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Tue, Nov 19, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Boston Bruins 5, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 57% of the time.

NJD winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS26012310528
NJD05111010126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:26BOSMatt GrzelcykAssists: Brad Marchand, David Krejci · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:40BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, David Krejci · Slap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:11NJDBlake ColemanAssists: Nikita Gusev, Will Butcher · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:19BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle · Slap, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:33BOSMatt GrzelcykAssists: Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 13:42BOSConnor CliftonUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG5–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 12:12BOSJake DeBrusk: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:47BOSDanton Heinen: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:06NJDTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:11NJDP.K. Subban: Tripping2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSNJD
28Shots on goal26
2.1Expected goals1.9
46Shot attempts53
29Faceoffs won19
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits18
14Blocked shots7
6Giveaways15
6Takeaways5

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRitchie – DeBrusk – Lindholm11:41

    xG 0.70–0.26 (73%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly8:53

    xG 0.18–0.14 (57%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Coyle – Heinen – Bjork13:54

    xG 0.44–0.45 (49%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  4. Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak12:56

    xG 0.40–0.77 (35%)attempts 12–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy17:55

    xG 0.71–0.36 (67%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  2. Clifton – Vaakanainen13:12

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Carlo – Vaakanainen2:08

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

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestZajac – Coleman – Gusev12:30

    xG 0.54–0.27 (67%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier4:20

    xG 0.17–0.05 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Wood – Hughes2:07

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Bratt – Hischier6:09

    xG 0.17–0.26 (39%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSubban – Butcher11:19

    xG 0.72–0.40 (64%)attempts 14–10goals 1–2

  2. Subban – Mueller2:26

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Vatanen – Butcher2:37

    xG 0.17–0.08 (69%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

NJD 1.9 xGBOS 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #807 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 57% of the time.

NJD winsBOS wins

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

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