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Sat, Oct 12, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

New Jersey Devils 0, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.

BOS winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD01001506031
BOS2151908332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:33BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:22BOSJoakim NordstromAssists: Chris Wagner, Sean Kuraly · Snap, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:14BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:24BOSSean Kuraly: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:43NJDMirco Mueller: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:12NJDConnor Carrick: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:19BOSBrandon Carlo: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:52BOSDavid Pastrnak: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  6. P2 18:59NJDKyle Palmieri: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 11:15BOSZdeno Chara: Holding2 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
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDBOS
31Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals3.7
50Shot attempts55
23Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
11Hits23
11Blocked shots13
7Giveaways10
7Takeaways11

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. bestSimmonds – Zacha – Hughes8:05

    xG 0.21–0.03 (86%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier11:45

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Zajac – Coleman – Wood8:23

    xG 0.15–0.45 (25%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  4. Gusev – Rooney – Bratt7:06

    xG 0.00–0.55 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarrick – Butcher3:12

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Butcher13:25

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Subban – Severson13:48

    xG 0.44–0.40 (53%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman10:44

    xG 0.75–0.31 (71%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:21

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Coyle – Ritchie – Heinen7:20

    xG 0.09–0.04 (68%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly8:04

    xG 0.37–0.53 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Clifton8:17

    xG 0.46–0.03 (94%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McAvoy13:13

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Krug – Carlo11:42

    xG 0.60–0.42 (59%)attempts 15–11goals 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 3.7 xGNJD 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1054 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals 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, Boston Bruins win this game 66% 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).