New York Rangers vs. Boston BruinsMay 8, 2021

FinalSaturday, May 8, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	1	4	5		NYR	7	5	11	23
BOS	0	1	3	4		BOS	9	19	11	39

: NYR 34BOS 78
: NYR 1.58BOS 3.37
PP goals: NYR 0BOS 1
Hits: NYR 17BOS 16
Blocks: NYR 19BOS 4
PIM: NYR 6BOS 2
: NYR 48%BOS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Boston Bruins 5–4

New York Rangers beat Boston Bruins 5–4 at BOS. Pavel Buchnevich (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NYR scored 5 goals on 1.58 expected goals (34 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Pavel Buchnevich had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:47.Buchnevich
Points
Mika Zibanejad had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:21.Zibanejad
Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:40.Marchand
Points
Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:51.McAvoy
Points
Ryan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:27.Strome
Luck
NYR scored 5 goals on 1.58 expected goals (34 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NYR: Blackwell–Strome–Kravtsov skated 11:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (16% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Strome Kravtsov
New line
New look for NYR: Chytil–Barron–Richards skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Chytil Barron Richards

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 112 of 112 attempts · BOS 78 · NYR 34

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 17% of the game, BOS 60%.

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
	35	81
	1.67	3.65
	1.65	3.47
	7	18
	2	5
	25	30
	−0.022	+0.022
	17%	60%

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

L1Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Lafrenière
13:1042% CF
L2Blackwell – Strome – Kravtsov
11:5416% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Rooney – Gettinger
7:4329% CF
L4Chytil – Barron – Richards
7:3250% CF
D1Fox – Miller
16:2235% CF
D2Hajek – Jones
15:0017% CF
D3Bitetto – Reunanen
14:0738% CF

PP1Blackwell – Strome – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Fox
0:59100% CF
PP2Chytil – Barron – Kravtsov – Jones – Lafrenière
0:41
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
2:09
PK2FBlackwell – Rooney
1:30
PK1DFox – Miller
3:33
PK2DBitetto – Hajek
0:38

Current NYR line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
13:1577% CF
L2Krejci – Smith – Hall
12:5480% CF
L3Kuraly – Ritchie – DeBrusk
11:2367% CF
L4Lazar – Frederic – Kuhlman
8:2860% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
16:5785% CF
D2Reilly – Carlo
16:0882% CF
D3Miller – Lauzon
13:1246% CF

PP1Krejci – Smith – Hall – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:3960% CF
PP2Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
1:4067% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
0:56
PK2FKuraly – DeBrusk
0:56
PK1DCarlo – Lauzon
1:19
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:41

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:21
NYRK'Andre Miller (Justin Richards, Filip Chytil)wrist0.03 xG
NYR: Fox, Chytil, Barron, Miller, RichardsBOS: Miller, Lazar, Lauzon, Frederic, Kuhlman
NYR 1 – 0 BOS
18:12
BOSNick Ritchie (Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.26 xG
NYR: Bitetto, Strome, Gettinger, Kravtsov, JonesBOS: Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Ritchie, DeBrusk, McAvoy
NYR 1 – 1 BOS

3rd period

0:21
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Brad Marchand)tip-in0.05 xG
NYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Miller, LafrenièreBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NYR 1 – 2 BOS
5:22
NYRMika Zibanejad (Pavel Buchnevich, Ryan Strome)wrist0.16 xG
NYR: Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, MillerBOS: Kuraly, Reilly, Ritchie, Carlo, DeBrusk
NYR 2 – 2 BOS
7:26
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Anthony Bitetto, Pavel Buchnevich)backhand0.14 xG
NYR: Bitetto, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Reunanen, LafrenièreBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Reilly, Pastrnak, Carlo
NYR 3 – 2 BOS
9:36
NYRVitali Kravtsov (Ryan Strome, Zac Jones)snap0.08 xG
NYR: Blackwell, Strome, Hajek, Kravtsov, JonesBOS: Miller, Kuraly, Ritchie, Lauzon, DeBrusk
NYR 4 – 2 BOS
14:08
BOSBrad MarchandPP (David Krejci)backhand0.04 xG
NYR: Blackwell, Rooney, Hajek, ReunanenBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Ritchie, McAvoy
NYR 4 – 3 BOS
18:07
NYRMika Zibanejad (Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.05 xG
NYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Miller, LafrenièreBOS: Smith, Miller, Reilly, Lazar, Frederic
NYR 5 – 3 BOS
18:39
BOSPatrice Bergeron (Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.13 xG
NYR: Blackwell, Strome, Fox, Miller, KravtsovBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NYR 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 Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	3	3	+2	4	0.31	0	3	0	20:47	—	—	41	59
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.49	2	1	2	19:21	—	—	40	56
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	48	66
Colin Blackwell C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	17:52	—	—	18	15
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	22	26
Vitali Kravtsov R	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.08	0	2	0	16:47	—	—	12	8
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	13:45	—	—	15	0
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	27	7
Tim Gettinger L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:58	—	—	17	0
Morgan Barron C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	12:50	—	—	33	26
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	50	50
Justin Richards C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	1	0	10:11	—	—	37	41
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	4	0	24:49	—	—	36	50
K'Andre Miller D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	1	2	0	22:35	—	—	35	47
Libor Hajek D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:43	—	—	13	11
Zac Jones D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	14	10
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	17:46	—	—	30	19
Tarmo Reunanen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	2	0	16:31	—	—	38	31

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	—	30	28	2	.933	2.77	48:50
Igor Shesterkin	W	9	7	2	.778	0.60	11:10

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.22	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	69	58
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	70	61
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.55	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	77	69
David Krejci C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	0	1	0	19:06	—	—	72	74
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	82	95
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	76	81
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.37	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	69	70
Nick Ritchie L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.54	3	0	0	13:49	—	—	67	68
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	4	0	0	13:41	—	—	67	69
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:31	—	—	58	51
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	9:41	—	—	55	46
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	64	63
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.05	1	0	0	23:51	—	—	76	73
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.09	2	1	2	19:42	—	—	81	78
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.07	0	0	0	20:09	—	—	75	73
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	80	76
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	1	2	0	15:51	—	—	48	43
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:08	—	—	48	44

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	1.58	58:47

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.