New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsMar 2, 2019

FinalSaturday, Mar 2, 2019· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	10	4	6	20
BOS	1	0	0	1		BOS	13	10	7	30

: NJD 41BOS 54
: NJD 1.72BOS 1.94
PP goals: NJD 0BOS 1
Hits: NJD 30BOS 22
Blocks: NJD 14BOS 12
PIM: NJD 2BOS 4
: NJD 58%BOS 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge New Jersey Devils 1–0

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 1–0 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Pietila–Lappin–McLeod skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NJD: Pietila–Lappin–McLeod skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pietila Lappin McLeod
New line
New look for BOS: Wagner–Nordstrom–Acciari skated 11:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Nordstrom Acciari
Usage
Nico Hischier (NJD) played 11:04, −7:08 down on his 18:12 season average over 68 games.Hischier
Luck
NJD scored 0 goals on 1.72 expected goals (41 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Egor Yakovlev (NJD) played 11:57, −3:53 down on his 15:50 season average over 24 games.Yakovlev
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 19:00, +3:55 up on his 15:05 season average over 50 games.Bratt
Usage
Peter Cehlarik (BOS) played 8:54, −3:53 down on his 12:47 season average over 19 games.Cehlarik
Usage
Michael McLeod (NJD) played 15:41, +3:40 up on his 12:01 season average over 20 games.McLeod

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 95 of 95 attempts · BOS 54 · NJD 41

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 28% of the game, BOS 25%.

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
	46	59
	1.84	1.49
	1.77	1.43
	12	4
	2	5
	29	18
	+0.033	−0.033
	28%	25%

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

L1Pietila – Lappin – McLeod
10:0633% CF
L2Zajac – Agostino – Coleman
9:4647% CF
L3Stafford – Bratt – Hischier
7:3029% CF
D1Butcher – Santini
16:3155% CF
D2Greene – Severson
15:2835% CF
D3Vatanen – Carrick
15:1337% CF

PP1Zajac – Vatanen – Coleman – Severson – Bratt
1:48100% CF
PP2Stafford – Agostino – Carrick – Butcher – Lappin
1:24
PK1FZajac – Coleman
0:14
PK1DGreene – Vatanen
0:14

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Johansson – DeBrusk
12:5248% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Heinen
11:4963% CF
L3Wagner – Nordstrom – Acciari
11:2338% CF
L4Backes – Coyle – Cehlarik
7:3078% CF
D1Krug – Carlo
17:1663% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
16:3762% CF
D3Moore – Grzelcyk
14:3644% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Krug – DeBrusk
0:14100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:20
PK2FWagner – Nordstrom
0:54
PK1DChara – McAvoy
0:59
PK2DMoore – Grzelcyk
0:28

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:37
BOSBrad MarchandPP (Patrice Bergeron, Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.31 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Vatanen, ColemanBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Krug, DeBrusk
NJD 0 – 1 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			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	0.05	5	0	0	15:41	—	—	38	50
Blake Pietila L	L1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	27	39
Nick Lappin R	L1	0	0.08	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	42	46
Travis Zajac C	L2	1	0.01	2	0	0	19:26	—	—	43	55
Blake Coleman L	L2	3	0.43	2	1	0	18:46	—	—	43	60
Kenny Agostino L	L2	0	0.03	2	1	2	14:43	—	—	46	58
Jesper Bratt L	L3	1	0.23	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	36	47
Drew Stafford R	L3	1	0.20	3	0	0	14:55	—	—	35	34
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	0.14	1	0	0	11:04	—	—	24	32
Will Butcher D	D1	1	0.02	1	2	0	21:53	—	—	52	62
Steven Santini D	D1	2	0.02	4	1	0	18:40	—	—	52	82
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:16	—	—	36	51
Andy Greene D	D2	1	0.00	0	2	0	19:11	—	—	35	52
Sami Vatanen D	D3	3	0.07	2	3	0	20:19	—	—	44	56
Connor Carrick D	D3	1	0.13	2	3	0	19:41	—	—	42	48
Kevin Rooney C	—	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:49	—	—	74	86
Joey Anderson R	—	2	0.11	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	67	84
Egor Yakovlev D	—	3	0.16	1	0	0	11:57	—	—	60	65

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	30	29	1	.967	1.94	58:40

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:03	—	—	48	43
David Krejci C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	50	46
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	1	1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:57	—	—	46	42
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	3	0.68	2	0	0	18:47	—	—	65	32
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	1	1	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	58	33
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	1	0	14:28	—	—	65	42
Chris Wagner R	L3	0	0	0	3	0.20	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	50	41
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	2	0	15:00	—	—	35	35
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:39	—	—	42	35
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	72	68
David Backes R	L4	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	12:38	—	—	68	58
Peter Cehlarik L	L4	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	0	2	8:54	—	—	79	73
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	4	0.21	1	2	2	22:34	—	—	61	64
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	4	0.10	2	1	0	19:41	—	—	63	68
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	22:13	—	—	59	41
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	2	0	21:30	—	—	62	43
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	0	0	17:47	—	—	46	33
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	44	32

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	20	20	0	.1000	1.72	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.