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Tue, Feb 5, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 75% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI07111011129
BOS0101928327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:32BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:40NYIJordan EberlePPAssists: Mathew Barzal, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:34BOSPeter CehlarikGWGAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Kevan Miller · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:05BOSPatrice BergeronENAssists: David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.76 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:18BOSDavid Backes: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 9:43NYIBrock Nelson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:51NYIRyan Pulock: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 15:04NYIScott Mayfield: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 10:08BOSBrandon Carlo: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:45BOSChris Wagner: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:41BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:41BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← NYI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
29Shots on goal27
1.9Expected goals3.3
52Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won25
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
23Hits25
15Blocked shots17
15Giveaways9
10Takeaways9

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. bestFilppula – Komarov – Dal Colle9:07

    xG 0.35–0.07 (83%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas3:43

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. Eberle – Lee – Nelson9:58

    xG 0.05–0.27 (16%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier8:05

    xG 0.01–1.05 (1%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock11:43

    xG 0.12–0.03 (79%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews9:22

    xG 0.14–0.20 (41%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy11:45

    xG 0.45–0.99 (31%)attempts 15–19goals 0–2

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak7:50

    xG 0.88–0.17 (84%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari11:44

    xG 0.21–0.05 (80%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Cehlarik – DeBrusk9:32

    xG 0.50–0.43 (54%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  4. Backes – Nordstrom – Frederic7:24

    xG 0.05–0.09 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy2:21

    xG 0.66–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy10:40

    xG 0.52–0.14 (78%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Carlo12:51

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 8–13goals 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 3.3 xGNYI 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #799 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 75% 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).