New York Rangers vs. Boston BruinsMay 6, 2021

FinalThursday, May 6, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	4	3	8	15
BOS	2	1	1	4		BOS	9	19	6	34

: NYR 28BOS 59
: NYR 0.94BOS 2.54
PP goals: NYR 0BOS 1
Hits: NYR 22BOS 17
Blocks: NYR 11BOS 6
PIM: NYR 4BOS 2
: NYR 43%BOS 57%

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 2A. New look for NYR: Strome–Brodzinski–Kakko skated 10:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:27.Marchand
Points
David Krejci had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:49.Krejci
New line
New look for NYR: Strome–Brodzinski–Kakko skated 10:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Brodzinski Kakko
New line
New look for BOS: Lazar–Frederic–Kuhlman skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lazar Frederic Kuhlman
New line
New look for NYR: Blackwell–Zibanejad–Kravtsov skated 9:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Zibanejad Kravtsov
New line
New look for NYR: Gettinger–Chytil–Lafrenière skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gettinger Chytil Lafrenière
Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 19:47, −4:18 down on his 24:05 season average over 50 games.McAvoy
Usage
Anthony Bitetto (NYR) played 18:22, +4:14 up on his 14:08 season average over 13 games.Bitetto

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 87 of 87 attempts · BOS 59 · NYR 28

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 19% of the game, BOS 51%.

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
	29	61
	0.99	2.55
	0.98	2.42
	1	12
	2	5
	16	31
	−0.073	+0.073
	19%	51%

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

L1Strome – Brodzinski – Kakko
10:2733% CF
L2Di Giuseppe – Rooney – Barron
9:4633% CF
L3Blackwell – Zibanejad – Kravtsov
9:0318% CF
L4Gettinger – Chytil – Lafrenière
7:3236% CF
D1Hajek – Jones
16:0722% CF
D2Fox – Miller
15:3035% CF
D3Smith – Bitetto
13:2658% CF

PP1Blackwell – Strome – Zibanejad – Fox – Lafrenière
1:12100% CF
PP2Brodzinski – Gettinger – Chytil – Kravtsov – Jones
0:42100% CF
PK1FRooney – Barron
2:08
PK2FBlackwell – Zibanejad
1:41
PK1DFox – Miller
1:42
PK2DSmith – Hajek
1:14

Current NYR line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
12:3270% CF
L2Kuraly – Ritchie – DeBrusk
12:1761% CF
L3Krejci – Smith – Hall
12:1579% CF
L4Lazar – Frederic – Kuhlman
10:3975% CF
D1Reilly – Carlo
18:2581% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
15:5267% CF
D3Miller – Lauzon
15:0750% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
2:5080% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Hall – DeBrusk – McAvoy
0:54100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kuhlman
0:42
PK2FLazar – Frederic
0:31
PK1DReilly – McAvoy
1:13
PK2DMiller – Lauzon
0:41

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	2	0.07	1	1	2	15:22	—	—	39	23
Jonny Brodzinski C	L1	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:00	—	—	39	23
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	29	16
Morgan Barron C	L2	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:57	—	—	29	10
Kevin Rooney C	L2	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	36	14
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:02	—	—	31	10
Colin Blackwell C	L3	-2	1	0.00	1	1	0	18:07	—	—	22	13
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	-2	1	0.15	1	1	0	18:07	—	—	17	12
Vitali Kravtsov R	L3	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	36	16
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	-2	0	0.18	0	1	0	16:51	—	—	30	44
Filip Chytil C	L4	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	40	74
Tim Gettinger L	L4	-1	2	0.03	4	1	0	13:28	—	—	50	79
Libor Hajek D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	18:53	—	—	22	20
Zac Jones D	D1	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	18:46	—	—	26	22
Adam Fox D	D2	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:26	—	—	29	18
K'Andre Miller D	D2	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	20:24	—	—	33	23
Brendan Smith D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:26	—	—	47	55
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:22	—	—	47	55

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	2.54	59:55

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	0	2	0	18:14	—	—	68	87
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.41	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	67	86
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	67	84
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	58	32
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	15:13	—	—	58	32
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	57	37
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.19	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	74	90
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	75	90
David Krejci C	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.37	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	77	92
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	12:48	—	—	69	74
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	12:16	—	—	75	74
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	75	74
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	0	0	21:12	—	—	76	73
Brandon Carlo D	D1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.12	4	1	2	20:15	—	—	81	83
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	20:25	—	—	68	85
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	19:47	—	—	65	85
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	0	0	17:42	—	—	42	28
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:55	—	—	50	48

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	15	15	0	.1000	0.94	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.

New York Rangers vs. Boston BruinsMay 6, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins rout New York Rangers 4–0

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

Box score

New York Rangers

Boston Bruins