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Mon, Nov 10, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

New Jersey Devils 2, Boston Bruins 4

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
NJD1519014228
BOS2112903423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:26NJDTravis ZajacAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Andy Greene · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:21BOSCarl SoderbergPPAssists: Reilly Smith, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:16BOSPatrice BergeronUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:00NJDJaromir JagrAssists: Travis Zajac, Michael Cammalleri · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:01BOSSeth GriffithGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:21BOSReilly SmithAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:43BOSReilly Smith: Embellishment2 min
  2. P1 6:43NJDMichael Cammalleri: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 9:00NJDAdam Larsson: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 16:39NJDDamon Severson: Interference2 min
  5. P3 16:39BOSBrad Marchand: Embellishment2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Campbell won the faceoff against Gionta
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDBOS
28Shots on goal23
1.8Expected goals1.6
53Shot attempts48
23Faceoffs won28
0Power plays1
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits27
13Blocked shots15
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways12

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. bestJagr – Cammalleri – Zajac14:12

    xG 0.91–0.55 (62%)attempts 21–16goals 2–2

  2. Elias – Ryder – Ruutu9:43

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Tootoo – Josefson – Brunner4:10

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Elias – Ryder – Brunner3:13

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGelinas – Larsson9:33

    xG 0.38–0.21 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Greene – Severson17:15

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 15–18goals 1–0

  3. Zidlicky – Gelinas4:55

    xG 0.10–0.05 (67%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Soderberg – Fraser10:51

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Lucic – Griffith9:47

    xG 0.15–0.23 (39%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith11:42

    xG 0.39–0.55 (42%)attempts 11–13goals 2–1

  4. Gagne – Campbell – Paille12:10

    xG 0.07–0.37 (16%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug4:08

    xG 0.22–0.08 (72%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. McQuaid – Morrow15:22

    xG 0.18–0.32 (36%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Hamilton17:24

    xG 0.58–0.76 (43%)attempts 20–18goals 2–2

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 1.6 xGNJD 1.8 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 46/100 · #619 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).