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New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsDec 6, 2025

Final· TD Garden
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NJD
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BOS
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Goals123TShots123T
NJD1001NJD129930
BOS1124BOS541322
NJD 71BOS 53
NJD 2.38BOS 2.74
PP goals
NJD 0BOS 0
Hits
NJD 15BOS 24
Blocks
NJD 16BOS 18
PIM
NJD 2BOS 2
NJD 44%BOS 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 4–1

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 4–1 at home. Timo Meier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Palat–Noesen–Mercer skated 4:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. New line
    New look for NJD: Palat–Noesen–Mercer skated 4:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PalatNoesenMercer
  2. Usage
    Jonathan Aspirot (BOS) played 21:07, +4:27 up on his 16:40 season average over 60 games.Aspirot
  3. Usage
    Alex Steeves (BOS) played 15:15, +3:24 up on his 11:51 season average over 42 games.Steeves
  4. Cats
    Tanner Jeannot (BOS) threw 7 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Jeannot

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.

Shot map, NJD at BOS: 124 attempts, 52 on goal, 5 goals, 5.12 expected goals; best chance Andrew Peeke at 0.44 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BOS
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · BOS 53 · NJD 71

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NJD at BOS: expected goals 2.74 to 2.38 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 53 to 71, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdBOSNJDMMGMPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BOS
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BOSNJDcontrol2nd3rdMinten · 1st 17:42Meier · 1st 18:39Geekie · 2nd 1:12Mittelstadt · 3rd 16:25Peeke · 3rd 17:46
  • 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 36% of the game, BOS 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, NJD at BOS: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jeremy Swayman (60:00) for BOS and Jake Allen (59:32) for NJD, 5 goals.

BOS
NJD
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BOS skaters (rows) against NJD skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BOS side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, BOS rows versus NJD columns: 250 matchups; most common Peeke vs Hughes, 11:10 at 36% xGF.

BOS ↓ · NJD →BrownGlassGritsyukBrattMeierHischierCotterCrookshankGlendeningMercerPalatNoesenHamiltonSiegenthalerHughesDillonNemecCholowskiL1 MittelstadtL1 ZachaL1 ArvidssonL2 JeannotL2 MintenL2 KastelicL3 GeekieL3 LindholmL3 SteevesL4 KuralyL4 KhusnutdinovL4 EyssimontD1 AspirotD1 ZadorovD2 LindholmD2 PeekeD3 LohreiD3 Soderstrom
BOS xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatNJDBOS
7956
2.592.62
2.512.53
1616
27
3026
−0.030+0.030
36%30%

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

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 17:42
    BOSFraser Minten (Mark Kastelic, Tanner Jeannot)snap0.17 xG
    NJD: Noesen, Meier, Cholowski, Hischier, NemecBOS: Zadorov, Jeannot, Kastelic, Aspirot, Minten
    NJD 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 18:39
    NJDTimo Meier (Nico Hischier, Luke Hughes)snap0.27 xG
    NJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, NemecBOS: Lindholm, Arvidsson, Zacha, Peeke, Mittelstadt
    NJD 1 – 1 BOS

2nd period

  1. 1:12
    BOSMorgan Geekie (Elias Lindholm)snap0.38 xG
    NJD: Dillon, Brown, Glass, Gritsyuk, HughesBOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Geekie, Aspirot, Steeves
    NJD 1 – 2 BOS

3rd period

  1. 16:25
    BOSCasey Mittelstadt (Pavel Zacha, Viktor Arvidsson)snap0.14 xG
    NJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Meier, Bratt, HischierBOS: Zadorov, Arvidsson, Zacha, Mittelstadt, Aspirot
    NJD 1 – 3 BOS
  2. 17:46
    BOSAndrew PeekeENsnap0.44 xG
    NJD: Hamilton, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Gritsyuk, MercerBOS: Lindholm, Lindholm, Peeke, Geekie, Steeves
    NJD 1 – 4 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Connor Brown RL1000-140.4300019:23——7445
Cody Glass CL1000-110.2900016:25——7951
Arseny Gritsyuk RL1000-220.0311014:43——7552
Jesper Bratt LL2000-120.1511020:01——6865
Timo Meier RL2101-230.6432019:43——6364
Nico Hischier CL2011-210.1712018:52——5961
Paul Cotter LL3000010.0010011:13——436
Angus Crookshank CL3000000.000209:39——350
Luke Glendening CL3000000.002108:44——350
Dawson Mercer CL4000-100.1000016:23——4660
Ondrej Palat LL4000000.0410012:59——4574
Stefan Noesen RL4000-120.0600010:49——3852
Dougie Hamilton DD1000-230.1902023:25——6963
Jonas Siegenthaler DD1000-140.0602022:15——6868
Luke Hughes DD2011030.1010023:05——5340
Brenden Dillon DD2000-110.0020016:35——6333
Simon Nemec DD3000020.0811020:45——4145
Dennis Cholowski DD3000-110.0512213:29——4644
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)L21183.8572.3059:32

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Casey Mittelstadt CL1101020.2400016:36——3935
Pavel Zacha CL1011000.0010016:15——3937
Viktor Arvidsson LL1011030.1701015:49——3435
Tanner Jeannot LL2011+130.2971015:16——4551
Fraser Minten CL2101+110.1820014:47——5253
Mark Kastelic CL2011+100.0040013:59——4646
Morgan Geekie CL3101+220.4510016:30——5076
Elias Lindholm CL3011+210.1301015:53——4172
Alex Steeves CL3000+200.0740015:15——4369
Sean Kuraly CL4000010.0110013:47——3531
Marat Khusnutdinov CL4000010.1400012:38——3838
Michael Eyssimont CL4000000.0010012:19——3933
Jonathan Aspirot DD1000+300.0412021:07——4665
Nikita Zadorov DD1000+330.4702220:14——4865
Hampus Lindholm DD2000010.0503022:29——3731
Andrew Peeke DD2101010.4414022:17——4041
Mason Lohrei DD3000020.0713017:52——4026
Victor Soderstrom DD3000010.0001014:57——4026
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)W30291.9672.3860:00

Goal anatomy

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

Fraser Minten (BOS) 1st 17:42 · assists Mark Kastelic, Tanner Jeannot · Forecheck turnover · loose puck · 47.4 mph shot · 8.0 s from entry to goal.

Fraser Minten · 1st 17:42 · BOS

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
47.4 mph
Distance
19 ft
Entry to goal
8.0 s

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Casey Mittelstadt · 3rd 16:25 · BOS

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
31.9 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s
Type
one-timer, rebound

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Andrew Peeke · 3rd 17:46 · BOS EN

Play
deflection
Entry
dump
Odd man
6-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
14.4 mph
Distance
52 ft
Entry to goal
2.9 s
Type
deflection

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