Boston Bruins vs. New York RangersFeb 5, 2025

FinalWednesday, Feb 5, 2025· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	2	0	2		BOS	4	6	7	17
NYR	0	1	2	3		NYR	8	6	8	22

: BOS 52NYR 49
: BOS 2.02NYR 2.17
PP goals: BOS 0NYR 0
Hits: BOS 17NYR 32
Blocks: BOS 9NYR 22
PIM: BOS 6NYR 6
: BOS 45%NYR 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Boston Bruins 3–2

New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for BOS: Kastelic–Koepke–Beecher skated 4:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:12.Zibanejad
New line
New look for BOS: Kastelic–Koepke–Beecher skated 4:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kastelic Koepke Beecher
Usage
K'Andre Miller (NYR) played 25:00, +3:06 up on his 21:54 season average over 73 games.Miller
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Cole Koepke (BOS) played 6:59, −4:19 down on his 11:18 season average over 72 games.Koepke
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Zac Jones (NYR) played 13:30, −3:50 down on his 17:20 season average over 45 games.Jones
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Morgan Geekie (BOS) played 20:24, +3:32 up on his 16:52 season average over 76 games.Geekie
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J.T. Miller (NYR) played 15:05, −3:10 down on his 18:15 season average over 71 games.Miller
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Mark Kastelic (BOS) played 7:43, −3:04 down on his 10:47 season average over 60 games.Kastelic

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 101 of 101 attempts · NYR 49 · BOS 52

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 28% of the game, NYR 41%.

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
	50	48
	1.80	1.83
	1.72	1.80
	8	8
	4	7
	17	25
	−0.009	+0.009
	28%	41%

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 – Zacha – Geekie
11:2255% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – Lindholm
10:5070% CF
L3Frederic – Brazeau – Poitras
7:1323% CF
L4Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher
4:2617% CF
D1McAvoy – Lohrei
14:2460% CF
D2Zadorov – Peeke
13:2650% CF
D3Carlo – Callahan
11:3443% CF

PP1Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
3:0367% CF
PP2Pastrnak – McAvoy – Brazeau – Geekie – Poitras
1:23100% CF
PK1FLindholm – Zacha
1:48
PK2FCoyle – Beecher
1:46
PK1DZadorov – Carlo
3:39
PK2DMcAvoy – Peeke
1:27

Current BOS line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin
10:1350% CF
L2Smith – Trocheck – Lafrenière
8:4744% CF
L3Kreider – Brodzinski – Cuylle
7:1938% CF
L4Carrick – Vesey – Rempe
6:1170% CF
D1Borgen – Miller
14:4435% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
14:1663% CF
D3Jones – Schneider
10:4443% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Fox
3:2267% CF
PP2Smith – Trocheck – Brodzinski – Miller – Lafrenière
2:25100% CF
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
2:13
PK2FSmith – Trocheck
1:43
PK1DLindgren – Schneider
2:39
PK2DFox – Miller
1:22

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:07
NYRArtemi Panarin (Mika Zibanejad)slap0.04 xG
BOS: Marchand, Coyle, Lindholm, Carlo, CallahanNYR: Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Jones, Schneider
BOS 0 – 1 NYR
15:03
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Pavel Zacha, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.15 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie, LohreiNYR: Smith, Trocheck, Borgen, Miller, Lafrenière
BOS 1 – 1 NYR
15:19
BOSElias Lindholm (Brad Marchand, Nikita Zadorov)snap0.02 xG
BOS: Marchand, Coyle, Lindholm, Zadorov, PeekeNYR: Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren
BOS 2 – 1 NYR

3rd period

5:27
NYRVincent Trocheck (K'Andre Miller, Jonny Brodzinski)tip-in0.13 xG
BOS: Marchand, Coyle, McAvoy, Peeke, BeecherNYR: Smith, Trocheck, Brodzinski, Miller, Lafrenière
BOS 2 – 2 NYR
11:54
NYRChris KreiderSH (Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox)wrist0.07 xG
BOS: Coyle, Pastrnak, McAvoy, Geekie, PoitrasNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Borgen, Miller
BOS 2 – 3 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	0	1	0	3	0.37	1	0	0	22:46	—	—	58	66
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	2	20:24	—	—	63	66
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.43	3	0	0	20:05	—	—	50	73
Elias Lindholm C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	20:15	—	—	67	42
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	0	0	2	19:44	—	—	67	27
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	2	0	17:43	—	—	74	41
Matthew Poitras C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	29	10
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	11:25	—	—	35	33
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:55	—	—	23	12
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:29	—	—	27	13
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:43	—	—	13	18
Cole Koepke L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	6:59	—	—	22	58
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	1	1	0	23:59	—	—	57	58
Mason Lohrei D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	61	60
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	1	1	0	20:17	—	—	54	45
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	3	2	17:49	—	—	48	31
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	39	32
Michael Callahan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	13:51	—	—	44	37

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	1.95	58:01

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.26	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	35	39
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.14	1	2	0	19:12	—	—	47	92
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	2	0	15:05	—	—	46	89
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	3	2	2	19:27	—	—	48	61
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	16:42	—	—	46	54
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	14:27	—	—	48	64
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	33	34
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	14:39	—	—	26	11
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	2	0	12:50	—	—	58	38
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	12:28	—	—	44	48
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	8:38	—	—	75	70
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	5	0	2	8:18	—	—	77	97
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	4	0	25:00	—	—	39	35
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	3	3	0	17:24	—	—	39	33
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.08	0	1	0	22:57	—	—	63	74
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.30	2	0	2	19:56	—	—	61	70
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:41	—	—	50	51
Zac Jones D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	13:30	—	—	47	43

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	17	15	2	.882	2.02	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Artemi Panarin (NYR) 2nd 6:07 · assists Mika Zibanejad · Rush · loose puck · 65.2 mph shot · 5.3 s from entry to goal.

Artemi Panarin · 2nd 6:07 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.2 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s
Type: one-timer

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David Pastrnak · 2nd 15:03 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.6 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Elias Lindholm · 2nd 15:19 · BOS

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 47.5 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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Vincent Trocheck · 3rd 5:27 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 13.3 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Chris Kreider · 3rd 11:54 · NYR SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.2 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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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.