Boston Bruins vs. New York RangersFeb 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Feb 28, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	1	1	4		BOS	7	12	17	36
NYR	0	0	1	1		NYR	9	6	6	21

: BOS 60NYR 49
: BOS 2.94NYR 2.09
PP goals: BOS 0NYR 0
Hits: BOS 43NYR 37
Blocks: BOS 16NYR 12
PIM: BOS 15NYR 21
: BOS 55%NYR 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 4–1

Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 4–1 at NYR. Charlie Coyle (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BOS: McKegg–Kuraly–Kuhlman skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Charlie Coyle had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:52.Coyle
Points
Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:21.McAvoy
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:12.Pastrnak
New line
New look for BOS: McKegg–Kuraly–Kuhlman skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McKegg Kuraly Kuhlman
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 33 shots and stopped 31 (.939), +9 against a season average of 24.5.Georgiev
Usage
Colin Blackwell (NYR) played 17:48, +3:53 up on his 13:55 season average over 46 games.Blackwell
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 15:12, −3:29 down on his 18:41 season average over 47 games.Pastrnak
Usage
Jack Studnicka (BOS) played 15:52, +3:17 up on his 12:35 season average over 19 games.Studnicka

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 109 of 109 attempts · NYR 49 · BOS 60

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 36% of the game, NYR 28%.

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	47
	2.66	1.76
	2.46	1.72
	11	5
	8	2
	14	6
	+0.012	−0.012
	36%	28%

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

L1DeBrusk – Frederic – Studnicka
11:0050% CF
L2Smith – Coyle – Ritchie
9:4667% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
9:2889% CF
L4McKegg – Kuraly – Kuhlman
7:4559% CF
D1Clifton – Carlo
14:3345% CF
D2Zboril – McAvoy
13:2974% CF
D3Kampfer – Vaakanainen
12:4735% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Ritchie – Pastrnak – McAvoy
0:13100% CF
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
0:41
PK2FBergeron – Kuraly
0:00
PK1DClifton – Vaakanainen
0:30
PK2DCarlo – McAvoy
0:13

Current BOS line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Brodzinski – Lemieux – Rooney
9:2620% CF
L2Di Giuseppe – Gauthier – Howden
8:3769% CF
L3Kreider – Blackwell – Strome
8:1119% CF
L4Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière
6:4644% CF
D1Smith – Miller
16:3560% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
15:2533% CF
D3Johnson – Hajek
13:5431% CF

PP1Kreider – Blackwell – Strome – Zibanejad – Fox
0:53100% CF
PP2Smith – Blackwell – Lemieux – Miller – Lafrenière
0:38100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
0:13
PK1DFox – Lindgren
0:13

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:06	—	—	56	73
Jack Studnicka C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	52	79
Trent Frederic C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	3	0	0	14:30	—	—	48	82
Charlie Coyle C	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	0.61	3	0	0	15:52	—	—	54	38
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	9	13:29	—	—	64	55
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	3	0	2	13:25	—	—	68	56
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.16	4	2	0	16:10	—	—	74	85
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	5	1	0	15:55	—	—	71	79
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	2	2	+2	4	0.28	0	2	2	15:12	—	—	68	80
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	6	2	0	13:41	—	—	44	45
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	3	0	2	11:22	—	—	55	48
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.48	2	0	0	10:59	—	—	44	48
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	3	1	0	20:58	—	—	48	61
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	3	0	0	20:56	—	—	53	68
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.16	1	0	0	22:21	—	—	77	60
Jakub Zboril D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:39	—	—	70	44
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	6	0	21:21	—	—	50	74
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	2	1	0	15:27	—	—	40	50

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	2.09	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brendan Lemieux L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	0	15	14:19	—	—	22	16
Kevin Rooney C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:13	—	—	32	25
Jonny Brodzinski C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	12:57	—	—	30	22
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	5	1	0	12:45	—	—	62	61
Julien Gauthier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:10	—	—	63	75
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	0	0	11:55	—	—	74	68
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:52	—	—	41	54
Colin Blackwell C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.39	3	0	2	17:48	—	—	39	54
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.80	2	0	0	17:25	—	—	16	34
Mika Zibanejad C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	2	0	17:29	—	—	33	12
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	38	12
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	16:01	—	—	52	50
Brendan Smith D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:12	—	—	56	50
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.02	1	1	0	20:29	—	—	61	44
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	23:50	—	—	32	40
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	5	3	2	19:12	—	—	33	46
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	36	29
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	14:27	—	—	30	26

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	—	33	31	2	.939	2.37	45:25
Igor Shesterkin	L	2	1	1	.500	0.08	13:19

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.

Boston Bruins vs. New York RangersFeb 28, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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New York Rangers