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Thu, Nov 29, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 1, Boston Bruins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 52% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI170907060129
BOS01311209021236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:17NYIAnders LeeAssists: Mathew Barzal, Scott Mayfield · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:09BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Torey Krug · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. NYI Mathew Barzal stopped
  2. 2. BOS Jake DeBrusk stopped
  3. 3. NYI Brock Nelson stopped
  4. 4. BOS David Pastrnak stopped
  5. 5. NYI Valtteri Filppula stopped
  6. 6. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  7. 7. NYI Josh Bailey stopped
  8. 8. BOS Ryan Donato scored
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 8:05BOSNoel Acciari: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 11:43NYINick Leddy: High sticking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
29Shots on goal36
3.0Expected goals3.2
52Shot attempts70
20Faceoffs won32
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
35Hits32
16Blocked shots16
11Giveaways8
27Takeaways12

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. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas11:05

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Komarov – Kuhnhackl12:55

    xG 0.15–0.43 (26%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier8:33

    xG 0.38–0.78 (33%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Eberle – Lee – Nelson13:54

    xG 0.30–0.71 (30%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Pelech12:39

    xG 0.36–0.21 (63%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy19:40

    xG 0.75–1.02 (42%)attempts 16–29goals 0–0

  3. Hickey – Pulock19:11

    xG 0.32–1.37 (19%)attempts 10–25goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchand – Cave – Pastrnak8:37

    xG 0.65–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Nordstrom – Donato – Acciari4:41

    xG 0.26–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Marchand – Cave – DeBrusk6:04

    xG 0.26–0.19 (57%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Donato – Heinen – Acciari3:04

    xG 0.03–0.00 (92%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Lauzon14:30

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Clifton17:07

    xG 0.79–0.60 (57%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  3. Kampfer – Moore14:53

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 14–7goals 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 3.2 xGNYI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 21/100 · #988 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 52% 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).