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Fri, Feb 27, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark

Boston Bruins 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 52% of the time.

NJD winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS112091914334
NJD0401221302231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:39BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Loui Eriksson · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:40BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Chris Kelly, Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:57NJDTravis ZajacPPAssists: Adam Henrique, Jacob Josefson · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:06NJDJordin TootooAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Adam Larsson · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:46BOSRyan SpoonerGWGAssists: David Pastrnak, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:15NJDJordin Tootoo: Delaying game2 min
  2. P2 13:31BOSDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 19:34NJDMark Fraser: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 5:06BOSChris Kelly: Hooking2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Elias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSNJD
34Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals2.7
55Shot attempts46
25Faceoffs won20
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
30Hits31
7Blocked shots13
5Giveaways8
6Takeaways8

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Spooner – Pastrnak12:32

    xG 0.91–0.62 (59%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith13:30

    xG 0.34–0.27 (56%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Paille – Eriksson – Soderberg12:52

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  4. Kelly – Caron – Ferlin10:21

    xG 0.29–0.64 (31%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Hamilton17:17

    xG 0.67–0.37 (65%)attempts 21–10goals 0–1

  2. McQuaid – Krug13:36

    xG 0.94–0.90 (51%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  3. Seidenberg – Bartkowski18:26

    xG 0.39–0.78 (33%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Tootoo – Zajac10:43

    xG 0.61–0.20 (75%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Elias – Zubrus – Bernier2:58

    xG 0.31–0.01 (96%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Gomez – Havlat – Cammalleri2:39

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Gomez – Havlat – Ruutu2:36

    xG 0.12–0.21 (37%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestZidlicky – Greene3:31

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Merrill – Larsson2:47

    xG 0.18–0.08 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Gelinas10:29

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 6–10goals 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.

NJD 2.7 xGBOS 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 66/100 · #368 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.58 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 52% of the time.

NJD winsBOS wins

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

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