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Thu, Apr 11, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 2, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 70% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1911908236
BOS0161807131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:39NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Mark Streit, Kyle Okposo · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:41BOSTyler SeguinPPAssists: Gregory Campbell, Jaromir Jagr · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:12NYIJosh BaileyGWGAssists: Frans Nielsen, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 12:26BOSDavid Krejci: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:15NYIBrad Boyes: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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 20:00Campbell won the faceoff against Nielsen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
36Shots on goal31
4.1Expected goals2.9
54Shot attempts56
19Faceoffs won22
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
14Hits19
16Blocked shots7
4Giveaways12
9Takeaways8

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. bestNielsen – Okposo – Bailey12:23

    xG 0.88–0.25 (78%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Boyes – Moulson – Tavares12:30

    xG 0.84–0.41 (67%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Joensuu – Martin – Cizikas9:22

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Aucoin – McDonald – Grabner8:18

    xG 0.50–1.41 (26%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Hickey16:22

    xG 1.53–0.43 (78%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Hamonic20:20

    xG 1.06–0.54 (66%)attempts 15–21goals 0–0

  3. Carkner – Streit12:55

    xG 0.76–1.64 (32%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Caron – Seguin6:35

    xG 1.59–0.28 (85%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Peverley – Daugavins5:30

    xG 0.10–0.07 (60%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Seguin4:33

    xG 0.08–0.04 (64%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Paille – Horton – Krejci7:36

    xG 0.10–0.19 (34%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk16:22

    xG 0.76–0.61 (55%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Boychuk2:25

    xG 0.12–0.08 (62%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Bartkowski15:37

    xG 0.47–0.68 (41%)attempts 12–14goals 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 2.9 xGNYI 4.1 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 22/100 · #557 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 Islanders win this game 70% 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).