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Sun, Nov 1, 2009·Madison Square Garden, New York

Boston Bruins 0, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 53% of the time.

NYR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0807014029
NYR0111606123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 15:51NYRMarian GaborikGWGAssists: Vinny Prospal, Marc Staal · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:38NYRRyan Callahan: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:22BOSDavid Krejci: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 5:01NYRMichal Rozsival: Interference2 min
  4. P2 12:40NYRSean Avery: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 16:39BOSMark Stuart: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 2:28NYRMichal Rozsival: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 4:28NYRBrandon Dubinsky: Slashing2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubinsky won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSNYR
29Shots on goal23
1.4Expected goals1.3
54Shot attempts43
25Faceoffs won21
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
41Hits28
14Blocked shots14
1Giveaways0
3Takeaways7

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NYR 1.3 xGBOS 1.4 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYR is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1119 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 53% of the time.

NYR winsBOS wins

Simulated goal difference (NYR − BOS), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).