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Sat, Mar 2, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

New Jersey Devils 0, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0100406020
BOS11301007130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:37BOSBrad MarchandPPGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:23NJDKenny Agostino: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:16NJDDamon Severson: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  3. P1 16:52BOSBrandon Carlo: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 15:15BOSPeter Cehlarik: Tripping2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDBOS
20Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals2.0
41Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won19
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
30Hits22
14Blocked shots12
5Giveaways14
11Takeaways11

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Agostino – Coleman9:46

    xG 0.60–0.23 (72%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Pietila – Lappin – McLeod10:06

    xG 0.24–0.26 (48%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Stafford – Bratt – Hischier7:30

    xG 0.17–0.30 (37%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Butcher – Santini11:02

    xG 0.11–0.09 (55%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Carrick12:12

    xG 0.44–0.42 (51%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Severson12:39

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBackes – Coyle – Cehlarik7:30

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Wagner – Nordstrom – Acciari11:23

    xG 0.23–0.40 (36%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Johansson – DeBrusk12:52

    xG 0.28–0.48 (37%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Heinen11:49

    xG 0.24–0.44 (35%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Carlo17:16

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McAvoy16:32

    xG 0.41–0.43 (49%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Carlo2:27

    xG 0.00–0.05 (7%)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 2.0 xGNJD 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1271 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 51% of the time.

BOS winsNJD wins

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

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