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Boston Bruins

Kevan Miller

#86Defenseman

2020-21 regular season
28
GP
1
G
3
A
4
P
27
SOG
3.7% SH
19:04
TOI/GP

D · BOS · NHL id 8476191

Kevan Miller has played 28 games for the Boston Bruins in 2020-21, scoring 1 goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 27 shots while averaging 19:04 a night (16:23 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 2:18 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Bruins have controlled 54% of shot attempts with Miller on the ice (11-15 in goals, 53% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against WSH he was on D3 with Connor Clifton and off the power play. He is shooting 3.7% this season against 2.1% across the 151 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 21 game vs WSH, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: D3 · D2 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 13 games, 17:31 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 4 line changes.

PPLine2221▲3▼2▲33323▼330m8m17m25m33mApr 15Apr 18Apr 22Apr 25Apr 29May 3May 6May 10May 15May 19
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
13 games shown, 17:31 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2020-21 · 77 attempts, 31 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at BOS: 77 attempts, 31 on goal, 1 goal, 1.62 expected goals; best chance Kevan Miller at 0.27 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.511.522.5-0.4goals below expected-0.4σJan 14May 10
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2020-21 regular season · 27 of 28 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.022
Season net
−0.16xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.27
Attempts
2
0.004

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.16G
Per 60
−0.018
Drawn / taken
9 / 10minors

MethodLeaders
52.7%
54.6%
53.2%
Transition CF/60
4.4
Turnovers won/60
16.4
Turnovers lost/60
16.4

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
27 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point44%7%0
Low Slot0%23%0
L Circle0%11%0
Outside R15%4%0
High Slot0%8%0
Center Point4%9%0
L Point4%8%0

Linemates

2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Miller

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

32 games in 2020-21, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 21POvs WSHW 4-100001001—8:307:00—1:30
May 19POvs WSHW 3-2011+21030—27:3621:580:115:27
May 17PO@ WSHW 4-3000-11011—10:308:10—2:20
May 15PO@ WSHOTL 2-3000-11031—19:3318:36—0:57
May 10vs NYIW 3-200000020—15:2814:070:13—
May 8vs NYRL 4-5000-31012—15:5114:55—0:56
May 6vs NYRW 4-000003010—17:4216:590:020:41
May 3@ NJDW 3-0000+11023—19:4618:40—1:06
May 1vs BUFW 6-2011+21051—18:0715:50—2:17
Apr 29vs BUFW 5-200003011—20:2318:24—1:20
Apr 27@ PITW 3-1000+11234—17:5216:20—1:05
Apr 25@ PITL 0-1000-10063—20:3520:35——
Apr 23@ BUFL 4-610102021—19:0217:00—1:10
Apr 13vs BUFW 3-2000-11521—20:5817:31—3:27
Apr 10@ PHIL 2-300000003—20:3218:56—1:36
Apr 8@ WSHW 4-200000055—25:1817:01—6:24
Apr 6@ PHIW 4-200000422—22:2518:08—2:38
Feb 18vs NJDL 2-300000022—17:2615:12—2:14
Feb 13@ NYIL 2-4000-10020—16:3215:29—1:03
Feb 12@ NYRW 1-0000+12031—20:0514:47—4:16

Season splits by strength

2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations28533:4919:0444947048.9%49.4%255263142239%21.523.439%
Even strength28458:3216:2341535853.7%53.7%234203111542%18.115.952%
5v528450:0616:0541035153.9%53.7%231201111542%17.815.653%
Power play40:440:115838.5%38.5%2600—0.30.650%
Penalty kill2664:172:28228919.8%22.6%15491713%1.16.32%
4v486:380:504544.4%50.0%2200—0.20.30%
4v52660:232:19228420.8%24.1%15441517%1.15.63%
5v6, opponent net empty66:431:0721214.3%11.1%1410100%0.80.60%
3v422:181:0900——0000—0.00.0—
4v6, opponent net empty32:060:422166.7%66.7%1110100%0.70.00%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2020-21PlayoffsBOS40110040.0%7316:32
2020-21BOS28134-120273.7%643719:04
2018-19BOS39077+835320.0%737917:45
2017-18PlayoffsBOS12134+24175.9%421820:39
2017-18BOS6811516+1670641.6%16411119:28

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.