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Sat, Jan 19, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

New York Rangers 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 81% of the time.

BOS winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR071806121
BOS11411119334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:14BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci, Andrew Ference · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:20BOSDaniel PailleGWGAssists: Gregory Campbell · Tip-in, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:50NYRBrad RichardsAssists: Rick Nash, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:13BOSJohnny BoychukAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 0:19NYRCarl Hagelin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:04BOSAdam McQuaid: Interference2 min
  3. P1 9:05NYRBrian Boyle: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P1 9:05NYRBrian Boyle: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 19:53BOSAndrew Ference: Interference2 min
  6. P2 4:03NYRBrandon Segal: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 8:34BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 min
  8. P2 13:35NYRMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 13:35BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 13:38NYRStu Bickel: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 13:38BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 3:53BOSMilan Lucic: Boarding2 min
  13. P3 4:23BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 6:04NYRRick Nash: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 14:26BOSMilan Lucic: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 15:02NYRCarl Hagelin: Hooking2 min
  17. P3 19:02NYRChris Kreider: Too many men on the ice2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
43% to win57% to win
← NYR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRBOS
21Shots on goal34
1.4Expected goals3.0
36Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won35
5Power plays7
24Penalty minutes30
34Hits27
10Blocked shots5
10Giveaways1
1Takeaways6

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestGaborik – Callahan – Stepan4:20

    xG 0.33–0.04 (90%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Nash – Hagelin9:11

    xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Callahan – Hagelin – Stepan2:34

    xG 0.00–0.02 (21%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Rupp – Halpern – Segal3:11

    xG 0.02–0.09 (16%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Del Zotto5:55

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  2. Del Zotto – Bickel4:09

    xG 0.13–0.12 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Girardi – Del Zotto2:01

    xG 0.03–0.03 (53%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Paille – Peverley2:46

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille3:43

    xG 0.08–0.03 (73%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic7:30

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin7:42

    xG 0.23–0.21 (53%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk12:02

    xG 0.83–0.05 (94%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. Seidenberg – McQuaid2:19

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Ference – McQuaid11:24

    xG 0.31–0.36 (47%)attempts 10–6goals 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 3.0 xGNYR 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #495 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 81% of the time.

BOS winsNYR wins

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

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