New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsJan 15, 2024

FinalMonday, Jan 15, 2024· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	9	10	12	31
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	16	9	11	36

: NJD 61BOS 69
: NJD 1.96BOS 5.00
PP goals: NJD 0BOS 1
Hits: NJD 29BOS 32
Blocks: NJD 13BOS 15
PIM: NJD 10BOS 4
: NJD 50%BOS 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 3–0

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 3–0 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, van Riemsdyk, Coyle, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:19 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:16.Pastrnak
Points
Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:57.Marchand
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, van Riemsdyk, Coyle, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:19 together.Marchand van Riemsdyk Coyle Pastrnak McAvoy
Usage
Brendan Smith (NJD) played 2:43, −13:36 down on his 16:19 season average over 62 games.Smith
New line
New look for BOS: Heinen–Zacha–DeBrusk skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Zacha DeBrusk
Luck
BOS scored 3 goals on 5.00 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Frederic–Steen–Lauko skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frederic Steen Lauko
Goalie
Nico Daws (NJD) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +8 against a season average of 27.0; the loss.Daws

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 130 of 130 attempts · BOS 69 · NJD 61

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 25% of the game, BOS 54%.

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
	66	59
	2.23	3.30
	2.19	3.10
	10	19
	4	2
	16	12
	+0.015	−0.015
	25%	54%

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

L1Toffoli – Bratt – McLeod
10:5648% CF
L2Haula – Hischier – Mercer
10:0350% CF
L3Tierney – Lazar – Holtz
6:2044% CF
L4Willman – Bastian – Bowers
3:1850% CF
D1Marino – Hughes
9:4742% CF
D2Bahl – Nemec
8:2550% CF

PP1Toffoli – Bratt – Hischier – Mercer – Hughes
1:27
PP2Haula – Tierney – Bastian – Holtz – Nemec
0:30
PK1FHaula – Mercer
2:25
PK2FBratt – Hischier
0:51
PK1DMarino – Bahl
2:52
PK2DMiller – Nemec
0:42

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Marchand – Coyle – Pastrnak
9:4748% CF
L2Heinen – Zacha – DeBrusk
9:1567% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Geekie – Boqvist
7:1033% CF
L4Frederic – Steen – Lauko
4:4938% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
14:0956% CF
D2Lindholm – Wotherspoon
13:1630% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Lohrei
11:1927% CF

PP1Marchand – van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Pastrnak – McAvoy
4:1981% CF
PP2Marchand – Pastrnak – DeBrusk – McAvoy – Geekie
1:10100% CF
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
1:04
PK2FHeinen – DeBrusk
0:29
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
1:04
PK2DGrzelcyk – Wotherspoon
0:51

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:30
BOSCharlie Coyle (Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak)backhand0.03 xG
NJD: Haula, Hischier, Bahl, Mercer, NemecBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NJD 0 – 1 BOS

3rd period

3:22
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Charlie McAvoy, Brad Marchand)slap0.08 xG
NJD: Haula, Marino, Bahl, MercerBOS: Marchand, van Riemsdyk, Coyle, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NJD 0 – 2 BOS
18:42
BOSTrent FredericENother0.90 xG
NJD: Haula, Bastian, McLeod, Holtz, Hughes, NemecBOS: Lindholm, Zacha, Wotherspoon, DeBrusk, Frederic
NJD 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael McLeod C	L1	-1	2	0.33	3	0	2	18:40	—	—	55	30
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	18:23	—	—	44	22
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	2	0.05	1	3	0	18:21	—	—	46	27
Nico Hischier C	L2	-1	4	0.04	2	0	0	20:26	—	—	50	51
Dawson Mercer C	L2	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	19:33	—	—	53	45
Erik Haula L	L2	-2	1	0.13	2	0	0	17:58	—	—	56	51
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	73	87
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	2	0.14	4	0	0	12:31	—	—	65	73
Alexander Holtz R	L3	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	10:44	—	—	40	28
Nathan Bastian R	L4	-1	2	0.39	1	1	0	11:47	—	—	71	64
Max Willman C	L4	0	1	0.00	2	0	2	5:32	—	—	41	14
Shane Bowers C	L4	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	4:20	—	—	43	11
Luke Hughes D	D1	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	28:10	—	—	52	39
John Marino D	D1	0	4	0.11	2	0	2	21:39	—	—	53	40
Simon Nemec D	D2	-2	0	0.00	2	6	2	25:26	—	—	53	53
Kevin Bahl D	D2	-1	3	0.23	2	2	0	23:01	—	—	50	39
Colin Miller D	—	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	17:31	—	—	64	27
Brendan Smith D	—	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2:43	—	—	0	0

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nico Daws(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	3.66	58:05

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	48	55
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.79	5	1	0	19:57	—	—	50	60
Charlie Coyle C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.76	2	0	0	18:53	—	—	47	61
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	0	0	17:51	—	—	52	64
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.34	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	55	73
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.51	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	57	66
Morgan Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	5	1	0	15:39	—	—	39	59
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	1	0	13:41	—	—	50	65
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	39	36
Trent Frederic C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	1.00	1	2	2	14:45	—	—	31	40
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	4	0	0	9:05	—	—	47	55
Oskar Steen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	1	0	8:02	—	—	59	61
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	3	2	2	24:45	—	—	62	79
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	55	74
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	1	2	0	21:45	—	—	41	49
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	18:47	—	—	31	40
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	14:46	—	—	41	41
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	35	48

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	31	31	0	.1000	1.96	59:53

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Charlie Coyle (BOS) 2nd 0:30 · assists Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 47.3 mph shot · 3.7 s from entry to goal.

Charlie Coyle · 2nd 0:30 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.3 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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David Pastrnak · 3rd 3:22 · BOS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 74.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Type: one-timer

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Trent Frederic · 3rd 18:42 · BOS EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.9 mph
Distance: 136 ft

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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.