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Thu, Dec 9, 2010·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 2, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 58% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI07117111235
BOS11619312537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:00BOSMilan LucicPPAssists: Marc Savard · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:41NYIFrans NielsenUnassisted · Backhand, 0.36 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:40BOSBrad MarchandSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:16BOSMichael RyderPPGWGAssists: Andrew Ference, Zdeno Chara · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:27NYIRob SchrempAssists: Travis Hamonic, Zenon Konopka · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:57BOSMilan LucicENAssists: Johnny Boychuk · Snap, 0.48 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:55BOSPatrice BergeronENAssists: David Krejci, Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.65 xG2–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 8:22BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 8:22NYIZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:16BOSNathan Horton: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 11:53NYIMark Eaton: Holding2 min
  5. P1 13:20NYIRick DiPietro: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P1 19:49NYIPA Parenteau: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 2:30NYIJack Hillen: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 3:41BOSPatrice Bergeron: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  9. P2 7:51NYITrevor Gillies: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 7:51BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 13:27BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 7:28BOSShawn Thornton: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 12:17NYIFrans Nielsen: Cross checking2 min · PPG

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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
35Shots on goal37
2.9Expected goals3.5
62Shot attempts70
25Faceoffs won37
3Power plays5
20Penalty minutes16
23Hits19
20Blocked shots16
8Giveaways5
3Takeaways2

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMoulson – Joensuu – Tavares10:25

    xG 0.78–0.13 (86%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Sim – Schremp – Comeau7:52

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Nielsen – Grabner7:37

    xG 0.12–0.26 (30%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Hillen11:41

    xG 0.62–0.13 (82%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic12:21

    xG 0.70–0.32 (69%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Eaton – Martinek11:34

    xG 0.40–0.40 (50%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic11:32

    xG 0.50–0.20 (72%)attempts 23–10goals 0–0

  2. Savard – Ryder – Seguin7:54

    xG 0.13–0.08 (61%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Marchand10:35

    xG 0.43–0.42 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Recchi – Bergeron – Wheeler8:39

    xG 0.06–0.21 (22%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk14:49

    xG 0.44–0.35 (56%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Ference – McQuaid9:14

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Kampfer9:26

    xG 0.36–0.36 (50%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

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 3.5 xGNYI 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #539 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 58% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

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

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