New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsMar 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Mar 28, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	0	1		NJD	12	12	5	29
BOS	0	0	0	0		BOS	9	14	17	40

: NJD 46BOS 65
: NJD 2.11BOS 2.79
PP goals: NJD 0BOS 0
Hits: NJD 18BOS 23
Blocks: NJD 14BOS 10
PIM: NJD 8BOS 8
: NJD 36%BOS 64%

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. Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 40 shots and stopped 40 (.1000), +9 against a season average of 30.9; the win.

Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 40 shots and stopped 40 (.1000), +9 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Blackwood
New line
New look for BOS: Blidh–Studnicka–Kuhlman skated 5:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blidh Studnicka Kuhlman
Luck
BOS scored 0 goals on 2.79 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 14:11, −4:58 down on his 19:09 season average over 55 games.Hughes
Usage
Ryan Murray (NJD) played 13:44, −4:59 down on his 18:43 season average over 47 games.Murray
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 23:10, +4:39 up on his 18:31 season average over 47 games.Pastrnak
Usage
Nick Merkley (NJD) played 15:09, +3:47 up on his 11:22 season average over 26 games.Merkley
Usage
Trent Frederic (BOS) played 14:59, +3:49 up on his 11:10 season average over 41 games.Frederic

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 111 of 111 attempts · BOS 65 · 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 34%.

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	54
	1.70	1.76
	1.67	1.69
	4	5
	8	2
	13	17
	−0.086	+0.086
	21%	34%

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 – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich
9:5857% CF
L2Wood – Zacha – Merkley
8:0935% CF
L3Palmieri – Bratt – Hughes
7:1367% CF
L4Johnsson – McLeod – Boqvist
6:5431% CF
D1Severson – Smith
13:4748% CF
D2Subban – Kulikov
12:2954% CF
D3Vatanen – Murray
10:1132% CF

PP1Subban – Severson – Wood – Merkley – Hughes
3:3775% CF
PP2Palmieri – Zacha – Bratt – Kuokkanen – Smith
2:4733% CF
PK1FZajac – Zacha
2:07
PK2FJohnsson – Bratt
2:06
PK1DKulikov – Vatanen
5:20
PK2DSubban – Severson
1:38

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Smith – Ritchie
7:1755% CF
L2Blidh – Studnicka – Kuhlman
5:1067% CF
L3Bergeron – Pastrnak – Frederic
5:0145% CF
L4Coyle – Bjork – Senyshyn
3:3856% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
12:1263% CF
D2Clifton – Lauzon
10:2753% CF
D3Kampfer – Zboril
10:0144% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
6:0593% CF
PP2Kampfer – Smith – Coyle – Bjork – McAvoy
0:46
PK1FBlidh – Bjork
1:28
PK2FBergeron – Studnicka
1:04
PK1DLauzon – McAvoy
2:12
PK2DClifton – Zboril
1:43

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:37
NJDKyle Palmieri (Ty Smith, Jesper Bratt)tip-in0.07 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Severson, Bratt, Smith, HughesBOS: Coyle, Grzelcyk, Bjork, Senyshyn, 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
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:11	—	—	42	70
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	2	1	0	17:08	—	—	60	82
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	4	14:11	—	—	44	70
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	18:30	—	—	25	25
Nick Merkley R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	1	0	15:09	—	—	38	36
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	14:20	—	—	39	36
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	67	51
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	50	44
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	70	58
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	2	11:59	—	—	39	46
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	0	0	11:18	—	—	45	47
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	9:33	—	—	33	30
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:58	—	—	41	56
Ty Smith D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	20:32	—	—	56	68
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	0	6	0.22	1	1	2	22:42	—	—	43	57
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	22:10	—	—	57	66
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	16:26	—	—	35	18
Ryan Murray D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	3	0	13:44	—	—	35	29

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	40	40	0	.1000	2.79	59:46

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Krejci C	L1	0	2	0.06	0	2	0	19:39	—	—	56	29
Nick Ritchie L	L1	0	4	0.49	1	2	0	18:24	—	—	55	38
Craig Smith C	L1	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	52	29
Jack Studnicka C	L2	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	75	83
Anton Blidh L	L2	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	9:34	—	—	64	76
Karson Kuhlman C	L2	0	4	0.27	0	0	0	8:09	—	—	54	62
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	6	0.44	1	0	0	23:10	—	—	58	54
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	2	0.29	1	1	0	20:14	—	—	52	46
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	14:59	—	—	48	36
Charlie Coyle C	L4	-1	2	0.22	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	46	50
Anders Bjork L	L4	-1	3	0.19	3	0	0	14:43	—	—	59	62
Zach Senyshyn R	L4	-1	2	0.38	1	0	2	9:00	—	—	53	66
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	-1	2	0.12	0	0	2	24:58	—	—	60	59
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	-1	3	0.11	1	1	2	23:03	—	—	64	69
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	16:12	—	—	58	56
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	1	0.03	2	2	2	15:58	—	—	57	61
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	17:47	—	—	46	27
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	41	15

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	L	29	28	1	.966	2.11	58:24

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.