Boston Bruins vs. New York RangersFeb 12, 2021

FinalFriday, Feb 12, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	0	1		BOS	6	18	6	30
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	10	6	5	21

: BOS 61NYR 54
: BOS 2.98NYR 2.44
PP goals: BOS 0NYR 0
Hits: BOS 23NYR 31
Blocks: BOS 18NYR 12
PIM: BOS 36NYR 22
: BOS 54%NYR 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge New York Rangers 1–0

Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 1–0 at NYR. Nick Ritchie (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NYR: Strome–Kakko–Lafrenière skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NYR: Strome–Kakko–Lafrenière skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Kakko Lafrenière
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 2.44 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 2.98 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jeremy Lauzon (BOS) played 13:57, −4:53 down on his 18:50 season average over 40 games.Lauzon
New line
New look for NYR: Blackwell–Di Giuseppe–Howden skated 4:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Di Giuseppe Howden
Usage
Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 24:21, +4:20 up on his 20:01 season average over 55 games.Zibanejad
Usage
Colin Blackwell (NYR) played 9:53, −4:13 down on his 14:06 season average over 46 games.Blackwell
Usage
Kaapo Kakko (NYR) played 18:28, +4:12 up on his 14:16 season average over 47 games.Kakko

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 115 of 115 attempts · NYR 54 · BOS 61

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 24% of the game, NYR 34%.

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
	51	41
	1.29	2.26
	1.23	2.23
	10	12
	6	2
	12	20
	+0.035	−0.035
	24%	34%

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
8:5758% CF
L2Krejci – Smith – Ritchie
7:3363% CF
L3Coyle – Bjork – DeBrusk
5:4146% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Frederic
4:4770% CF
D1Clifton – Carlo
11:4269% CF
D2Miller – Zboril
9:1160% CF
D3Lauzon – McAvoy
8:5057% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Ritchie – Pastrnak
5:3885% CF
PP2Smith – Coyle – Clifton – Zboril – DeBrusk
1:28
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:44
PK2FCoyle – Wagner
1:39
PK1DMiller – McAvoy
2:31
PK2DCarlo – Lauzon
1:54

Current BOS line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Strome – Kakko – Lafrenière
7:1044% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
6:5721% CF
L3Lemieux – Rooney – Gauthier
4:5250% CF
L4Blackwell – Di Giuseppe – Howden
4:3480% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
13:3036% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
13:0964% CF
D3Bitetto – Hajek
10:4935% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Fox
5:3040% CF
PP2Trouba – Lemieux – Miller – Kakko – Lafrenière
1:2467% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
4:16
PK2FRooney – Howden
2:21
PK1DFox – Lindgren
3:51
PK2DTrouba – Miller
1:46

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:27
BOSNick Ritchie (David Krejci, Jeremy Lauzon)wrist0.05 xG
BOS: Krejci, Smith, Miller, Ritchie, ZborilNYR: Strome, Lindgren, Miller, Kakko, Lafrenière
BOS 1 – 0 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
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.50	2	0	2	21:34	—	—	53	31
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.90	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	54	32
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	60	33
David Krejci C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	1	2	0	17:32	—	—	50	39
Nick Ritchie L	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.35	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	57	47
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	4	1	0	13:26	—	—	56	27
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	2	16:28	—	—	50	25
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	42	17
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	10:41	—	—	43	24
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	12:47	—	—	74	49
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	12:17	—	—	67	60
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	5	7:29	—	—	62	44
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	20:33	—	—	56	28
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	2	2	16:37	—	—	60	52
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	1	0	20:05	—	—	61	67
Jakub Zboril D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	2	0	17:19	—	—	52	22
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	5	6	21:10	—	—	50	31
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	3	1	15	13:57	—	—	56	52

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	2.44	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Strome C	L1	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	48	77
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	-1	3	0.42	0	1	2	18:28	—	—	58	83
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	-1	2	0.39	3	0	0	16:56	—	—	48	78
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0.04	2	1	0	24:21	—	—	33	21
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	2	0.21	6	0	0	20:55	—	—	35	35
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0.07	0	0	5	20:34	—	—	19	4
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0.06	3	1	0	11:13	—	—	52	68
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	1	0.08	0	0	7	9:32	—	—	41	66
Julien Gauthier R	L3	0	1	0.38	1	0	0	8:17	—	—	46	64
Brett Howden C	L4	0	1	0.20	2	0	2	11:35	—	—	39	74
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	10:02	—	—	62	83
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	2	0.11	3	0	0	9:53	—	—	50	77
K'Andre Miller D	D1	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	22:20	—	—	35	50
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	2	0.15	7	2	6	18:19	—	—	36	57
Adam Fox D	D2	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	27:26	—	—	64	82
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:04	—	—	58	77
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	1	0.00	2	3	0	13:32	—	—	38	49
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:30	—	—	38	49

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	30	29	1	.967	2.57	58:52

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.