New Jersey Devils at Boston Bruins

Dec 6, 2025 · TD Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
New Jersey Devils	1	30
Boston Bruins	4	22

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
17:42	BOS	Fraser Minten (4)	Mark Kastelic (5), Tanner Jeannot (9)	0 - 1
18:39	NJD	Timo Meier (11)	Nico Hischier (16), Luke Hughes (14)	1 - 1
2nd Period
01:12	BOS	Morgan Geekie (22)	Elias Lindholm (13)	1 - 2
3rd Period
16:25	BOS	Casey Mittelstadt (6)	Pavel Zacha (14), Viktor Arvidsson (6)	1 - 3
17:46	BOS	Andrew Peeke (1)	Unassisted	1 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
13:47	BOS	Nikita Zadorov	Cross checking	2
3rd Period
09:08	NJD	Dennis Cholowski	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils	68	48	30	1	2.2	54.9
Boston Bruins	56	35	22	4	2.9	45.1

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while New Jersey Devils had.

Expected goals

New Jersey Devils: 2.2 expected, 1 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.9 expected, 4 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

New Jersey Devils

Boston Bruins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Connor Brown · Cody Glass · Arseny Gritsyuk	11:51	69.0	67.1	0-1
Timo Meier · Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier	10:19	65.4	60.3	1-1
Luke Glendening · Paul Cotter · Angus Crookshank	7:02	28.6	0.6	0-0
Ondrej Palat · Jesper Bratt · Dawson Mercer	4:56	60.0	48.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dougie Hamilton · Jonas Siegenthaler	17:37	68.4	60.8	0-1
Brenden Dillon · Luke Hughes	11:25	53.3	42.9	0-1
Dennis Cholowski · Simon Nemec	9:43	42.1	40.0	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
28	Timo Meier	R	1	0	1	-2	0	3	3	19:43	0.47	25-15	0.85-0.62
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	18:52	0.17	20-14	0.77-0.62
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	23:05	0.10	21-24	0.71-1.02
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	16:35	0.00	19-16	0.51-0.82
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	23:25	0.16	32-16	0.97-0.78
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	10:49	0.11	10-14	0.29-0.43
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:25	0.29	24-10	0.88-0.55
16	Connor Brown	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	19:23	0.47	22-12	0.87-0.76
36	Angus Crookshank	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:39		4-13	0.00-0.52
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	08:44		4-13	0.00-0.58
44	Dennis Cholowski	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	13:29	0.05	12-14	0.48-0.56
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:13	0.00	7-14	0.04-0.74
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	20:01	0.11	25-12	0.79-0.63
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	22:15	0.05	27-14	0.76-0.55
71	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:45	0.06	13-19	0.56-0.82
81	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:59	0.03	10-10	0.40-0.33
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	14:43	0.03	21-11	0.73-0.40
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:23	0.09	14-14	0.34-0.50

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Jake Allen	L	21	18	3	59:32	2.33	-0.67

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt	12:29	34.5	37.8	1-1
Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic · Fraser Minten	11:55	48.0	63.5	1-0
Elias Lindholm · Morgan Geekie · Alex Steeves	11:04	63.6	79.2	1-0
Sean Kuraly · Michael Eyssimont · Marat Khusnutdinov	10:20	40.9	42.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Zadorov · Jonathan Aspirot	18:55	48.7	63.4	3-0
Hampus Lindholm · Andrew Peeke	18:27	42.9	40.4	0-1
Victor Soderstrom · Mason Lohrei	14:05	44.8	29.2	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	16:36	0.33	11-20	0.53-0.75
20	Andrew Peeke	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	22:17		19-24	0.69-0.74
39	Morgan Geekie	C	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	16:30	0.19	16-10	0.66-0.34
93	Fraser Minten	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	14:47	0.20	15-14	0.83-0.47
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	16:15		12-19	0.58-0.75
28	Elias Lindholm	C	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	15:53	0.08	15-12	0.60-0.37
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	15:49	0.19	13-22	0.56-0.92
47	Mark Kastelic	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	13:59		12-14	0.57-0.33
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	7	15:16	0.42	13-16	0.76-0.42
6	Mason Lohrei	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:52	0.08	13-17	0.19-0.47
21	Alex Steeves	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	15:15	0.08	16-12	0.61-0.48
27	Hampus Lindholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:29	0.07	18-25	0.50-0.74
29	Victor Soderstrom	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:57	0.02	13-17	0.19-0.47
45	Jonathan Aspirot	D	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	21:07	0.02	20-21	1.55-0.79
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:47	0.02	9-17	0.24-0.40
81	Michael Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:19		10-20	0.31-0.48
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	20:14	0.55	20-20	1.55-0.79
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:38	0.16	10-14	0.29-0.35

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	W	30	29	1	60:00	2.13	+1.13