New York Rangers vs. Boston BruinsMar 11, 2021

FinalThursday, Mar 11, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	14	3	10	27
BOS	2	2	0	4		BOS	9	7	11	27

: NYR 61BOS 41
: NYR 2.48BOS 1.70
PP goals: NYR 0BOS 1
Hits: NYR 20BOS 17
Blocks: NYR 6BOS 14
PIM: NYR 4BOS 8
: NYR 45%BOS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout New York Rangers 4–0

Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers 4–0 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Grzelcyk and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:44 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had 3 assists (3 points) in 14:36.Marchand
Points
David Krejci had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:25.Krejci
Points
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:09.Bergeron
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Grzelcyk and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:44 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Grzelcyk Pastrnak
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Zibanejad–Buchnevich skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Zibanejad Buchnevich
Luck
BOS scored 4 goals on 1.70 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 2.48 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Kuraly–Senyshyn–Studnicka skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Senyshyn Studnicka

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 102 of 102 attempts · BOS 41 · NYR 61

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 33% of the game, BOS 15%.

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
	61	42
	2.28	1.64
	2.23	1.62
	8	4
	6	5
	13	22
	−0.059	+0.059
	33%	15%

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

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
9:2671% CF
L2Rooney – Gauthier – Chytil
6:5456% CF
L3Blackwell – Lemieux – Howden
4:1413% CF
L4Strome – Kakko – Lafrenière
0:35100% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
15:4358% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
13:5572% CF
D3Smith – Hajek
11:4941% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Fox
5:0486% CF
PP2Trouba – Chytil – Miller – Kakko – Lafrenière
2:2775% CF
PK1FRooney – Howden
2:03
PK2FZibanejad – Buchnevich
1:14
PK1DFox – Lindgren
1:17
PK2DTrouba – Miller
1:14

Current NYR line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Ritchie – DeBrusk
9:5756% CF
L2Smith – Coyle – Frederic
9:0536% CF
L3Kuraly – Senyshyn – Studnicka
9:0556% CF
L4Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
7:5347% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
11:4946% CF
D2Clifton – Zboril
7:0033% CF
D3Tinordi – Vaakanainen
5:2457% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak
2:44100% CF
PP2Smith – Coyle – Ritchie – DeBrusk – McAvoy
0:33
PK1FCoyle – Kuraly
3:22
PK2FDeBrusk – Studnicka
2:07
PK1DTinordi – McAvoy
3:58
PK2DGrzelcyk – Clifton
0:51

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:14
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron)slap0.03 xG
NYR: Kreider, Strome, Fox, Lindgren, KakkoBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NYR 0 – 1 BOS
17:34
BOSPatrice BergeronSH (Brad Marchand)snap0.13 xG
NYR: Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, FoxBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Tinordi, McAvoy
NYR 0 – 2 BOS

2nd period

3:31
BOSDavid KrejciPP (Matt Grzelcyk, Brad Marchand)slap0.05 xG
NYR: Rooney, Fox, Lindgren, HowdenBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak
NYR 0 – 3 BOS
4:52
BOSJake DeBrusk (David Krejci)snap0.22 xG
NYR: Smith, Trouba, Gauthier, Chytil, LafrenièreBOS: Krejci, Tinordi, Ritchie, DeBrusk, McAvoy
NYR 0 – 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 Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	-1	5	0.50	1	0	0	22:19	—	—	74	84
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	22:06	—	—	75	74
Chris Kreider L	L1	-2	2	0.29	3	0	0	20:00	—	—	74	80
Filip Chytil C	L2	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	53	51
Kevin Rooney C	L2	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	71	88
Julien Gauthier R	L2	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	11:25	—	—	60	56
Brendan Lemieux L	L3	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:22	—	—	27	37
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0.07	1	1	0	12:04	—	—	33	37
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0.09	2	0	0	11:19	—	—	22	23
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	71	51
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	55	28
Ryan Strome C	L4	-2	2	0.07	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	54	18
Jacob Trouba D	D1	-1	1	0.16	1	2	0	23:12	—	—	56	51
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0.05	2	0	0	21:16	—	—	57	51
Adam Fox D	D2	-2	3	0.07	0	0	0	23:20	—	—	73	76
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	-1	4	0.30	1	1	2	18:31	—	—	74	85
Brendan Smith D	D3	-1	0	0.10	1	2	0	14:43	—	—	45	45
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	14:11	—	—	35	51

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid	—	13	13	0	.1000	0.72	34:44
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	14	10	4	.714	0.97	24:52

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Krejci C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	42	28
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	2	1	0	15:48	—	—	46	25
Nick Ritchie L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	4	13:47	—	—	48	28
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	29	18
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	24	25
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	35	31
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	2	0	0	15:01	—	—	42	59
Jack Studnicka C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	2	0	14:10	—	—	53	75
Zach Senyshyn R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	45	63
David Pastrnak R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.17	1	1	2	15:59	—	—	36	37
Patrice Bergeron C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.14	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	44	46
Brad Marchand L	L4	0	3	3	+2	0	0.00	2	0	2	14:36	—	—	47	43
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+3	4	0.07	1	2	0	22:11	—	—	41	49
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	2	0	17:41	—	—	43	45
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	21:55	—	—	39	36
Jakub Zboril D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	35	44
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	3	2	0	22:24	—	—	38	44
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	17:26	—	—	52	36

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	2.48	60:00

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.