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Mon, Nov 7, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 2, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 83% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI2801206226
BOS31501636637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32BOSBenoit PouliotAssists: Jordan Caron · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:52NYIMatt MoulsonAssists: Steve Staios, Michael Grabner · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:38BOSNathan HortonPPAssists: Zdeno Chara, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P1 14:07BOSTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P1 18:36NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: John Tavares, Matt Moulson · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:34BOSMilan LucicAssists: Nathan Horton, David Krejci · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:23BOSNathan HortonAssists: Joe Corvo, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.40 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:12BOSDavid KrejciENAssists: Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic · Backhand, 0.71 xG2–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:35BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:35NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:11NYITravis Hamonic: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 14:35BOSChris Kelly: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 5:32BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:28BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 13:05BOSMilan Lucic: Tripping2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
45% to win55% to win
← NYI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
26Shots on goal37
1.8Expected goals3.8
47Shot attempts53
20Faceoffs won29
4Power plays1
7Penalty minutes13
17Hits16
8Blocked shots12
5Giveaways4
2Takeaways9

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. bestPandolfo – Bailey – Martin5:17

    xG 0.11–0.04 (75%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Reasoner – Comeau – Okposo9:58

    xG 0.07–0.31 (19%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  3. Moulson – Grabner – Tavares12:44

    xG 0.46–0.86 (35%)attempts 11–16goals 2–1

  4. Rolston – Parenteau – Nielsen11:12

    xG 0.15–0.70 (18%)attempts 8–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestEaton – Hamonic2:08

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Jurcina2:32

    xG 0.19–0.18 (51%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Staios – Eaton3:08

    xG 0.11–0.27 (30%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin12:47

    xG 1.11–0.16 (87%)attempts 19–4goals 1–0

  2. Horton – Krejci – Lucic11:34

    xG 1.01–0.35 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 2–2

  3. Kelly – Pouliot – Caron8:04

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille4:14

    xG 0.08–0.12 (39%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Seidenberg17:08

    xG 0.83–0.24 (78%)attempts 14–15goals 2–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk14:45

    xG 0.93–0.47 (67%)attempts 18–8goals 1–2

  3. Ference – McQuaid8:29

    xG 0.53–0.14 (80%)attempts 9–4goals 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 3.8 xGNYI 1.8 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 53/100 · #543 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 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 83% 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).