Boston Bruins vs. New York RangersNov 8, 2017

FinalWednesday, Nov 8, 2017· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	1	2		BOS	7	13	13	33
NYR	3	0	1	4		NYR	16	8	9	33

: BOS 68NYR 56
: BOS 3.55NYR 2.90
PP goals: BOS 0NYR 0
Hits: BOS 15NYR 23
Blocks: BOS 13NYR 21
PIM: BOS 2NYR 6
: BOS 50%NYR 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 4–2

New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at home. Jimmy Vesey (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Torey Krug (BOS) played 27:14, +6:55 up on his 20:19 season average over 75 games.

Points
Jimmy Vesey had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:28.Vesey
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:07.Pastrnak
Points
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:39.Bergeron
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:56.Buchnevich
Points
Ryan McDonagh had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:22.McDonagh
Usage
Torey Krug (BOS) played 27:14, +6:55 up on his 20:19 season average over 75 games.Krug
Usage
Anders Bjork (BOS) played 18:46, +6:38 up on his 12:08 season average over 29 games.Bjork
Luck
BOS scored 2 goals on 3.55 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · NYR 56 · BOS 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 41% of the game, NYR 13%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	65	64
	2.78	2.79
	2.75	2.74
	12	18
	5	5
	19	23
	−0.012	+0.012
	41%	13%

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 – Pastrnak – Bjork
11:0168% CF
L2Szwarz – Vatrano – DeBrusk
7:5547% CF
L3Kuraly – Schaller – Heinen
6:5253% CF
L4Beleskey – Nash – Czarnik
5:3421% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
16:4642% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
11:5458% CF
D3Miller – O'Gara
6:0425% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krug – Pastrnak – Heinen – DeBrusk
4:41100% CF
PP2Beleskey – Bjork – Vatrano – Czarnik – McAvoy
0:490% CF
PK1FBergeron – Schaller
0:22
PK1DChara – McAvoy
0:22

Current BOS line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Nash – Zuccarello – Hayes
12:1643% CF
L2Desharnais – Miller – Vesey
11:5135% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
9:4962% CF
L4Grabner – Carey – Fast
7:1573% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Skjei
15:2147% CF
D2McDonagh – Holden
14:2858% CF
D3Staal – Kampfer
12:4463% CF

PP1Nash – Desharnais – Shattenkirk – Skjei – Vesey
0:24100% CF
PK1FNash – Hayes
2:46
PK2FGrabner – Fast
2:03
PK1DStaal – McDonagh
3:23
PK2DKampfer – Skjei
0:58

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:53
NYRPavel Buchnevich (Ryan McDonagh, Michael Grabner)wrist0.08 xG
BOS: Chara, Kuraly, Schaller, Heinen, McAvoyNYR: Grabner, McDonagh, Holden, Zibanejad, Buchnevich
BOS 0 – 1 NYR
10:14
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Patrice Bergeron, Anders Bjork)wrist0.04 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Krug, Pastrnak, Bjork, CarloNYR: McDonagh, Holden, Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich
BOS 1 – 1 NYR
14:41
NYRJimmy Vesey (Pavel Buchnevich, Mika Zibanejad)wrist0.31 xG
BOS: Szwarz, Krug, Carlo, DeBrusk, CzarnikNYR: McDonagh, Holden, Zibanejad, Vesey, Buchnevich
BOS 1 – 2 NYR
15:10
NYRJimmy Vesey (Kevin Shattenkirk, David Desharnais)wrist0.12 xG
BOS: Beleskey, Nash, Miller, O'Gara, CzarnikNYR: Desharnais, Shattenkirk, Miller, Skjei, Vesey
BOS 1 – 3 NYR

3rd period

6:44
BOSPatrice Bergeron (David Pastrnak, Torey Krug)wrist0.17 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Krug, Pastrnak, Bjork, CarloNYR: Grabner, McDonagh, Holden, Fast, Zibanejad
BOS 2 – 3 NYR
19:52
NYRRick NashEN (Ryan McDonagh)snap0.57 xG
BOS: Szwarz, Krug, Pastrnak, Bjork, DeBrusk, McAvoyNYR: Nash, McDonagh, Holden, Zuccarello, Hayes
BOS 2 – 4 NYR

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	3	0.22	0	0	2	22:07	—	—	67	66
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.43	1	1	0	20:39	—	—	69	68
Anders Bjork L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	68	71
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	38	16
Jordan Szwarz C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.41	0	2	0	15:17	—	—	48	29
Frank Vatrano R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	11:03	—	—	50	32
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.46	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	52	75
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.49	3	0	0	15:00	—	—	39	48
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.32	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	53	57
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	1	0	14:17	—	—	35	27
Matt Beleskey L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:38	—	—	29	55
Austin Czarnik C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	0	7:22	—	—	21	18
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	3	3	0	23:43	—	—	50	47
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	1	0	21:28	—	—	42	35
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	0	3	0	27:14	—	—	67	67
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.02	1	0	0	17:16	—	—	60	55
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:49	—	—	33	46
Rob O'Gara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:35	—	—	37	41

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	2.33	58:41

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	1	1	0	18:21	—	—	44	41
Rick Nash L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	1.06	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	45	49
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	44	41
David Desharnais C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	15:40	—	—	36	41
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	35	43
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.43	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	43	70
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:55	—	—	61	69
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.38	1	0	2	12:56	—	—	62	69
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	56	45
Michael Grabner L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	57	38
Jesper Fast R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	13:15	—	—	57	30
Paul Carey C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	8:22	—	—	73	62
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.13	1	2	0	20:51	—	—	43	45
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	4	0	19:10	—	—	40	43
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:22	—	—	60	56
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	18:49	—	—	48	49
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	2	2	0	21:35	—	—	59	61
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	4	4	0	16:30	—	—	54	58

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.55	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.