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Thu, Jan 15, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

New York Rangers 0, 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
NYR0701409030
BOS11311118332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:00BOSPatrice BergeronGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:49BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Torey Krug, Adam McQuaid · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:49BOSLoui ErikssonAssists: Torey Krug, Kevan Miller · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:25BOSGregory Campbell: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 7:52NYRTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 7:52BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 11:14BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 13:55BOSDennis Seidenberg: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 17:12NYRKevin Hayes: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 6:13NYRChris Kreider: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 6:13BOSChris Kelly: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 6:13BOSChris Kelly: Instigator2 min
  10. P3 6:13BOSChris Kelly: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 6:13NYRChris Kreider: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 13:41NYRJesper Fast: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Moore won the faceoff against Soderberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRBOS
30Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts55
34Faceoffs won40
3Power plays3
18Penalty minutes28
33Hits25
14Blocked shots8
11Giveaways11
6Takeaways5

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. bestSt. Louis – Kreider – Hayes4:56

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Hagelin – Fast3:31

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. Stempniak – Glass – Miller3:00

    xG 0.07–0.16 (31%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Stempniak – Hagelin6:54

    xG 0.13–0.28 (33%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Boyle – Staal6:05

    xG 0.00–0.04 (4%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Hunwick8:20

    xG 0.16–0.22 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Klein – Staal10:11

    xG 0.37–0.46 (45%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Lucic – Pastrnak11:56

    xG 0.58–0.13 (82%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Paille – Cunningham8:10

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith8:34

    xG 0.52–0.12 (81%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  4. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg9:51

    xG 0.16–0.71 (18%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – McQuaid15:32

    xG 0.56–0.22 (72%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Krug11:46

    xG 0.48–0.24 (67%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Hamilton14:25

    xG 0.75–0.54 (58%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

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 2.4 xGNYR 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 4/100 · #1175 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).