Boston Bruins vs. New York RangersJan 2, 2025

FinalThursday, Jan 2, 2025· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	0	1		BOS	8	13	12	33
NYR	2	0	0	2		NYR	8	12	7	27

: BOS 77NYR 49
: BOS 2.37NYR 2.40
PP goals: BOS 0NYR 0
Hits: BOS 18NYR 16
Blocks: BOS 17NYR 24
PIM: BOS 2NYR 2
: BOS 52%NYR 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Boston Bruins 2–1

New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 2–1 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BOS: Marchand–Lindholm–Pastrnak skated 11:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for BOS: Marchand–Lindholm–Pastrnak skated 11:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchand Lindholm Pastrnak
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Zacha–Geekie skated 6:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Zacha Geekie
Usage
Elias Lindholm (BOS) played 21:28, +3:26 up on his 18:02 season average over 81 games.Lindholm
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 22:46, +4:30 up on his 18:16 season average over 70 games.Marchand
Usage
Trent Frederic (BOS) played 16:46, +3:06 up on his 13:40 season average over 57 games.Frederic
Shots
David Pastrnak (BOS) led everyone with 7 shot on goals without scoring.Pastrnak
Cats
Ryan Lindgren (NYR) blocked 5 shots in 22:03.Lindgren

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 126 of 126 attempts · NYR 49 · BOS 77

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 39% of the game, NYR 27%.

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
	85	55
	2.71	2.85
	2.66	2.70
	11	13
	4	1
	26	24
	+0.008	−0.008
	39%	27%

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

L1Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak
11:4571% CF
L2Frederic – Brazeau – Wahlstrom
7:3663% CF
L3Coyle – Zacha – Geekie
6:1877% CF
L4Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher
3:260% CF
D1Zadorov – McAvoy
19:5566% CF
D2Peeke – Lohrei
15:0063% CF
D3Carlo – Wotherspoon
14:5552% CF

PP1Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
0:27100% CF
PK1FLindholm – Frederic
0:18
PK1DZadorov – Carlo
0:18

Current BOS line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
14:0037% CF
L2Kreider – Smith – Zibanejad
13:1541% CF
L3Chytil – Berard – Cuylle
10:0525% CF
L4Carrick – Vesey – Edstrom
8:0547% CF
D1Borgen – Miller
19:3037% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
17:3740% CF
D3Vaakanainen – Schneider
13:3132% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
0:11
PK1FSmith – Trocheck
0:27
PK1DFox – Lindgren
0:27

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:48
NYRMika Zibanejad (Reilly Smith, Chris Kreider)wrist0.43 xG
BOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, GeekieNYR: Kreider, Smith, Zibanejad, Borgen, Miller
BOS 0 – 1 NYR
12:53
NYRBrett Berard (Filip Chytil)snap0.11 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Peeke, Geekie, LohreiNYR: Fox, Lindgren, Chytil, Berard, Cuylle
BOS 0 – 2 NYR

2nd period

7:57
BOSElias Lindholm (David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.13 xG
BOS: Marchand, Lindholm, Zadorov, Pastrnak, McAvoyNYR: Kreider, Smith, Zibanejad, Fox, Lindgren
BOS 1 – 2 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	+1	3	0.24	0	1	0	22:46	—	—	64	63
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	0	3	0	21:28	—	—	64	53
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	-1	7	0.14	0	0	2	21:23	—	—	59	34
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	1	0	16:46	—	—	54	50
Justin Brazeau R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.47	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	65	74
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	12:13	—	—	67	67
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	53	14
Morgan Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	53	25
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	65	76
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	9:25	—	—	57	63
Cole Koepke L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:34	—	—	67	64
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	8:26	—	—	68	72
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	1	1	0	25:56	—	—	65	52
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	3	0	22:16	—	—	61	44
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	19:45	—	—	64	49
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	62	48
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	17:41	—	—	55	62
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	53	45

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.40	58:02

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	2	0	19:39	—	—	41	51
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.55	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	38	44
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	38	45
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.68	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	41	66
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	18:01	—	—	46	70
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	47	69
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	3	0	0	14:37	—	—	39	34
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	33	31
Brett Berard L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	3	1	0	10:50	—	—	25	22
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:39	—	—	38	41
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	50	52
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	2	1	0	9:51	—	—	39	53
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	22:57	—	—	39	58
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	2	0	19:41	—	—	37	58
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0	4	0	23:55	—	—	49	47
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	5	0	22:03	—	—	38	32
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	15:44	—	—	29	38
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	15:33	—	—	38	45

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.37	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Brett Berard (NYR) 1st 12:53 · assists Filip Chytil · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 72.2 mph shot · 2.3 s from entry to goal.

Brett Berard · 1st 12:53 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.2 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Mika Zibanejad · 1st 9:48 · NYR

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.1 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s
Type: rebound

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Elias Lindholm · 2nd 7:57 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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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.