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Mon, May 10, 2021·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 2, Boston Bruins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 96% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI04290500218
BOS118190912338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:21BOSTaylor HallPPAssists: David Krejci, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:38NYIOliver WahlstromPPAssists: Mathew Barzal, Nick Leddy · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:15BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: David Krejci, David Pastrnak · Tip-in, 0.33 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:31NYIMathew BarzalSHAssists: Ryan Pulock, Anthony Beauvillier · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:53BOSTaylor HallPPGWGAssists: David Krejci, Mike Reilly · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:38NYIRyan Pulock: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:55NYINick Leddy: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:14NYILeo Komarov: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 19:14NYILeo Komarov: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 19:51BOSCharlie McAvoy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 0:56BOSTaylor Hall: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 13:29BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 13:29NYIBrock Nelson: Roughing2 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 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
18Shots on goal38
1.1Expected goals5.2
33Shot attempts67
16Faceoffs won33
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
41Hits25
14Blocked shots9
13Giveaways9
9Takeaways9

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Pageau – Wahlstrom8:28

    xG 0.26–0.21 (56%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier9:09

    xG 0.14–0.24 (37%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston6:20

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  4. Komarov – Eberle – Barzal10:35

    xG 0.31–1.18 (21%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Mayfield – Pelech2:52

    xG 0.09–0.12 (42%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Dobson2:21

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Dobson10:05

    xG 0.51–0.58 (47%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Smith – Hall8:11

    xG 0.51–0.01 (97%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Lazar – Kase – DeBrusk4:37

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak11:34

    xG 0.50–0.23 (69%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  4. Wagner – Kuraly – Ritchie9:56

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy15:46

    xG 1.36–0.35 (79%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  2. Reilly – Carlo15:44

    xG 1.04–0.22 (82%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – McAvoy2:12

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 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 5.2 xGNYI 1.1 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 49/100 · #425 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 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 96% 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).