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Mon, Jan 16, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 4, Boston Bruins 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 55% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI03312112427
BOS07014011032

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:18NYINikolay KuleminGWGAssists: Casey Cizikas, Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:00NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Anders Lee, Adam Pelech · Snap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:38NYINikolay KuleminAssists: Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P3 12:00NYIJason ChimeraSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG4–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 3:54BOSDavid Pastrnak: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 10:18BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 19:02NYIRyan Strome: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 10:07NYIRyan Strome: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 14:12BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 16:47BOSAnton Blidh: Interference2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
44% to win56% to win
← NYI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
27Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals1.6
50Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
26Hits17
10Blocked shots15
11Giveaways3
13Takeaways8

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestKulemin – Cizikas – Prince8:14

    xG 0.43–0.10 (82%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Chimera – Quine – Beauvillier8:23

    xG 0.17–0.21 (45%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Gionta – Nelson – Strome8:33

    xG 0.08–0.13 (36%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Lee11:48

    xG 0.28–0.34 (45%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Hickey11:27

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Pelech15:45

    xG 0.32–0.32 (50%)attempts 17–14goals 1–0

  3. de Haan – Leddy2:46

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Blidh – Czarnik6:57

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Spooner – Schaller6:04

    xG 0.14–0.12 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Krejci – Spooner2:16

    xG 0.02–0.07 (18%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Krejci – Vatrano8:06

    xG 0.08–0.17 (31%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug12:08

    xG 0.51–0.33 (61%)attempts 17–5goals 0–1

  2. Chara – Carlo17:30

    xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  3. Liles – Morrow11:04

    xG 0.11–0.23 (31%)attempts 5–15goals 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 1.6 xGNYI 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1129 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 55% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

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

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