Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red WingsDec 31, 2023

FinalSunday, Dec 31, 2023· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	1	3	5		BOS	8	9	7	24
DET	0	2	1	3		DET	6	13	11	30

: BOS 44DET 62
: BOS 2.52DET 2.74
PP goals: BOS 0DET 0
Hits: BOS 21DET 17
Blocks: BOS 17DET 13
PIM: BOS 14DET 8
: BOS 32%DET 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Detroit Red Wings 5–3

Boston Bruins beat Detroit Red Wings 5–3 at DET. Trent Frederic (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BOS scored 5 goals on 2.52 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Trent Frederic had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:51.Frederic
Points
Charlie McAvoy had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 24:08.McAvoy
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:46.Pastrnak
Points
Hampus Lindholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:31.Lindholm
Luck
BOS scored 5 goals on 2.52 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Heinen–Frederic–Merkulov skated 5:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Frederic Merkulov
New line
New look for DET: Copp–Fischer–Rasmussen skated 7:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Copp Fischer Rasmussen
Usage
John Beecher (BOS) played 4:51, −5:53 down on his 10:44 season average over 51 games.Beecher

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · DET 62 · BOS 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 20% of the game, DET 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

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	DET
	43	53
	1.48	1.97
	1.47	1.88
	4	7
	10	2
	14	8
	−0.092	+0.092
	20%	36%

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 – Coyle – DeBrusk
10:5450% CF
L2Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
10:1152% CF
L3Heinen – Frederic – Merkulov
5:0244% CF
L4Steen – Lauko – Beecher
2:0860% CF
D1Lindholm – Carlo
13:2338% CF
D2McAvoy – Lohrei
9:0938% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Wotherspoon
6:0333% CF

PP1Marchand – Coyle – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
2:27100% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Lindholm – DeBrusk – Frederic – Merkulov
0:44
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
2:57
PK2FHeinen – DeBrusk
1:37
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
4:07
PK2DWotherspoon – McAvoy
3:47

Current BOS line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Kane – Compher – DeBrincat
10:2653% CF
L2Perron – Larkin – Raymond
9:4456% CF
L3Copp – Fischer – Rasmussen
7:1929% CF
L4Fabbri – Sprong – Veleno
3:1680% CF
D1Petry – Chiarot
15:2737% CF
D2Walman – Seider
13:0855% CF
D3Maatta – Gostisbehere
9:2575% CF

PP1Kane – Gostisbehere – Compher – Larkin – DeBrincat
5:3791% CF
PP2Perron – Fabbri – Sprong – Seider – Raymond
3:34100% CF
PK1FCopp – Compher
1:40
PK2FLarkin – Rasmussen
1:18
PK1DWalman – Seider
1:53
PK2DPetry – Maatta
0:37

Current DET 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
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:42	—	—	52	61
Charlie Coyle C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	50	61
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.74	0	1	4	19:10	—	—	54	56
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.15	0	1	2	19:46	—	—	41	25
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.57	4	0	0	18:14	—	—	46	37
Morgan Geekie C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	0	2	16:45	—	—	52	36
Trent Frederic C	L3	2	1	3	+4	2	0.07	1	1	0	15:51	—	—	27	33
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:23	—	—	43	69
Georgii Merkulov C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	0	1	0	8:33	—	—	40	69
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:25	—	—	40	29
Oskar Steen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:45	—	—	33	27
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	4:51	—	—	44	19
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.07	0	2	0	23:31	—	—	47	51
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	2	2	0	20:29	—	—	41	36
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	3	3	+3	1	0.04	1	0	4	24:08	—	—	46	39
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	1	0	16:57	—	—	55	47
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	4	0	18:25	—	—	43	36
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	13:47	—	—	39	52

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	2.74	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Compher L	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.29	1	0	0	21:24	—	—	55	61
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.52	0	1	2	19:47	—	—	53	47
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.35	1	0	0	19:36	—	—	55	57
Dylan Larkin C	L2	0	1	1	-4	4	0.34	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	59	51
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	-4	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	59	59
Lucas Raymond L	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.13	2	0	0	15:50	—	—	62	63
Andrew Copp C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	41	38
Michael Rasmussen C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	3	1	0	15:48	—	—	48	58
Christian Fischer R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:10	—	—	37	14
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0	0	2	11:46	—	—	64	100
Robby Fabbri C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	73	100
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	3	1	0	10:29	—	—	75	81
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	19:35	—	—	40	40
Ben Chiarot D	D1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.16	2	3	4	19:21	—	—	37	43
Moritz Seider D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:50	—	—	59	75
Jake Walman D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.14	0	5	0	16:51	—	—	56	65
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	1	0	0	18:36	—	—	74	46
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:55	—	—	75	54

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	1.55	57:48

Goal anatomy

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

Jake DeBrusk (BOS EN) 3rd 17:59 · assists Trent Frederic, Charlie McAvoy · Point shot · 26.7 mph shot.

Jake DeBrusk · 3rd 17:59 · BOS EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 102 ft

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Pavel Zacha · 3rd 19:36 · BOS EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Distance: 25 ft

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Trent Frederic · 1st 19:08 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 52.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Trent Frederic · 2nd 4:25 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 74.5 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Jake Walman · 2nd 13:01 · DET

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s

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Ben Chiarot · 2nd 16:42 · DET

Play: cycle
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 70.3 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s

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Charlie Coyle · 3rd 3:52 · BOS

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 56.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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J.T. Compher · 3rd 18:38 · DET

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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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.

Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red WingsDec 31, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Detroit Red Wings 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Detroit Red Wings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Detroit Red Wings

Goal anatomy

Jake DeBrusk · 3rd 17:59 · BOS EN

Pavel Zacha · 3rd 19:36 · BOS EN

Trent Frederic · 1st 19:08 · BOS

Trent Frederic · 2nd 4:25 · BOS

Jake Walman · 2nd 13:01 · DET

Ben Chiarot · 2nd 16:42 · DET

Charlie Coyle · 3rd 3:52 · BOS

J.T. Compher · 3rd 18:38 · DET