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Tue, Jan 29, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

New Jersey Devils 1, Boston Bruins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 65% of the time.

BOS winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NJD091708021126
BOS0905113012228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:30NJDDavid ClarksonPPAssists: Marek Zidlicky, Patrik Elias · Tip-in, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P3 15:55BOSNathan HortonAssists: David Krejci, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Tyler Seguin scored
  2. 2. NJD Ilya Kovalchuk scored
  3. 3. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  4. 4. NJD Patrik Elias stopped
  5. 5. BOS Nathan Horton stopped
  6. 6. NJD Travis Zajac stopped
  7. 7. BOS David Krejci stopped
  8. 8. NJD David Clarkson stopped
  9. 9. BOS Chris Bourque stopped
  10. 10. NJD Jacob Josefson stopped
  11. 11. BOS Brad Marchand scored
  12. 12. NJD Marek Zidlicky stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:39BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:39NJDKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:19BOSAndrew Ference: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 0:49NJDAnton Volchenkov: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 7:22BOSJohnny Boychuk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:15NJDMark Fayne: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 11:53BOSDaniel Paille: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 14:55BOSNathan Horton: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 1:32BOSDavid Krejci: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P3 11:45NJDDainius Zubrus: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDBOS
26Shots on goal28
3.4Expected goals2.5
49Shot attempts58
23Faceoffs won37
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes15
23Hits33
19Blocked shots14
6Giveaways10
8Takeaways6

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestElias – Zubrus – Clarkson9:34

    xG 0.82–0.21 (80%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Barch – Anderson – Josefson2:25

    xG 0.44–0.12 (78%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Bernier – Gionta – Carter9:37

    xG 0.23–0.28 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Kovalchuk – Zajac – Matteau8:02

    xG 0.06–0.43 (13%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalvador – Volchenkov14:10

    xG 1.29–0.86 (60%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  2. Fayne – Greene14:34

    xG 0.48–0.21 (70%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Tallinder – Zidlicky9:13

    xG 0.24–0.15 (62%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin11:00

    xG 0.22–0.06 (77%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille2:39

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Bourque – Peverley5:07

    xG 0.21–0.56 (27%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Krejci – Lucic12:45

    xG 0.51–0.92 (36%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Hamilton13:16

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Seidenberg2:04

    xG 0.01–0.10 (10%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Johnson10:37

    xG 0.33–0.83 (28%)attempts 10–4goals 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 2.5 xGNJD 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #256 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 65% of the time.

BOS winsNJD wins

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

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