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Sat, Jan 19, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

New York Rangers 3, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 78% of the time.

BOS winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR171716320
BOS11006113229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:28BOSDanton HeinenAssists: Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:32NYRFilip ChytilUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:22NYRMika ZibanejadAssists: Brady Skjei, Mats Zuccarello · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:24BOSBrad MarchandAssists: David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:05NYRMika ZibanejadPPGWGAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:03NYRJesper Fast: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:19NYRRyan Lindgren: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 0:24BOSPatrice Bergeron: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 13:42BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 13:59NYRKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:03BOSZdeno Chara: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P3 15:27NYRAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 15:27NYRAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 15:27BOSChris Wagner: Roughing2 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 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Kuraly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRBOS
20Shots on goal29
1.3Expected goals2.9
28Shot attempts56
24Faceoffs won42
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
24Hits20
12Blocked shots3
12Giveaways14
16Takeaways6

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. McLeod – Buchnevich – Howden3:57

    xG 0.14–0.12 (55%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  2. Namestnikov – Vesey – Nieves9:02

    xG 0.12–0.22 (36%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad11:04

    xG 0.28–0.57 (33%)attempts 5–14goals 1–1

  4. Fast – Strome – Chytil8:46

    xG 0.04–0.41 (9%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Shattenkirk – Lindgren9:59

    xG 0.11–0.07 (60%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. McQuaid – Skjei12:24

    xG 0.26–0.74 (26%)attempts 4–18goals 1–1

  3. Staal – DeAngelo16:21

    xG 0.32–0.89 (27%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestWagner – Kuraly – Acciari9:46

    xG 0.55–0.11 (84%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson9:24

    xG 0.54–0.24 (69%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:42

    xG 0.59–0.36 (62%)attempts 12–4goals 1–2

  4. Krejci – Cehlarik – DeBrusk9:00

    xG 0.12–0.22 (35%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Grzelcyk10:20

    xG 0.80–0.40 (66%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Krug – Carlo10:36

    xG 0.48–0.19 (72%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Grzelcyk – McAvoy2:36

    xG 0.01–0.02 (30%)attempts 1–2goals 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 2.9 xGNYR 1.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 50/100 · #650 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Boston Bruins win this game 78% 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).