New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsMar 7, 2021

FinalSunday, Mar 7, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	1	1		NJD	10	9	6	25
BOS	0	0	0	0		BOS	12	10	18	40

: NJD 46BOS 64
: NJD 1.81BOS 2.79
PP goals: NJD 0BOS 0
Hits: NJD 19BOS 22
Blocks: NJD 13BOS 12
PIM: NJD 4BOS 6
: NJD 46%BOS 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Boston Bruins 1–0

New Jersey Devils beat Boston Bruins 1–0 at BOS. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Palmieri–Zacha–Maltsev skated 10:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NJD: Palmieri–Zacha–Maltsev skated 10:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Zacha Maltsev
New line
New look for NJD: Johnsson–Bratt–Hughes skated 9:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnsson Bratt Hughes
Goalie
Scott Wedgewood (NJD) faced 40 shots and stopped 40 (.1000), +11 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Wedgewood
Luck
BOS scored 0 goals on 2.79 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Kuokkanen–Sharangovich skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Kuokkanen Sharangovich
Usage
Urho Vaakanainen (BOS) played 14:05, −5:26 down on his 19:31 season average over 8 games.Vaakanainen
Usage
Anders Bjork (BOS) played 10:02, −3:56 down on his 13:58 season average over 44 games.Bjork
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 15:21, −3:47 down on his 19:08 season average over 55 games.Hughes

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 110 of 110 attempts · BOS 64 · NJD 46

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 21% of the game, BOS 24%.

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
	47	54
	1.97	1.57
	1.92	1.52
	11	4
	4	5
	28	24
	−0.016	+0.016
	21%	24%

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

L1Palmieri – Zacha – Maltsev
10:1141% CF
L2Johnsson – Bratt – Hughes
9:1947% CF
L3Zajac – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich
8:3757% CF
L4Wood – Bastian – McLeod
8:3467% CF
D1Subban – Kulikov
14:0362% CF
D2Severson – Smith
13:4341% CF
D3Vatanen – Murray
13:2232% CF

PP1Palmieri – Zacha – Kuokkanen – Smith – Hughes
2:37100% CF
PP2Subban – Severson – Johnsson – Wood – Bratt
2:19
PK1FZajac – McLeod
1:00
PK2FBastian – Sharangovich
0:38
PK1DKulikov – Vatanen
1:28
PK2DSubban – Murray
0:38

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Smith – Coyle – Frederic
11:5457% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
9:4262% CF
L3Krejci – Ritchie – DeBrusk
8:2767% CF
L4Wagner – Bjork – Studnicka
2:2820% CF
D1Clifton – Zboril
15:2158% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
15:0867% CF
D3Tinordi – Vaakanainen
11:2539% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak
2:17
PP2Krejci – Smith – Coyle – DeBrusk – McAvoy
0:36100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:56
PK2FCoyle – Wagner
1:23
PK1DTinordi – McAvoy
1:25
PK2DClifton – Vaakanainen
0:56

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

15:23
NJDKyle Palmieri (Pavel Zacha, P.K. Subban)backhand0.03 xG
NJD: Subban, Palmieri, Kulikov, Zacha, MaltsevBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NJD 1 – 0 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
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	4	0	0	17:10	—	—	36	48
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	1	1	0	16:57	—	—	46	59
Mikhail Maltsev L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	14:09	—	—	39	53
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	2	0	15:21	—	—	42	53
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	2	0	0	13:32	—	—	55	57
Andreas Johnsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:40	—	—	38	50
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	33	31
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	39	41
Janne Kuokkanen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	14:12	—	—	42	48
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	0	0	15:21	—	—	56	76
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	63	79
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	13:04	—	—	57	79
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.11	0	1	0	23:34	—	—	57	67
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	1	2	20:04	—	—	59	65
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	1	0	21:18	—	—	47	75
Ty Smith D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	36	57
Ryan Murray D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	17:16	—	—	33	41
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	3	0	17:01	—	—	32	28

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	40	40	0	.1000	2.79	59:39

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	56	38
Craig Smith C	L1	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	15:45	—	—	60	54
Trent Frederic C	L1	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	63	48
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	-1	5	0.53	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	54	47
Brad Marchand L	L2	-1	2	0.33	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	58	52
David Pastrnak R	L2	-1	10	0.52	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	57	58
David Krejci C	L3	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	18:34	—	—	68	56
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	2	0.14	1	0	2	16:45	—	—	55	26
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	2	0.63	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	55	59
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:02	—	—	40	19
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	9:02	—	—	25	35
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0.02	3	0	2	8:53	—	—	31	30
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	2	0.05	6	2	0	20:27	—	—	55	35
Jakub Zboril D	D1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:54	—	—	50	26
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	-1	3	0.13	1	4	0	25:23	—	—	67	62
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	62	61
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	2	0.02	3	1	0	15:29	—	—	39	20
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	1	0.03	0	2	2	14:05	—	—	40	17

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	25	24	1	.960	1.81	58:15

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.