	2	11:02	—	—	20	3
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	8	1	0	14:43	—	—	44	69
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	2	0	13:20	—	—	43	71
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	2	0	0	12:43	—	—	46	61
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.25	2	1	0	31:31	—	—	51	60
Alexander Romanov D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	4	1	0	22:49	—	—	51	55
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.10	0	3	0	21:00	—	—	43	76
Sebastian Aho D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	2	0	19:46	—	—	41	73
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	3	0	15:11	—	—	50	78
Samuel Bolduc D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:13	—	—	55	85

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	O	34	30	4	.882	2.55	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mason Lohrei (BOS) 3rd 16:51 · unassisted · Cycle · 5.8 mph shot.

Mason Lohrei · 3rd 16:51 · BOS

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.8 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Alexander Romanov · 2nd 1:42 · NYI

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 66.2 mph
Distance: 36 ft

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Simon Holmstrom · 2nd 13:26 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Morgan Geekie · 2nd 14:45 · BOS PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 78.3 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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David Pastrnak · 2nd 17:26 · BOS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Bo Horvat · 3rd 5:06 · NYI PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.6 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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James van Riemsdyk · 3rd 10:48 · BOS PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 23.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 12:01 · NYI PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 31.7 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: 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.