New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsApr 8, 2023

FinalSaturday, Apr 8, 2023· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	0	1		NJD	10	11	9	30
BOS	2	0	0	2		BOS	22	10	8	40

: NJD 47BOS 70
: NJD 2.63BOS 3.61
PP goals: NJD 0BOS 1
Hits: NJD 32BOS 31
Blocks: NJD 16BOS 8
PIM: NJD 4BOS 10
: NJD 44%BOS 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge New Jersey Devils 2–1

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 2–1 at home. Pavel Zacha (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +14 against a season average of 25.6; the loss.

Points
Pavel Zacha had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:23.Zacha
Points
Tyler Bertuzzi had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:01.Bertuzzi
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +14 against a season average of 25.6; the loss.Blackwood
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Hall–Frederic skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Hall Frederic
New line
New look for NJD: Meier–Boqvist–Sharangovich skated 7:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Meier Boqvist Sharangovich
Luck
BOS scored 2 goals on 3.61 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 2.63 expected goals (47 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 22:56, +3:00 up on his 19:56 season average over 77 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 117 of 117 attempts · BOS 70 · NJD 47

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 23% of the game, BOS 48%.

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	73
	2.40	3.64
	2.29	3.56
	12	13
	7	11
	17	26
	−0.066	+0.066
	23%	48%

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

L1Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
10:3950% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hughes
9:2536% CF
L3Meier – Boqvist – Sharangovich
7:5120% CF
L4Wood – Bastian – McLeod
6:4613% CF
D1Graves – Marino
12:2548% CF
D2Severson – Siegenthaler
9:3920% CF
D3Hamilton – Bahl
7:2125% CF

PP1Hamilton – Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
3:55100% CF
PP2Tatar – Palat – Severson – Wood – Mercer
1:5750% CF
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
0:35
PK2FBastian – Mercer
0:19
PK1DSiegenthaler – Marino
0:35
PK2DSeverson – Bahl
0:19

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bertuzzi – Pastrnak – Zacha
11:1063% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
10:4371% CF
L3Coyle – Hall – Frederic
10:0559% CF
L4Hathaway – Nosek – Greer
7:3664% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
15:0153% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
13:4347% CF
D3Orlov – Zboril
12:1467% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
0:38100% CF
PP2Marchand – Lindholm – Bertuzzi – Pastrnak – Zacha
0:18100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:24
PK2FCoyle – Nosek
1:47
PK1DOrlov – Carlo
2:35
PK2DLindholm – Zboril
2:06

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:00
BOSPavel ZachaPP (Hampus Lindholm, Tyler Bertuzzi)tip-in0.32 xG
NJD: Severson, Bastian, Bahl, MercerBOS: Marchand, Lindholm, Bertuzzi, Pastrnak, Zacha
NJD 0 – 1 BOS
4:44
BOSPavel Zacha (David Pastrnak, Tyler Bertuzzi)wrist0.02 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Bahl, Sharangovich, HughesBOS: Bertuzzi, Pastrnak, Zacha, Zboril, Carlo
NJD 0 – 2 BOS
6:21
NJDJesper Bratt (Jack Hughes, Ondrej Palat)wrist0.38 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, HughesBOS: Grzelcyk, Bertuzzi, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy
NJD 1 – 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
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	2	0	20:14	—	—	46	24
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	46	29
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	4	0	0	14:18	—	—	54	50
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	22:56	—	—	47	59
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.67	2	1	0	20:34	—	—	42	52
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	27	39
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.21	2	0	2	18:45	—	—	46	43
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	2	0	0	12:38	—	—	39	43
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:19	—	—	24	18
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	2	0	11:59	—	—	35	36
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	0	10:16	—	—	11	14
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:10	—	—	18	18
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	3	0	19:01	—	—	54	37
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	2	16:12	—	—	48	41
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	20:13	—	—	32	34
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:08	—	—	18	32
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	3	2	0	23:56	—	—	37	51
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	13:46	—	—	39	36

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	40	38	2	.950	3.61	58:04

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	0	7	0.78	2	0	2	18:17	—	—	60	62
Pavel Zacha C	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.34	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	58	57
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	61	53
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.58	1	1	0	18:51	—	—	68	90
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.54	1	0	0	16:26	—	—	71	90
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	68	90
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	2	0	16:39	—	—	61	42
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	58	36
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	59	34
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:46	—	—	56	66
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	6	0	0	10:09	—	—	62	62
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	9:23	—	—	63	74
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	3	3	6	20:30	—	—	61	58
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	19:06	—	—	56	60
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	20:57	—	—	58	66
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	20:27	—	—	56	65
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	3	0	2	23:09	—	—	66	62
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	4	0	0	15:28	—	—	70	54

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.63	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.