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Fri, Jan 25, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 2, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 80% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1111906226
BOS1141726427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:52BOSShawn ThorntonAssists: Daniel Paille, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:13NYIKeith AucoinAssists: Colin McDonald, David Ullstrom · Snap, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:50NYIKeith AucoinUnassisted · Slap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:42BOSGregory CampbellAssists: David Krejci, Chris Kelly · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:07BOSZdeno CharaGWGAssists: Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton · Snap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:33BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:54NYIMatt Carkner: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:54BOSMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:33BOSDaniel Paille: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 16:33NYIMatt Martin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 16:33NYIMatt Martin: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P1 16:33BOSShawn Thornton: Misconduct10 min
  7. P1 19:39BOSChris Kelly: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 4:10BOSZdeno Chara: Holding2 min
  9. P2 10:18NYICasey Cizikas: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 16:14NYIMark Streit: Interference2 min
  11. P3 0:28BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 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
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
26Shots on goal27
1.9Expected goals3.6
46Shot attempts61
23Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes23
27Hits35
19Blocked shots15
8Giveaways8
8Takeaways9

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. bestAucoin – McDonald – Ullstrom7:01

    xG 0.91–0.44 (67%)attempts 9–9goals 2–2

  2. Boyes – Nielsen – Grabner8:09

    xG 0.02–0.09 (17%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Moulson – Okposo – Tavares14:09

    xG 0.25–0.41 (38%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Reasoner – Martin – Cizikas5:28

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarkner – Strait9:03

    xG 0.39–0.04 (90%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Finley7:33

    xG 0.16–0.24 (39%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  3. MacDonald – Hamonic14:42

    xG 0.63–0.72 (47%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin10:18

    xG 0.45–0.04 (92%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  2. Horton – Krejci – Lucic11:42

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille5:50

    xG 0.29–0.55 (35%)attempts 7–6goals 1–1

  4. Kelly – Bourque – Peverley8:12

    xG 0.07–0.42 (15%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Hamilton11:32

    xG 0.74–0.36 (67%)attempts 15–5goals 2–1

  2. Ference – McQuaid12:34

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Boychuk17:07

    xG 0.33–0.52 (39%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

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 3.6 xGNYI 1.9 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 68/100 · #246 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 80% 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).