Mon, May 3, 2021·Prudential Center, Newark
Boston Bruins 3, New Jersey Devils 0
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 90% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 017 | 220 | 15 | 342 |
| NJD | 04 | 05 | 011 | 020 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 9:08BOSNick RitchieGWGAssists: Jakub Zboril, Sean Kuraly · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
- P2 17:54BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.13 xG2–0
- P3 17:17BOSMatt GrzelcykAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.02 xG3–0
Penalties (4)
- P3 6:43NJDA.J. Greer: Boarding2 min
- P3 6:43NJDA.J. Greer: Fighting5 min
- P3 6:43BOSConnor Clifton: Fighting5 min
- P3 11:25BOSJakub Zboril: 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00McLeod won the faceoff against Bergeron
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:27
xG 1.28–0.16 (89%)attempts 18–5goals 2–0
- Coyle – Kuraly – Ritchie12:44
xG 0.89–0.23 (80%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0
- Lazar – DeBrusk – Kuhlman10:41
xG 1.03–0.40 (72%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0
- Krejci – Smith – Hall12:11
xG 0.29–0.54 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMiller – Grzelcyk16:46
xG 1.64–0.26 (86%)attempts 22–9goals 1–0
- Clifton – Zboril13:59
xG 0.83–0.37 (69%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0
- Lauzon – McAvoy17:09
xG 0.74–0.44 (63%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- Wood – Bastian – McLeod13:25
xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1
- Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes12:22
xG 0.22–0.61 (26%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2
- Zacha – Bratt – Hischier13:24
xG 0.35–1.09 (24%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0
- Greer – Merkley – Boqvist6:38
xG 0.19–1.11 (15%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Severson – Bahl2:08
xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0
- Carrick – Butcher14:25
xG 0.42–0.70 (37%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0
- Bahl – Smith14:22
xG 0.22–1.02 (18%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.
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 90% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NJD − BOS), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).