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Sun, Feb 28, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

Boston Bruins 4, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 72% of the time.

NYR winsBOS wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

NYR forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BOS's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

DeBrusk–Frederic–StudnickaSmith–Coyle–RitchieBergeron–Marchand–PastrnakMcKegg–Kuraly–KuhlmanMcKegg–Kuraly–DeBruskSmith–DeBrusk–StudnickaClifton–CarloZboril–McAvoyKampfer–VaakanainenMcAvoy–VaakanainenClifton–ZborilKampfer–CliftonCarlo–VaakanainenClifton–McAvoyKampfer–Zboril
Brodzinski–Lemieux–Rooney5:240.06–0.651:120.00–0.040:520.00–0.001:260.00–0.001:060.00–0.014:590.06–0.100:340.00–0.120:450.00–0.03
Di Giuseppe–Gauthier–Howden1:280.03–0.041:030.00–0.030:530.00–0.022:130.00–0.000:390.10–0.002:200.10–0.001:480.00–0.033:170.16–0.04
Kreider–Blackwell–Strome1:030.00–0.004:030.00–0.161:370.39–0.071:300.00–0.004:470.39–0.230:450.00–0.000:450.00–0.00
Zibanejad–Buchnevich–Lafrenière0:380.00–0.003:280.02–0.051:070.01–0.034:080.02–0.061:020.00–0.041:100.01–0.00
Blackwell–Strome–Lafrenière0:330.00–0.112:110.11–0.031:240.23–0.202:250.12–0.201:060.20–0.000:490.00–0.18
Kreider–Zibanejad–Buchnevich0:320.00–0.002:070.06–0.240:390.06–0.272:250.00–0.140:500.00–0.15
Lemieux–Gauthier–Howden0:400.00–0.000:300.00–0.00
Smith–Miller3:350.07–0.124:370.10–0.051:290.01–0.001:380.08–0.250:340.00–0.000:350.00–0.058:100.14–0.201:540.05–0.063:520.10–0.080:420.01–0.001:180.00–0.12
Fox–Lindgren1:050.01–0.001:540.00–0.035:390.06–0.253:220.54–0.350:330.00–0.003:080.06–0.167:450.54–0.301:170.01–0.000:510.00–0.150:400.00–0.000:300.00–0.020:300.00–0.00
Johnson–Hajek4:510.00–0.632:010.00–0.090:560.00–0.031:400.00–0.010:360.10–0.011:530.10–0.011:470.00–0.075:480.10–0.101:370.00–0.181:010.04–0.000:330.00–0.030:300.00–0.00
Johnson–Fox0:500.00–0.03
Fox–Miller0:430.00–0.150:310.00–0.00
Smith–Lindgren0:370.00–0.000:300.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndStrome FKreider FBlackwell FLafrenière FBuchnevich FZibanejad FRooney FLemieux FBrodzinski FGauthier FHowden FDi Giuseppe FFox DLindgren DSmith DMiller DHajek DJohnson DGeorgiev GShesterkin GBergeron FMarchand FPastrnak FSmith FCoyle FRitchie FFrederic FStudnicka FDeBrusk FMcKegg FKuraly FKuhlman FZboril DMcAvoy DClifton DCarlo DKampfer DVaakanainen DRask G
NYRBOSFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Adam FoxNYR2423:501:001:5271
Charlie McAvoyBOS2822:210:481:4124
Urho VaakanainenBOS2621:210:492:2433
Brendan SmithNYR2521:120:511:5301
Brandon CarloBOS2820:580:451:4002
Connor CliftonBOS3020:560:421:3902
K'Andre MillerNYR2620:290:471:4911
Ryan LindgrenNYR2419:120:481:1652
Jakub ZborilBOS2518:390:451:1823
Jack JohnsonNYR2117:570:511:3130
Ryan StromeNYR2317:520:471:3731
Colin BlackwellNYR2417:480:451:3731
Mika ZibanejadNYR2017:290:521:3741
Chris KreiderNYR2217:250:481:3742
Pavel BuchnevichNYR2016:210:491:2231
Patrice BergeronBOS2016:100:491:2722
Jake DeBruskBOS1916:060:511:5633
Alexis LafrenièreNYR2316:010:421:1120
Brad MarchandBOS2015:550:481:2221
Charlie CoyleBOS2315:520:411:0810
Jack StudnickaBOS1915:520:501:3122
Steven KampferBOS2015:270:462:2432
David PastrnakBOS1915:120:481:3420
Trent FredericBOS1814:300:481:3143
Libor HajekNYR1914:270:461:3111
Brendan LemieuxNYR2114:190:411:2612
Sean KuralyBOS1513:410:551:5701
Nick RitchieBOS1913:290:432:1010
Craig SmithBOS2113:250:381:2611
Kevin RooneyNYR2113:130:381:2612
Jonny BrodzinskiNYR2112:570:371:1322
Brett HowdenNYR1812:450:430:5731
Julien GauthierNYR1712:100:431:1531
Phillip Di GiuseppeNYR1611:550:450:5731
Greg McKeggBOS1611:220:431:2403
Karson KuhlmanBOS1510:590:441:1801