New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsJan 4, 2022

FinalTuesday, Jan 4, 2022· TD Garden

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Boston BruinsBOS

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	2	1	3		NJD	6	11	9	26
BOS	1	2	2	5		BOS	10	15	9	34

: NJD 42BOS 62
: NJD 2.63BOS 3.56
PP goals: NJD 0BOS 0
Hits: NJD 25BOS 29
Blocks: NJD 13BOS 9
PIM: NJD 2BOS 2
: NJD 36%BOS 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 5–3 at home. Curtis Lazar (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Tatar–Bratt–Hughes skated 11:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Curtis Lazar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:33.Lazar
New line
New look for NJD: Tatar–Bratt–Hughes skated 11:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Bratt Hughes
Usage
Ty Smith (NJD) played 7:51, −9:48 down on his 17:39 season average over 65 games.Smith
Usage
P.K. Subban (NJD) played 26:07, +7:55 up on his 18:12 season average over 76 games.Subban
New line
New look for BOS: Foligno–Coyle–Steen skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Coyle Steen
Usage
Nathan Bastian (NJD) played 16:08, +4:17 up on his 11:51 season average over 71 games.Bastian
Usage
Andreas Johnsson (NJD) played 19:45, +5:28 up on his 14:17 season average over 70 games.Johnsson
Usage
Ryan Graves (NJD) played 25:41, +5:02 up on his 20:39 season average over 74 games.Graves

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 104 of 104 attempts · BOS 62 · NJD 42

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 18% of the game, BOS 56%.

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	67
	3.14	3.66
	3.01	3.54
	12	11
	6	5
	20	22
	−0.121	+0.122
	18%	56%

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

L1Johnsson – Kuokkanen – Mercer
12:5144% CF
L2Tatar – Bratt – Hughes
11:4260% CF
L3Bastian – McLeod – Studenic
9:0422% CF
D1Subban – Graves
21:5343% CF
D2Severson – Siegenthaler
20:5938% CF
D3Jaros – Smith
5:2525% CF

PP1Tatar – Severson – Bratt – Bastian – Hughes
1:060% CF
PP2Subban – Johnsson – Kuokkanen – Smith – Holtz
0:400% CF
PK1FMcLeod – Mercer
0:32
PK2FBastian – Studenic
0:28
PK1DSubban – Graves
0:56

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
12:5865% CF
L2Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
12:4655% CF
L3Foligno – Coyle – Steen
10:0955% CF
L4Lazar – Nosek – Frederic
9:3976% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
17:2355% CF
D2Reilly – Carlo
14:2170% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
12:1154% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Foligno – Pastrnak – McAvoy
0:5850% CF
PP2Smith – Coyle – Hall – Reilly – Grzelcyk
0:3250% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
0:43
PK2FHaula – Coyle
0:34
PK1DClifton – McAvoy
0:46
PK2DForbort – Carlo
0:43

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:53
BOSCurtis Lazarwrist0.01 xG
NJD: Severson, Geertsen, Siegenthaler, Boqvist, HoltzBOS: Reilly, Lazar, Nosek, Carlo, Frederic
NJD 0 – 1 BOS

2nd period

0:57
NJDNathan Bastiansnap0.35 xG
NJD: Subban, Graves, Bastian, McLeod, StudenicBOS: Haula, Hall, Reilly, Pastrnak, Carlo
NJD 1 – 1 BOS
1:17
BOSOskar Steen (Nick Foligno, Derek Forbort)backhand0.45 xG
NJD: Subban, Johnsson, Graves, Kuokkanen, MercerBOS: Foligno, Coyle, Forbort, Clifton, Steen
NJD 1 – 2 BOS
3:05
NJDTomas Tatar (Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt)snap0.54 xG
NJD: Tatar, Severson, Siegenthaler, Bratt, HughesBOS: Marchand, Smith, Grzelcyk, Nosek, McAvoy
NJD 2 – 2 BOS
9:42
BOSTrent Frederic (Curtis Lazar)backhand0.02 xG
NJD: Severson, Jaros, Bastian, McLeod, StudenicBOS: Reilly, Lazar, Nosek, Carlo, Frederic
NJD 2 – 3 BOS

3rd period

7:36
NJDDamon Severson (Michael McLeod)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Subban, Severson, Siegenthaler, McLeod, StudenicBOS: Smith, Coyle, Hall, Reilly, Grzelcyk
NJD 3 – 3 BOS
14:11
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Taylor Hall, Erik Haula)wrist0.09 xG
NJD: Jaros, Bastian, McLeod, Studenic, SmithBOS: Haula, Hall, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NJD 3 – 4 BOS
19:37
BOSBrandon Carlo (Tomas Nosek)wrist0.01 xG
NJD: Severson, Johnsson, Bratt, Hughes, MercerBOS: Foligno, Grzelcyk, Nosek, Pastrnak, Carlo
NJD 3 – 5 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
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	48	35
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	0	2	0	17:16	—	—	45	37
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.29	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	46	43
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.24	1	1	0	20:10	—	—	52	55
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	56	60
Tomas Tatar L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.57	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	58	59
Nathan Bastian R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.45	6	1	0	16:08	—	—	25	52
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	3	0	0	15:47	—	—	30	60
Marián Studenic R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:26	—	—	23	57
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	26:07	—	—	46	47
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.16	1	2	0	25:41	—	—	44	42
Damon Severson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.17	0	1	2	25:08	—	—	38	50
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	2	0	24:57	—	—	44	52
Ty Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:51	—	—	30	38
Christian Jaros D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:48	—	—	33	43
Alexander Holtz R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:50	—	—	9	0
Jesper Boqvist C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:53	—	—	21	8
Mason Geertsen L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	7:38	—	—	20	11

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	34	29	5	.853	3.56	58:49

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	56	41
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.46	1	0	0	18:26	—	—	47	37
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	2	0	0	16:33	—	—	68	72
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:32	—	—	54	40
Erik Haula L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	3	0	0	16:22	—	—	52	36
David Pastrnak R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	2	0	0	15:44	—	—	57	39
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	46	55
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.39	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	52	66
Oskar Steen C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.45	4	0	0	11:45	—	—	57	71
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.25	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	71	55
Trent Frederic C	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.22	2	1	0	12:01	—	—	79	80
Curtis Lazar C	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.29	0	0	0	11:33	—	—	81	82
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	4	0	24:15	—	—	50	43
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	58	47
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	19:59	—	—	66	63
Brandon Carlo D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.05	6	1	0	19:28	—	—	66	62
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	2	0	0	18:01	—	—	44	49
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	16:01	—	—	65	67

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.63	60:00

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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.