New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsApr 15, 2025

Final / OTTuesday, Apr 15, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	1	3	0	1	5		NJD	8	15	2	1	26
BOS	1	2	1	0	4		BOS	8	8	7	1	24

: NJD 57BOS 42
: NJD 3.12BOS 2.54
PP goals: NJD 2BOS 0
Hits: NJD 20BOS 29
Blocks: NJD 8BOS 18
PIM: NJD 6BOS 6
: NJD 47%BOS 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Boston Bruins 5–4 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime at BOS. Timo Meier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.

Points
Timo Meier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:52.Meier
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:01.Pastrnak
Points
Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:25.Mercer
Points
Luke Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:39.Hughes
Points
Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:39.Hischier
Points
Nikita Zadorov had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:57.Zadorov
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.Meier Bratt Hischier Mercer Hughes
Usage
Ondrej Palat (NJD) played 2:51, −11:03 down on his 13:54 season average over 76 games.Palat

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 99 of 99 attempts · BOS 42 · NJD 57

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 35% of the game, BOS 32%.

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
	59	36
	2.47	1.82
	2.26	1.79
	8	7
	0	4
	16	11
	−0.008	+0.009
	35%	32%

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

L1Haula – Meier – Mercer
11:5976% CF
L2Noesen – Bratt – Hischier
11:1367% CF
L3Bastian – Foote – McLaughlin
5:1763% CF
L4Tatar – Palat – Glass
2:3467% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
18:2662% CF
D2Dumoulin – Kovacevic
16:1857% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
12:5270% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Mercer – Hughes
2:02100% CF
PP2Noesen – Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Nemec
0:13100% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
1:27
PK2FHaula – Bratt
1:24
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
1:58
PK2DPesce – Hughes
0:49

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie
11:0847% CF
L2Zacha – Khusnutdinov – Lysell
8:0418% CF
L3Lettieri – Mittelstadt – Koepke
7:2440% CF
L4Lauko – Farinacci – Minten
6:5636% CF
D1Wotherspoon – Brunet
12:5929% CF
D2Zadorov – Jokiharju
10:0313% CF
D3Peeke – Lohrei
9:3818% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie – Mittelstadt – Lohrei
2:07100% CF
PP2Zacha – Lettieri – Khusnutdinov – Lysell – Brunet
1:25100% CF
PK1FLindholm – Minten
0:31
PK2FZacha – Farinacci
0:26
PK1DZadorov – Peeke
1:43
PK2DWotherspoon – Jokiharju
0:32

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Timo Meier R	L1	1	2	3	+1	5	0.72	1	1	0	21:52	—	—	63	65
Dawson Mercer C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.33	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	68	84
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.49	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	73	87
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.40	3	1	0	21:41	—	—	64	57
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	2	2	-3	0	0.15	1	1	0	20:39	—	—	72	58
Stefan Noesen R	L2	1	0	1	-4	3	0.30	2	0	2	17:23	—	—	50	47
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	67	55
Marc McLaughlin C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:50	—	—	54	41
Nolan Foote L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	8:33	—	—	50	35
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	13:26	—	—	54	47
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	59	48
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	2	0	2:51	—	—	70	74
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	24:39	—	—	64	53
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	21:35	—	—	60	53
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	21:21	—	—	52	67
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	2	0	2	20:27	—	—	61	71
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:06	—	—	70	55
Simon Nemec D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	67	52

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	24	20	4	.833	2.54	61:30

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.19	1	0	0	21:01	—	—	48	41
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	18:54	—	—	41	42
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.26	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	40	35
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	18	50
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.44	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	18	41
Fabian Lysell R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:24	—	—	13	34
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	45	24
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	3	2	12:50	—	—	38	29
Cole Koepke L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	2	0	0	11:27	—	—	54	48
Fraser Minten C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	4	0	0	14:30	—	—	46	51
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	3	0	0	12:26	—	—	31	36
John Farinacci C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	3	0	0	10:58	—	—	48	57
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	15:56	—	—	27	26
Frederic Brunet D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	5	0	14:23	—	—	29	26
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.05	0	1	0	24:06	—	—	52	50
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.02	4	2	2	20:57	—	—	30	28
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	3	0	22:38	—	—	52	64
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	5	3	0	20:29	—	—	33	43

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	O	26	21	5	.808	3.12	61:28

Goal anatomy

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

Timo Meier (NJD) 1st 7:25 · assists Brett Pesce, Luke Hughes · Rush · loose puck · 52.8 mph shot · 3.4 s from entry to goal.

Timo Meier · 1st 7:25 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 52.8 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Morgan Geekie · 1st 8:43 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 79.0 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Entry to goal: 10.0 s
Type: one-timer

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David Pastrnak · 2nd 0:29 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.5 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Stefan Noesen · 2nd 4:07 · NJD PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 17.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Simon Nemec · 2nd 4:37 · NJD

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Dawson Mercer · 2nd 13:37 · NJD PP

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 6
Shot: 18.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 8.1 s

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John Farinacci · 2nd 16:53 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 50.7 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Marat Khusnutdinov · 3rd 5:08 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 47.5 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Brian Dumoulin · OT 1:30 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.1 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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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.

New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsApr 15, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils edge Boston Bruins 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New Jersey Devils

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

Timo Meier · 1st 7:25 · NJD

Morgan Geekie · 1st 8:43 · BOS

David Pastrnak · 2nd 0:29 · BOS

Stefan Noesen · 2nd 4:07 · NJD PP

Simon Nemec · 2nd 4:37 · NJD

Dawson Mercer · 2nd 13:37 · NJD PP

John Farinacci · 2nd 16:53 · BOS

Marat Khusnutdinov · 3rd 5:08 · BOS

Brian Dumoulin · OT 1:30 · NJD