New York Islanders vs. Boston BruinsMay 29, 2021

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, May 29, 2021· TD Garden

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New York IslandersNYI

2

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Boston BruinsBOS

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	1	0	2		NYI	8	4	10	22
BOS	1	1	3	5		BOS	18	12	10	40

: NYI 38BOS 65
: NYI 1.65BOS 5.01
PP goals: NYI 1BOS 1
Hits: NYI 49BOS 42
Blocks: NYI 9BOS 7
PIM: NYI 4BOS 4
: NYI 48%BOS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat New York Islanders 5–2

Boston Bruins beat New York Islanders 5–2 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NYI's first power-play unit (Eberle, Pageau, Barzal, Beauvillier and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:07 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 16:24.Pastrnak
Points
David Krejci had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:44.Krejci
Points
Jordan Eberle had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:04.Eberle
Points
Patrice Bergeron had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 19:05.Bergeron
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Eberle, Pageau, Barzal, Beauvillier and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:07 together.Eberle Pageau Barzal Beauvillier Dobson
Goalie
Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +6 against a season average of 32.9; the loss.Sorokin
Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 22:21, −4:44 down on his 27:05 season average over 10 games.McAvoy
Usage
Craig Smith (BOS) played 10:14, −6:39 down on his 16:53 season average over 9 games.Smith

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

← NYI attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · BOS 65 · NYI 38

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
NYI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 11% 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

NYI

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	NYI	BOS
	37	70
	1.31	4.34
	1.27	4.10
	4	16
	4	5
	28	18
	−0.028	+0.028
	11%	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 York Islanders

L1Zajac – Palmieri – Pageau
11:5048% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
10:2135% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
8:5822% CF
L4Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
8:1433% CF
D1Leddy – Mayfield
11:1438% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
10:4842% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
6:0455% CF

PP1Eberle – Pageau – Barzal – Beauvillier – Dobson
2:07100% CF
PP2Bailey – Palmieri – Leddy – Nelson – Pulock
2:07100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:29
PK2FPageau – Beauvillier
0:18
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:29
PK2DLeddy – Pulock
0:18

Current NYI line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
12:2579% CF
L2Wagner – Kuraly – Lazar
9:5464% CF
L3Krejci – Smith – Hall
9:4880% CF
L4Coyle – Ritchie – DeBrusk
7:1443% CF
D1Reilly – Carlo
16:4165% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:1067% CF
D3Clifton – Lauzon
12:1940% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – McAvoy
1:29100% CF
PP2Krejci – Coyle – Hall – Reilly – McAvoy
0:18
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:32
PK2FCoyle – Kuraly
1:06
PK1DCarlo – McAvoy
1:58
PK2DClifton – Lauzon
1:22

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:48
NYIAnthony BeauvillierPP (Noah Dobson, Jordan Eberle)tip-in0.11 xG
NYI: Eberle, Pageau, Barzal, Beauvillier, DobsonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Carlo, Lauzon
NYI 1 – 0 BOS
19:36
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron)wrist0.14 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Mayfield, PelechBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NYI 1 – 1 BOS

2nd period

11:08
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand)snap0.17 xG
NYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock, BeauvillierBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Lauzon, McAvoy
NYI 1 – 2 BOS
12:34
NYIAdam Pelech (Jordan Eberle, Leo Komarov)slap0.03 xG
NYI: Komarov, Eberle, Pelech, Barzal, DobsonBOS: Coyle, Clifton, Ritchie, Lauzon, DeBrusk
NYI 2 – 2 BOS

3rd period

6:20
BOSCharlie McAvoy (David Krejci)slap0.01 xG
NYI: Eberle, Pelech, Barzal, Beauvillier, DobsonBOS: Krejci, Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Ritchie, McAvoy
NYI 2 – 3 BOS
15:50
BOSDavid Pastrnaksnap0.05 xG
NYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, Beauvillier, DobsonBOS: Krejci, Hall, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Carlo
NYI 2 – 4 BOS
18:35
BOSTaylor HallEN (David Krejci, Mike Reilly)wrist0.76 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Leddy, Pageau, Pulock, BeauvillierBOS: Krejci, Coyle, Hall, Reilly, McAvoy
NYI 2 – 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 York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	3	1	0	17:58	—	—	45	28
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	1	0	17:12	—	—	48	19
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	0	0	16:13	—	—	43	32
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	1	0	1	-3	2	0.15	4	0	0	16:37	—	—	30	20
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.54	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	30	22
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.45	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	40	28
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:32	—	—	19	7
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	1	0	13:21	—	—	29	11
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	7	0	0	12:45	—	—	31	10
Mathew Barzal C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	2	16:24	—	—	20	17
Jordan Eberle R	L4	0	2	2	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	14:04	—	—	39	49
Leo Komarov R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:43	—	—	27	26
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	22:32	—	—	34	18
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	19:50	—	—	32	25
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	1	0	23:53	—	—	26	18
Adam Pelech D	D2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.05	3	0	0	21:10	—	—	41	35
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	2	17:10	—	—	36	17
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	47	40

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	4.25	58:14

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	2	2	+1	8	0.76	3	0	0	19:05	—	—	76	86
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.41	3	0	0	18:36	—	—	77	86
David Pastrnak R	L1	3	0	3	+2	7	0.78	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	75	92
Curtis Lazar C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	6	0	0	14:19	—	—	47	82
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	4	0	0	14:18	—	—	56	69
Chris Wagner R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	6	0	0	12:36	—	—	69	78
David Krejci C	L3	0	3	3	+2	4	0.80	0	2	0	16:44	—	—	66	77
Taylor Hall L	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	1.37	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	69	82
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	73	78
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:27	—	—	38	38
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	4	1	0	12:39	—	—	46	27
Nick Ritchie L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	2	10:23	—	—	40	25
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	3	0	0	22:37	—	—	68	59
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	20:44	—	—	64	50
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.15	1	1	2	22:21	—	—	71	88
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.05	0	2	0	16:47	—	—	71	88
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	19:04	—	—	57	90
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:18	—	—	50	87

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	1.65	59:58

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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.