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Sat, Nov 19, 2011·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Boston Bruins 6, New York Islanders 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 73% of the time.

NYI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS31306311630
NYI02011010023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:08BOSPatrice BergeronGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:24BOSNathan HortonPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:45BOSChris KellyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P3 10:25BOSAndrew FerenceAssists: Joe Corvo, Chris Kelly · Slap, 0.02 xG4–0
  5. P3 12:54BOSChris KellyAssists: Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton · Snap, 0.28 xG5–0
  6. P3 18:15BOSZdeno CharaAssists: Brad Marchand, Gregory Campbell · Snap, 0.09 xG6–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:52NYIBlake Comeau: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 11:23NYIMilan Jurcina: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:34NYIMark Streit: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:44NYIMilan Jurcina: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 6:53BOSChris Kelly: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:24NYIAndrew MacDonald: Interference2 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 SOG0NYI
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Campbell won the faceoff against Reasoner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSNYI
30Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals1.8
60Shot attempts43
42Faceoffs won26
5Power plays1
2Penalty minutes10
18Hits28
14Blocked shots18
12Giveaways10
7Takeaways17

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic11:58

    xG 0.61–0.01 (98%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Peverley – Pouliot9:18

    xG 0.46–0.12 (79%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin9:43

    xG 0.33–0.15 (70%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille10:10

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Seidenberg14:57

    xG 1.04–0.53 (66%)attempts 18–13goals 3–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk11:46

    xG 0.57–0.15 (79%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Chara – McQuaid3:51

    xG 0.21–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestRolston – Parenteau – Nielsen11:36

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Pandolfo – Bailey – Martin9:35

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Reasoner – Comeau – Niederreiter11:15

    xG 0.35–0.69 (34%)attempts 9–14goals 0–2

  4. Moulson – Grabner – Tavares13:52

    xG 0.09–0.69 (11%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Eaton11:35

    xG 0.40–0.14 (74%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Hamonic13:07

    xG 0.44–0.55 (44%)attempts 14–12goals 0–2

  3. Jurcina – MacDonald8:57

    xG 0.09–0.21 (29%)attempts 4–8goals 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.

NYI 1.8 xGBOS 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 5/100 · #1157 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 73% of the time.

NYI winsBOS wins

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

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