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Thu, Apr 4, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

New Jersey Devils 0, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 55% of the time.

BOS winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD017011012040
BOS0611307126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:20BOSJaromir JagrGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Zdeno Chara · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 16:25BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:05NJDDavid Clarkson: 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDBOS
40Shots on goal26
2.3Expected goals2.0
64Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won23
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
18Hits25
14Blocked shots13
4Giveaways8
7Takeaways6

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. bestZubrus – D'Agostini – Henrique5:34

    xG 0.18–0.05 (80%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Zubrus – Bernier – Henrique4:06

    xG 0.11–0.06 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Ponikarovsky – Clarkson – Zajac10:08

    xG 0.36–0.30 (54%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  4. Elias – D'Agostini – Loktionov6:10

    xG 0.10–0.11 (49%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene14:26

    xG 0.57–0.27 (68%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Tallinder – Zidlicky12:45

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Harrold4:26

    xG 0.12–0.07 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic14:04

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Peverley – Seguin2:16

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Paille – Peverley2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Pandolfo – Peverley – Daugavins7:31

    xG 0.05–0.13 (27%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Seidenberg14:33

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk2:20

    xG 0.03–0.02 (69%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Boychuk2:46

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 2–3goals 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 xGNJD 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSNJD

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 1/100 · #718 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 55% 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).