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Wed, Apr 10, 2013·Prudential Center, Newark

Boston Bruins 5, New Jersey Devils 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 68% of the time.

NJD winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS381416518
NJD01226210428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:10BOSGregory CampbellAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Brad Marchand · Backhand, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:51BOSDaniel PailleSHAssists: Rich Peverley · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P1 8:12BOSGregory CampbellSHAssists: Andrew Ference, Rich Peverley · Deflected, 0.01 xG3–0
  4. P2 3:06BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: David Krejci, Jaromir Jagr · Wrist, 0.37 xG4–0
  5. P2 11:07NJDPatrik EliasAssists: Steve Sullivan · Deflected, 0.01 xG4–1
  6. P2 18:12NJDTravis ZajacSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–2
  7. P3 5:58NJDAndy GreeneAssists: Adam Henrique, Steve Bernier · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:33BOSTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Daniel Paille, Dennis Seidenberg · Tip-in, 0.11 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:23NJDMatt D'AgostiniAssists: Dainius Zubrus, Marek Zidlicky · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:48BOSJohnny Boychuk: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 2:21BOSZdeno Chara: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 3:58NJDMarek Zidlicky: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P1 4:14BOSDennis Seidenberg: Illegal check to head2 min
  5. P1 7:02BOSNathan Horton: Holding2 min
  6. P2 2:11NJDAndrei Loktionov: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 2:17BOSJohnny Boychuk: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 2:24NJDDavid Clarkson: Holding2 min
  9. P2 6:45BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 15:11NJDAnton Volchenkov: Elbowing5 min
  11. P2 15:11NJDAnton Volchenkov: Game misconduct10 min
  12. P3 10:26BOSTyler Seguin: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 16:21BOSTyler Seguin: Elbowing2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Loktionov won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSNJD
18Shots on goal28
2.5Expected goals3.5
34Shot attempts56
36Faceoffs won25
3Power plays7
16Penalty minutes19
11Hits13
10Blocked shots8
4Giveaways10
1Takeaways2

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Campbell – Marchand6:41

    xG 0.51–0.20 (72%)attempts 3–6goals 1–1

  2. Kelly – Paille – Seguin4:57

    xG 0.02–0.01 (62%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Peverley – Caron3:29

    xG 0.04–0.16 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Horton – Krejci – Lucic9:49

    xG 0.13–0.36 (26%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Seidenberg6:24

    xG 0.46–0.05 (90%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk2:11

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Bartkowski3:16

    xG 0.26–0.07 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestBernier – Gionta – Carter5:32

    xG 0.37–0.20 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Ponikarovsky – Clarkson – Loktionov6:43

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Zubrus – D'Agostini – Henrique8:20

    xG 0.25–0.41 (37%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  4. Elias – Sullivan – Zajac9:12

    xG 0.15–0.39 (28%)attempts 6–4goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Zidlicky14:37

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Fayne – Greene11:26

    xG 0.59–0.48 (55%)attempts 13–7goals 2–1

  3. Zidlicky – Greene2:28

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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.

NJD 3.5 xGBOS 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #96 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 68% of the time.

NJD winsBOS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).