New York Islanders vs. Boston BruinsJan 5, 2025

Final / OTSunday, Jan 5, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYI	2	1	1	1	5		NYI	12	17	7	1	37
BOS	1	1	2	0	4		BOS	9	9	8	4	30

: NYI 84BOS 55
: NYI 2.66BOS 3.17
PP goals: NYI 0BOS 0
Hits: NYI 14BOS 31
Blocks: NYI 19BOS 22
PIM: NYI 0BOS 0
: NYI 52%BOS 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Boston Bruins 5–4 (OT)

New York Islanders beat Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime at BOS. Ryan Pulock (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for NYI: Lee–Nelson–Barzal skated 14:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan Pulock had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:45.Pulock
Points
Anders Lee had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:00.Lee
Points
Bo Horvat had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:34.Horvat
Points
David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:34.Pastrnak
New line
New look for NYI: Lee–Nelson–Barzal skated 14:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lee Nelson Barzal
New line
New look for NYI: Palmieri–Duclair–Horvat skated 12:55 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (39.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Duclair Horvat
Goalie
Joonas Korpisalo (BOS) faced 37 shots and stopped 32 (.865), +11 against a season average of 25.7; the overtime loss.Korpisalo
Luck
NYI scored 5 goals on 2.66 expected goals (84 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 139 of 139 attempts · BOS 55 · NYI 84

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 21% of the game, BOS 31%.

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
	98	59
	2.63	3.20
	2.46	3.13
	13	10
	4	5
	29	23
	+0.021	−0.021
	21%	31%

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

L1Lee – Nelson – Barzal
14:3471% CF
L2Palmieri – Duclair – Horvat
12:5539% CF
L3Cizikas – Pageau – Tsyplakov
12:1983% CF
L4Fasching – Engvall – MacLean
7:5259% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
20:2471% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
17:4960% CF
D3Mayfield – Cholowski
10:1077% CF

PK1FPageau – Horvat
0:52
PK2FPalmieri – Nelson
0:44
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:05
PK2DMayfield – Romanov
0:51

Current NYI line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
16:5964% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – Lindholm
10:3425% CF
L3Frederic – Brazeau – Wahlstrom
10:3236% CF
L4Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher
8:1413% CF
D1Wotherspoon – McAvoy
18:0842% CF
D2Peeke – Lohrei
14:5520% CF
D3Zadorov – Carlo
14:3649% CF

PP1Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
1:0850% CF
PP2Coyle – Brazeau – Geekie – Wahlstrom – Lohrei
0:47

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

OT period

3:10
NYIBo Horvatsnap0.28 xG
NYI: Horvat, Pulock, BarzalBOS: Marchand, Lindholm, McAvoy
NYI 5 – 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 York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.17	1	0	20:58	—	—	72	43
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.14	1	0	18:38	—	—	70	39
Anders Lee L	L1	2	0	2	+2	7	0.57	2	0	17:00	—	—	71	42
Bo Horvat C	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.81	1	0	17:34	—	—	44	56
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	16:04	—	—	38	51
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	14:39	—	—	39	63
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	2	0	17:20	—	—	72	51
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	16:48	—	—	74	42
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	2	1	14:22	—	—	82	53
Pierre Engvall L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	0	10:53	—	—	62	42
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.35	2	2	10:20	—	—	64	46
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	9:44	—	—	55	43
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.01	1	6	25:21	—	—	62	38
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	2	23:23	—	—	70	44
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.08	1	1	25:14	—	—	59	60
Ryan Pulock D	D2	1	2	3	+2	2	0.09	0	3	22:45	—	—	48	40
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	1	14:42	—	—	67	46
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	11:45	—	—	70	54

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	30	26	4	.867	3.17	63:10

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	2	0	2	+1	5	0.74	2	1	23:34	—	—	64	82
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	5	1	21:23	—	—	61	82
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	21:21	—	—	61	71
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	-4	3	0.74	0	0	15:40	—	—	29	52
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	-4	1	0.07	1	3	15:18	—	—	31	58
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.35	1	1	15:05	—	—	26	54
Justin Brazeau R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	3	0	16:30	—	—	30	43
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	15:31	—	—	29	43
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	1	1	12:58	—	—	32	39
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	11:03	—	—	24	47
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	1	10:50	—	—	20	31
Cole Koepke L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	4	1	9:07	—	—	18	41
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.04	1	4	24:15	—	—	44	68
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	2	21:15	—	—	39	66
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	19:37	—	—	19	27
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	0	0	18:47	—	—	30	57
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	1	1	19:39	—	—	43	47
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	0	1	17:37	—	—	46	61

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	O	37	32	5	.865	2.66	63:10

Goal anatomy

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

Cole Koepke (BOS) 1st 3:01 · assists Mark Kastelic, Charlie McAvoy · Deflection · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 6.2 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Cole Koepke · 1st 3:01 · BOS

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Bo Horvat · 1st 3:22 · NYI SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.5 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Ryan Pulock · 1st 5:33 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 50.3 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Anders Lee · 2nd 4:11 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.1 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Justin Brazeau · 2nd 10:18 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.3 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Anders Lee · 3rd 3:41 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 8.9 s

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David Pastrnak · 3rd 4:35 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 36.6 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Type: one-timer

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David Pastrnak · 3rd 12:44 · BOS

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 8.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: rebound

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Bo Horvat · OT 3:10 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.5 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 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 York Islanders vs. Boston BruinsJan 5, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders edge Boston Bruins 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Islanders

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

New York Islanders

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

Cole Koepke · 1st 3:01 · BOS

Bo Horvat · 1st 3:22 · NYI SH

Ryan Pulock · 1st 5:33 · NYI

Anders Lee · 2nd 4:11 · NYI

Justin Brazeau · 2nd 10:18 · BOS

Anders Lee · 3rd 3:41 · NYI

David Pastrnak · 3rd 4:35 · BOS

David Pastrnak · 3rd 12:44 · BOS

Bo Horvat · OT 3:10 · NYI