New York Rangers vs. Boston BruinsDec 16, 2017

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 16, 2017· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	1	1	0	1	3		NYR	8	10	8	2	28
BOS	0	1	1	0	2		BOS	7	11	16	1	35

: NYR 46BOS 71
: NYR 3.05BOS 3.28
PP goals: NYR 2BOS 1
Hits: NYR 24BOS 19
Blocks: NYR 16BOS 6
PIM: NYR 14BOS 6
: NYR 38%BOS 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (OT)

New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 3–2 in overtime at BOS. Brady Skjei (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Spooner, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 7:48 together.

Points
Brady Skjei had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:31.Skjei
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Spooner, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 7:48 together.Bergeron Marchand Spooner Krug Pastrnak
Goalie
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +3 against a season average of 32.3; the win.Lundqvist
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Spooner–DeBrusk skated 6:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Spooner DeBrusk
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 7:43, −6:45 down on his 14:28 season average over 69 games.DeBrusk
Usage
Brad Marchand (BOS) played 23:34, +3:54 up on his 19:40 season average over 67 games.Marchand
Usage
Kevin Shattenkirk (NYR) played 16:56, −3:25 down on his 20:21 season average over 45 games.Shattenkirk
Usage
Ryan McDonagh (NYR) played 26:25, +3:08 up on his 23:17 season average over 62 games.McDonagh

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

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

BOS
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · BOS 71 · NYR 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 14% of the game, BOS 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

NYR

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	NYR	BOS
	41	61
	2.37	2.12
	2.10	2.08
	4	11
	7	2
	29	20
	−0.070	+0.070
	14%	34%

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 Rangers

L1Grabner – Hayes – Fast
9:3838% CF
L2Nash – Zuccarello – Miller
9:3617% CF
L3Desharnais – Kreider – Buchnevich
8:2848% CF
L4Carey – Vesey – Nieves
6:0927% CF
D1McDonagh – Holden
14:1140% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Skjei
11:0750% CF
D3Staal – Smith
10:0832% CF

PP1Desharnais – Shattenkirk – Kreider – Zuccarello – Buchnevich
3:1667% CF
PP2Nash – McDonagh – Miller – Skjei – Vesey
1:11100% CF
PK1FNash – Hayes
4:11
PK2FGrabner – Fast
2:16
PK1DStaal – McDonagh
6:41
PK2DSmith – Holden
3:53

Current NYR line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Backes – Nash – Heinen
9:1055% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
8:5590% CF
L3Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
8:4444% CF
L4Krejci – Spooner – DeBrusk
6:5443% CF
D1Miller – Grzelcyk
12:4560% CF
D2Chara – McAvoy
10:3953% CF
D3Krug – Carlo
10:3975% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Spooner – Krug – Pastrnak
7:4875% CF
PP2Backes – Krejci – Grzelcyk – Heinen – McAvoy
3:11100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:49
PK2FNash – Kuraly
0:44
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:42
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:44

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 York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	3	0	2	16:56	—	—	41	63
Michael Grabner L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	53	89
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:31	—	—	38	56
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	0	1	0	7	0.78	0	0	2	20:52	—	—	33	57
Rick Nash L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.56	0	2	0	17:51	—	—	16	38
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.43	3	2	2	17:44	—	—	38	65
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	3	0	0	15:33	—	—	57	50
David Desharnais C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	2	14:19	—	—	46	31
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	2	13:44	—	—	56	51
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:50	—	—	31	26
Paul Carey C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:10	—	—	36	41
Boo Nieves C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	8:00	—	—	33	28
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	2	5	0	26:25	—	—	36	56
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	3	2	0	19:21	—	—	39	60
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.09	2	1	2	19:31	—	—	49	58
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	1	0	2	16:56	—	—	52	56
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	30	35
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	32	42

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.28	61:56

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Backes R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	3	0	2	15:53	—	—	54	43
Danton Heinen L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.45	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	60	55
Riley Nash C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	3	1	0	12:46	—	—	59	44
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	0	9	1.25	0	0	0	24:00	—	—	78	65
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.46	0	0	0	23:34	—	—	76	64
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	87	70
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	47	26
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	41	23
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	10:10	—	—	44	26
Ryan Spooner C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:20	—	—	47	49
David Krejci C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.22	1	0	2	17:14	—	—	57	52
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	7:43	—	—	40	23
Kevan Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	4	0	0	16:39	—	—	53	37
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	16:26	—	—	58	47
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	21:05	—	—	57	36
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	1	1	0	20:09	—	—	44	27
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	2	1	0	24:01	—	—	74	67
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	16:33	—	—	70	73

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	3.05	61:44

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 Rangers vs. Boston BruinsDec 16, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

New York Rangers

Boston Bruins