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Tue, Feb 12, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

New York Rangers 4, Boston Bruins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 64% of the time.

BOS winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR1819110022429
BOS011012313041340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:37NYRCarl HagelinAssists: Rick Nash, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:17NYRDerek StepanUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:07NYRAnton StralmanUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P3 8:44BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Milan Lucic, Dennis Seidenberg · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:29BOSNathan HortonAssists: Milan Lucic, Andrew Ference · Wrist, 0.37 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:17BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Dennis Seidenberg · Snap, 0.06 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Tyler Seguin stopped
  2. 2. NYR Marian Gaborik stopped
  3. 3. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  4. 4. NYR Rick Nash scored
  5. 5. BOS Brad Marchand scored
  6. 6. NYR Brad Richards stopped
  7. 7. BOS David Krejci stopped
  8. 8. NYR Ryan Callahan scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:03NYRDarroll Powe: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 3:45BOSTyler Seguin: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:47BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:10NYRJ.T. Miller: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 8:31NYRMarc Staal: Interference2 min
  6. P2 19:02BOSMilan Lucic: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 19:45BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 6:43NYRRick Nash: Hooking2 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 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRBOS
29Shots on goal40
2.8Expected goals2.0
41Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won37
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
31Hits32
25Blocked shots9
7Giveaways12
6Takeaways6

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestCallahan – Kreider – Miller7:06

    xG 0.46–0.03 (93%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Pyatt – Gaborik7:24

    xG 0.40–0.04 (91%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Hagelin – Stepan10:08

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  4. Richards – Gaborik – Nash2:32

    xG 0.06–0.07 (47%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Del Zotto6:59

    xG 0.80–0.13 (86%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh18:45

    xG 0.85–0.29 (75%)attempts 10–18goals 2–0

  3. Staal – Stralman10:52

    xG 0.49–0.17 (75%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Campbell – Paille2:00

    xG 0.18–0.05 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Bourque – Peverley5:38

    xG 0.05–0.01 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic12:23

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille4:40

    xG 0.04–0.07 (38%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Boychuk2:44

    xG 0.15–0.05 (76%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton2:00

    xG 0.13–0.05 (70%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  3. Chara – Seidenberg2:57

    xG 0.07–0.02 (82%)attempts 3–1goals 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 2.0 xGNYR 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 92/100 · #66 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 64% 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).