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Fri, Nov 29, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

New York Rangers 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 60% of the time.

BOS winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR280704219
BOS1909210328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:42BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Zdeno Chara, Loui Eriksson · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:04NYRRick NashAssists: Brad Richards, Carl Hagelin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:26NYRRyan McDonaghAssists: Derick Brassard, Ryan Callahan · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:35BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, Johnny Boychuk · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:05BOSZdeno CharaGWGAssists: David Krejci · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:52BOSLoui Eriksson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 1:03NYRChris Kreider: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 6:06NYRRick Nash: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 6:06BOSTorey Krug: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 6:06BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 15:16BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 16:40NYRDerick Brassard: Tripping2 min
  8. P1 19:14BOSBrad Marchand: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 14:57BOSZdeno Chara: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 14:57NYRBrian Boyle: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 14:57NYRAnton Stralman: Slashing2 min
  12. P2 14:57BOSDavid Krejci: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 15:26BOSMilan Lucic: Too many men on the ice2 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
48% to win52% to win
← NYR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRBOS
19Shots on goal28
1.3Expected goals1.8
36Shot attempts56
24Faceoffs won27
5Power plays2
13Penalty minutes19
33Hits26
15Blocked shots10
8Giveaways6
8Takeaways2

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestCallahan – Pouliot – Brassard8:36

    xG 0.44–0.07 (87%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Stepan – Kreider – Zuccarello9:46

    xG 0.13–0.13 (49%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Nash – Hagelin10:31

    xG 0.23–0.48 (32%)attempts 8–17goals 1–2

  4. Pyatt – Moore – Boyle8:56

    xG 0.06–0.46 (11%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – Falk2:07

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Stralman11:18

    xG 0.52–0.49 (52%)attempts 8–13goals 1–2

  3. Falk – Moore8:41

    xG 0.08–0.17 (31%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic13:56

    xG 0.66–0.20 (76%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:25

    xG 0.11–0.09 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Bergeron – Marchand8:45

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 11–4goals 2–0

  4. Kelly – Soderberg – Smith10:37

    xG 0.19–0.18 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk9:46

    xG 0.50–0.21 (70%)attempts 16–6goals 3–1

  2. Seidenberg – Hamilton11:03

    xG 0.28–0.11 (72%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  3. Seidenberg – Boychuk3:54

    xG 0.10–0.06 (65%)attempts 5–3goals 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 1.8 xGNYR 1.3 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 49/100 · #574 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 60% of the time.

BOS winsNYR wins

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

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