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Sat, Mar 26, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 3, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 82% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1131915327
BOS21941708644

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:03BOSCraig SmithAssists: Brandon Carlo, Charlie Coyle · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:26BOSTaylor HallPPAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Brad Marchand · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:48NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Zdeno Chara, Anders Lee · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:13BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Erik Haula, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 3:56BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P2 5:12NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Noah Dobson · Snap, 0.44 xG2–4
  7. P2 14:33BOSErik HaulaAssists: David Pastrnak, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.13 xG2–5
  8. P2 18:18BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy · Snap, 0.03 xG2–6
  9. P3 14:43NYIZach ParisePPAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Kyle Palmieri · Snap, 0.23 xG3–6
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 16:02NYIAnthony Beauvillier: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:19NYIAndy Greene: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:06BOSCurtis Lazar: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:06NYIMatt Martin: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 4:06BOSNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 7:11BOSTrent Frederic: Closing hand on puck2 min
  7. P3 9:34NYIKyle Palmieri: Interference2 min
  8. P3 13:10BOSNick Foligno: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:10BOSNick Foligno: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 13:10NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 18:35BOSTomas Nosek: Tripping2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← NYI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Coyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
27Shots on goal44
2.7Expected goals5.0
38Shot attempts80
27Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
13Penalty minutes15
26Hits22
17Blocked shots5
11Giveaways8
5Takeaways10

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMartin – Cizikas – Johnston9:47

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Palmieri – Pageau10:20

    xG 0.06–0.64 (9%)attempts 2–13goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Barzal – Wahlstrom8:39

    xG 0.38–1.04 (27%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  4. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier10:32

    xG 0.34–1.25 (21%)attempts 6–23goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock8:06

    xG 0.82–0.42 (66%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  2. Greene – Dobson2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Greene – Pelech5:13

    xG 0.03–0.12 (21%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Coyle – Frederic12:05

    xG 1.56–0.08 (95%)attempts 26–7goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk10:01

    xG 0.61–0.09 (87%)attempts 15–5goals 2–0

  3. Foligno – Lazar – Nosek8:59

    xG 0.60–0.29 (67%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  4. Haula – Hall – Pastrnak11:46

    xG 0.79–0.56 (59%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Carlo13:05

    xG 1.96–0.79 (71%)attempts 26–11goals 2–0

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy13:32

    xG 1.13–0.25 (82%)attempts 20–11goals 2–1

  3. Forbort – Clifton16:54

    xG 0.54–0.39 (58%)attempts 18–7goals 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 5.0 xGNYI 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 66/100 · #522 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 82% 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).