New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsJan 23, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 23, 2018· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	2	0	2		NJD	20	7	12	39
BOS	0	3	0	3		BOS	9	11	4	24

: NJD 57BOS 41
: NJD 2.93BOS 1.75
PP goals: NJD 0BOS 1
Hits: NJD 30BOS 31
Blocks: NJD 9BOS 11
PIM: NJD 8BOS 8
: NJD 39%BOS 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:16 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:06.Marchand
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:16 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Krug Pastrnak
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Palmieri–Bratt skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Palmieri Bratt
Goalie
Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +11 against a season average of 28.0; the win.Rask
New line
New look for NJD: Noesen–Wood–Hischier skated 8:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Wood Hischier
Usage
Damon Severson (NJD) played 23:35, +3:57 up on his 19:38 season average over 75 games.Severson
Usage
Nico Hischier (NJD) played 12:49, −3:32 down on his 16:21 season average over 81 games.Hischier
Usage
Brian Boyle (NJD) played 18:30, +5:17 up on his 13:13 season average over 68 games.Boyle

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

← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · BOS 41 · NJD 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
NJD pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 35% of the game, BOS 13%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

NJD

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	NJD	BOS
	52	38
	2.66	0.99
	2.47	0.96
	6	4
	11	5
	17	19
	−0.096	+0.096
	35%	13%

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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Palmieri – Bratt
10:2025% CF
L2Stafford – Johansson – Zacha
9:5983% CF
L3Noesen – Wood – Hischier
8:2456% CF
L4Boyle – Hayes – Coleman
5:5638% CF
D1Moore – Severson
13:2863% CF
D2Greene – Vatanen
9:4743% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
9:1773% CF

PP1Boyle – Stafford – Johansson – Palmieri – Vatanen
4:0788% CF
PP2Butcher – Wood – Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
1:170% CF
PK1FPalmieri – Coleman
0:28
PK2FZajac – Johansson
0:16
PK1DMoore – Vatanen
0:28
PK2DGreene – Lovejoy
0:24

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Spooner – DeBrusk
10:3750% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
9:5856% CF
L3Backes – Nash – Heinen
8:2733% CF
L4Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
7:2050% CF
D1Chara – Carlo
16:0038% CF
D2Miller – Grzelcyk
14:5352% CF
D3McQuaid – Krug
14:0637% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak
2:1675% CF
PP2Chara – Backes – Spooner – Grzelcyk – Heinen
0:28100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:56
PK2FNash – Kuraly
1:13
PK1DChara – Miller
2:02
PK2DMcQuaid – Carlo
0:00

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:05
NJDMiles Wood (Will Butcher, Nico Hischier)tip-in0.01 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Noesen, Butcher, Wood, HischierBOS: Chara, Krejci, Spooner, Carlo, DeBrusk
NJD 1 – 0 BOS
7:03
BOSRiley Nash (Danton Heinen)wrist0.04 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Palmieri, Vatanen, BrattBOS: Chara, Backes, Nash, Heinen, Carlo
NJD 1 – 1 BOS
9:03
NJDDamon Severson (Marcus Johansson, Pavel Zacha)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Stafford, Lovejoy, Johansson, Severson, ZachaBOS: Bergeron, McQuaid, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
NJD 2 – 1 BOS
12:53
BOSPatrice BergeronPP (Brad Marchand, Torey Krug)snap0.11 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, LovejoyBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
NJD 2 – 2 BOS
19:27
BOSBrad Marchand (David Pastrnak)backhand0.02 xG
NJD: Zajac, Lovejoy, Palmieri, Vatanen, BrattBOS: Krejci, McQuaid, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
NJD 2 – 3 BOS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	3	0	2	18:05	—	—	30	42
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.37	1	2	0	15:21	—	—	33	46
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	2	0	0	14:59	—	—	24	26
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	2	17:30	—	—	82	93
Drew Stafford R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.39	3	0	0	17:09	—	—	82	94
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:07	—	—	86	93
Miles Wood L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	2	1	4	14:31	—	—	67	61
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	58	64
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	62	74
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	3	0	0	18:30	—	—	59	65
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	12:01	—	—	59	56
Jimmy Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	7:39	—	—	55	47
Damon Severson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.71	4	2	0	23:35	—	—	68	89
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	52	83
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	44	37
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.30	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	55	53
Will Butcher D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	18:32	—	—	64	72
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	1	0	16:20	—	—	58	68

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	1.20	40:00
Kenneth Appleby	—	4	4	0	.1000	0.06	18:32

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Krejci C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	1	0	17:47	—	—	50	28
Ryan Spooner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:35	—	—	45	27
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	0	0	13:07	—	—	45	27
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.14	2	0	0	20:06	—	—	48	30
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.67	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	56	38
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	16:16	—	—	42	23
Riley Nash C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	14:20	—	—	20	26
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:41	—	—	32	22
David Backes R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:40	—	—	38	36
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.07	3	0	0	13:01	—	—	47	17
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:30	—	—	47	33
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:15	—	—	46	24
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	2	0	23:49	—	—	36	19
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	22:13	—	—	39	20
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:55	—	—	50	43
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	4	15:53	—	—	52	38
Torey Krug D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:40	—	—	40	35
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	2	16:29	—	—	37	26

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	2.93	60:00

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.