New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsFeb 18, 2021

FinalThursday, Feb 18, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	3	0	3		NJD	7	11	8	26
BOS	0	1	1	2		BOS	7	8	12	27

: NJD 48BOS 48
: NJD 2.45BOS 2.75
PP goals: NJD 0BOS 1
Hits: NJD 24BOS 21
Blocks: NJD 13BOS 16
PIM: NJD 10BOS 12
: NJD 39%BOS 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Boston Bruins 3–2

New Jersey Devils beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at BOS. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–DeBrusk skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kyle Palmieri had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:45.Palmieri
New line
New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–DeBrusk skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bergeron Marchand DeBrusk
Usage
David Krejci (BOS) played 6:31, −10:50 down on his 17:21 season average over 50 games.Krejci
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Ritchie–Pastrnak skated 5:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Ritchie Pastrnak
Usage
Pavel Zacha (NJD) played 13:26, −3:48 down on his 17:14 season average over 49 games.Zacha
Usage
Yegor Sharangovich (NJD) played 11:47, −5:07 down on his 16:54 season average over 53 games.Sharangovich
Usage
John Moore (BOS) played 17:55, −3:50 down on his 21:45 season average over 4 games.Moore
Usage
Miles Wood (NJD) played 18:14, +3:19 up on his 14:55 season average over 54 games.Wood

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 96 of 96 attempts · BOS 48 · NJD 48

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 33% of the game, BOS 31%.

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
	44	43
	2.04	2.04
	1.96	1.88
	6	6
	6	1
	20	10
	−0.064	+0.064
	33%	31%

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

L1Wood – Bastian – McLeod
9:1964% CF
L2Zacha – Merkley – Kuokkanen
7:4738% CF
L3Palmieri – Johnsson – Hughes
4:2657% CF
L4Bratt – Maltsev – Sharangovich
3:5263% CF
D1Subban – Butcher
14:3344% CF
D2Severson – Smith
14:1759% CF
D3Kulikov – Vatanen
9:5474% CF

PP1Palmieri – Wood – Bratt – Smith – Hughes
3:57100% CF
PP2Subban – Severson – Johnsson – Zacha – Kuokkanen
1:06100% CF
PK1FPalmieri – Bratt
1:00
PK2FBastian – McLeod
0:49
PK1DKulikov – Severson
1:55
PK2DVatanen – Smith
0:28

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
6:0611% CF
L2Krejci – Ritchie – Pastrnak
5:2771% CF
L3Smith – Coyle – Frederic
5:0143% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Bjork
3:2044% CF
D1Lauzon – McAvoy
13:4961% CF
D2Moore – Carlo
12:2042% CF
D3Miller – Clifton
9:4647% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Ritchie – Pastrnak – McAvoy
1:4150% CF
PP2Moore – Smith – Coyle – Clifton – DeBrusk
0:34100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:48
PK2FKuraly – Bjork
1:33
PK1DCarlo – Lauzon
1:39
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
1:12

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:34
NJDKyle Palmieri (Jack Hughes)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Kulikov, Vatanen, Johnsson, HughesBOS: Coyle, Ritchie, Pastrnak, Lauzon, McAvoy
NJD 1 – 0 BOS
10:39
NJDKyle PalmieriSH (Damon Severson, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.19 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Kulikov, Severson, BrattBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Ritchie, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NJD 2 – 0 BOS
12:36
BOSJake DeBruskPPwrist0.11 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Kulikov, Severson, BrattBOS: Moore, Smith, Coyle, Clifton, DeBrusk
NJD 2 – 1 BOS
15:37
NJDPavel Zacha (Andreas Johnsson, Will Butcher)wrist0.09 xG
NJD: Subban, Johnsson, Butcher, ZachaBOS: Moore, Kuraly, Carlo, DeBrusk
NJD 3 – 1 BOS

3rd period

18:54
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Nick Ritchie, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.02 xG
NJD: Kulikov, Vatanen, Bastian, MaltsevBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Smith, Ritchie, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NJD 3 – 2 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
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	0	0	18:14	—	—	61	82
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	1	1	0	16:59	—	—	50	68
Nathan Bastian R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	2	14:47	—	—	56	61
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	0	1	0	13:26	—	—	35	25
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	2	0	11:56	—	—	32	20
Nick Merkley R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:10	—	—	33	10
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	63	61
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	2	0	2	+2	2	0.34	0	1	2	17:45	—	—	55	56
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.33	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	50	46
Jesper Bratt L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	61	72
Yegor Sharangovich C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	52	44
Mikhail Maltsev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	2	1	0	11:04	—	—	53	47
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	4	2	4	20:27	—	—	41	34
Will Butcher D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.04	0	2	0	18:57	—	—	40	37
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	22:54	—	—	48	24
Ty Smith D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	22:00	—	—	55	46
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	2	1	0	16:35	—	—	63	78
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	3	0	0	14:44	—	—	67	70

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.75	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	0	2	21:08	—	—	37	43
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	0	1	0	20:51	—	—	39	42
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.11	3	1	0	13:44	—	—	36	29
David Pastrnak R	L2	1	0	1	-2	6	0.58	0	0	0	21:22	—	—	52	53
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.06	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	62	38
David Krejci C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:31	—	—	78	93
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:28	—	—	35	34
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	12:58	—	—	50	39
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	9:49	—	—	58	73
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	57	66
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	11:05	—	—	67	89
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	2	2	9:00	—	—	53	67
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.31	0	2	2	25:15	—	—	55	52
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	1	0	2	19:17	—	—	55	49
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	4	0	20:32	—	—	42	38
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	2	17:55	—	—	50	29
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:26	—	—	50	72
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:11	—	—	39	58

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.45	57:55

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.