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Sat, Oct 26, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

New Jersey Devils 4, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD16115211432
BOS31001107328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:52BOSTorey KrugPPAssists: Jarome Iginla, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:19BOSJarome IginlaAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Tuukka Rask · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:24NJDAdam HenriquePPAssists: Eric Gelinas, Jaromir Jagr · Snap, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:04BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci, Jarome Iginla · Snap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:32NJDDamien BrunnerPPAssists: Steve Bernier, Andy Greene · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:52NJDMarek ZidlickyPPAssists: Patrik Elias, Michael Ryder · Slap, 0.00 xG3–3
  7. P3 19:15NJDAndy GreenePPGWGAssists: Damien Brunner, Jaromir Jagr · Snap, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:41NJDDainius Zubrus: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:28BOSJohnny Boychuk: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:58NJDDamien Brunner: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:10BOSReilly Smith: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:03BOSZdeno Chara: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:27BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 min
  7. P3 16:45BOSTorey Krug: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:11BOSPatrice Bergeron: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
48% to win52% to win
← NJD attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Loktionov won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDBOS
32Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals1.9
51Shot attempts43
30Faceoffs won35
7Power plays2
4Penalty minutes14
16Hits27
7Blocked shots11
7Giveaways5
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. bestBernier – Gionta – Carter8:10

    xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Elias – Zajac2:00

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Elias – Loktionov11:03

    xG 0.14–0.12 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Ryder – Olesz – Henrique9:19

    xG 0.10–0.44 (18%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Greene3:57

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Volchenkov – Zidlicky11:09

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 5–9goals 0–2

  3. Fayne – Greene14:34

    xG 0.27–0.51 (35%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic12:33

    xG 0.78–0.38 (67%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0

  2. Kelly – Soderberg – Caron8:47

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Bergeron – Smith2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith9:42

    xG 0.04–0.06 (40%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Hamilton12:41

    xG 0.74–0.26 (74%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. McQuaid – Krug13:21

    xG 0.49–0.32 (60%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Hamilton2:17

    xG 0.06–0.01 (86%)attempts 1–1goals 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 1.9 xGNJD 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 83/100 · #164 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 51% 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).