New York Islanders vs. Boston BruinsMay 31, 2021

Final / OTPlayoffsMonday, May 31, 2021· TD Garden

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Boston BruinsBOS

3

Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
NYI	0	3	0	1	4		NYI	6	11	13	9	39
BOS	1	0	2	0	3		BOS	15	10	11	6	42

: NYI 65BOS 79
: NYI 3.88BOS 3.85
PP goals: NYI 2BOS 1
Hits: NYI 48BOS 47
Blocks: NYI 19BOS 13
PIM: NYI 6BOS 10
: NYI 51%BOS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Boston Bruins 4–3 (OT)

New York Islanders beat Boston Bruins 4–3 in overtime at BOS. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:33 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:00.Marchand
Points
Jean-Gabriel Pageau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:04.Pageau
Points
Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:00.Palmieri
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:33 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Pastrnak McAvoy
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Eberle, Pageau, Barzal, Beauvillier and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:54 together.Eberle Pageau Barzal Beauvillier Dobson
Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +11 against a season average of 31.2; the win.Varlamov
Goalie
Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +9 against a season average of 30.4; the loss.Rask
Usage
Nick Leddy (NYI) played 28:55, +6:08 up on his 22:47 season average over 18 games.Leddy

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 144 of 144 attempts · BOS 79 · NYI 65

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 26% of the game, BOS 28%.

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
	64	84
	2.81	3.94
	2.66	3.76
	8	8
	10	7
	22	17
	+0.014	−0.014
	26%	28%

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
14:0539% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
13:0033% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
11:4453% CF
L4Komarov – Eberle – Barzal
9:4369% CF
D1Leddy – Mayfield
16:0423% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
15:0144% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
6:1263% CF

PP1Eberle – Pageau – Barzal – Beauvillier – Dobson
2:5488% CF
PP2Bailey – Palmieri – Leddy – Nelson – Pulock
1:59100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:10
PK2FZajac – Bailey
0:28
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:26
PK2DGreene – Pulock
0:54

Current NYI line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Hall – DeBrusk
17:0763% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
16:0155% CF
L3Coyle – Ritchie – Kuhlman
10:0862% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Lazar
7:5360% CF
D1Reilly – Carlo
21:0361% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
17:3065% CF
D3Clifton – Lauzon
13:1248% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – McAvoy
1:33100% CF
PP2Coyle – Hall – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – DeBrusk
0:48
PK1FCoyle – Kuraly
2:43
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:11
PK1DLauzon – McAvoy
3:12
PK2DGrzelcyk – Clifton
0:41

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:38
BOSCharlie Coyle (Nick Ritchie, Karson Kuhlman)wrist0.15 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Martin, Leddy, Cizikas, MayfieldBOS: Coyle, Clifton, Ritchie, Lauzon, Kuhlman
NYI 0 – 1 BOS

2nd period

6:52
NYIJosh BaileyPP (Kyle Palmieri, Brock Nelson)wrist0.08 xG
NYI: Bailey, Palmieri, Leddy, Nelson, PulockBOS: Wagner, Clifton, Lazar, Lauzon
NYI 1 – 1 BOS
11:00
NYIKyle Palmieri (Nick Leddy, Jean-Gabriel Pageau)wrist0.01 xG
NYI: Zajac, Palmieri, Leddy, Pageau, DobsonBOS: Coyle, Kuraly, Clifton, Lauzon, Kuhlman
NYI 2 – 1 BOS
17:21
NYIJean-Gabriel PageauPP (Anthony Beauvillier, Mathew Barzal)wrist0.17 xG
NYI: Eberle, Pageau, Barzal, Beauvillier, DobsonBOS: Coyle, Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Clifton
NYI 3 – 1 BOS

3rd period

10:34
BOSPatrice Bergeron (Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak)snap0.06 xG
NYI: Komarov, Eberle, Leddy, Barzal, DobsonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Lauzon, McAvoy
NYI 3 – 2 BOS
15:06
BOSBrad MarchandPP (Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.09 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Pageau, Mayfield, PelechBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NYI 3 – 3 BOS

OT period

14:48
NYICasey Cizikaswrist0.11 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Martin, Leddy, Cizikas, DobsonBOS: Coyle, Ritchie, Lauzon, McAvoy, Kuhlman
NYI 4 – 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 York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.60	5	0	0	21:04	—	—	42	28
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	2	0	0	19:12	—	—	41	28
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.14	3	1	0	18:00	—	—	42	30
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.90	2	1	0	21:13	—	—	37	28
Josh Bailey R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	20:42	—	—	27	23
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:55	—	—	31	28
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	10	0	0	17:55	—	—	35	46
Casey Cizikas C	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.39	6	2	0	17:32	—	—	38	47
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	6	0	2	16:04	—	—	56	67
Mathew Barzal C	L4	0	1	1	-1	4	0.42	0	2	0	19:16	—	—	56	61
Jordan Eberle R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.38	1	0	2	14:58	—	—	68	79
Leo Komarov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	51	55
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	28:55	—	—	31	19
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	7	0	26:22	—	—	27	26
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	3	3	0	28:51	—	—	48	58
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	0	2	26:24	—	—	47	52
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:01	—	—	58	39
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	0	1	0	13:27	—	—	52	36

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	42	39	3	.929	3.85	74:48

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Krejci C	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.49	2	0	0	22:57	—	—	66	83
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.53	2	0	0	21:32	—	—	63	80
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	3	1	0	19:32	—	—	59	71
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	2	4	0	24:13	—	—	51	41
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.55	4	0	0	24:00	—	—	56	50
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.64	2	0	2	22:55	—	—	61	53
Charlie Coyle C	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.51	2	1	0	18:51	—	—	55	46
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	1	0	4	13:48	—	—	65	52
Karson Kuhlman C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	46	40
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.19	4	1	0	15:02	—	—	33	47
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	0	11:14	—	—	50	76
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	9:53	—	—	55	78
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	2	28:09	—	—	59	29
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.14	3	2	2	27:01	—	—	54	29
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	4	0	0	28:57	—	—	66	75
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	23:18	—	—	65	81
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	21:27	—	—	44	56
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	17:29	—	—	48	64

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	3.88	74:48

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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.