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Mon, Nov 15, 2010·TD Garden, Boston

New Jersey Devils 0, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 59% of the time.

BOS winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0707014028
BOS1101717324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:26BOSMichael RyderPPGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Mark Recchi · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:43BOSNathan HortonAssists: Milan Lucic, Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:43BOSBlake WheelerAssists: Mark Recchi, Jordan Caron · Snap, 0.05 xG0–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:05NJDAnton Volchenkov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 3:05NJDRod Pelley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:05BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:47NJDMatthew Corrente: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 14:52NJDAdam Mair: Interference2 min
  6. P1 17:41BOSNathan Horton: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 1:06BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 4:59NJDMattias Tedenby: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P2 15:41NJDJason Arnott: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 1:35BOSMichael Ryder: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 12:58NJDJason Arnott: Hooking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
47% to win53% to win
← NJD attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wheeler won the faceoff against Arnott
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDBOS
28Shots on goal24
1.7Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts44
23Faceoffs won23
3Power plays7
19Penalty minutes11
23Hits20
13Blocked shots14
6Giveaways5
6Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestRolston – Zubrus – Clarkson8:16

    xG 0.46–0.07 (87%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  2. Arnott – Elias – Tedenby7:18

    xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Vasyunov6:51

    xG 0.07–0.17 (29%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. Mair – Pelley – Gionta4:44

    xG 0.06–0.36 (14%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVolchenkov – Greene9:46

    xG 0.41–0.10 (81%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. White – Tallinder6:43

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. White – Magnan2:27

    xG 0.22–0.07 (77%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Campbell – Paille2:10

    xG 0.54–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Marchand2:42

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Paille – Seguin5:00

    xG 0.12–0.07 (64%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Ryder – Campbell – Marchand7:27

    xG 0.07–0.16 (29%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – McQuaid3:21

    xG 0.26–0.06 (82%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McQuaid2:58

    xG 0.09–0.03 (74%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Ference6:41

    xG 0.13–0.09 (58%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

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.

BOS 2.2 xGNJD 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1128 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 59% of the time.

BOS winsNJD wins

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

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