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Thu, Nov 3, 2022·Madison Square Garden, New York

Boston Bruins 5, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 89% of the time.

NYR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS11109417537
NYR0511114220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:53BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Taylor Hall · Backhand, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:21NYRJimmy VeseyAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Kaapo Kakko · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:56BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Nick Foligno · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:44NYRAdam FoxAssists: Chris Kreider, Kaapo Kakko · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:04BOSTrent FredericGWGAssists: Nick Foligno, Connor Clifton · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:19BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Pavel Zacha, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:02BOSHampus LindholmENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.34 xG5–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:07BOSDavid Pastrnak: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:05NYRAdam Fox: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:57NYRBraden Schneider: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 10:57BOSA.J. Greer: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 10:57BOSA.J. Greer: Instigator2 min
  6. P2 10:57BOSA.J. Greer: Instigator misconduct10 min
  7. P2 10:57BOSTrent Frederic: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 10:57NYRBarclay Goodrow: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 11:07NYRZac Jones: Holding2 min
  10. P3 16:22NYRMika Zibanejad: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carpenter won the faceoff against Nosek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSNYR
37Shots on goal20
4.4Expected goals1.6
67Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won16
3Power plays2
24Penalty minutes16
21Hits39
11Blocked shots16
18Giveaways12
9Takeaways13

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. bestBergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk7:15

    xG 0.59–0.10 (86%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak2:09

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Pastrnak – Zacha9:41

    xG 0.57–0.47 (55%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  4. Foligno – Coyle – Frederic2:10

    xG 0.16–0.09 (63%)attempts 4–3goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Clifton15:25

    xG 0.96–0.23 (81%)attempts 22–8goals 2–0

  2. Stralman – Reilly10:38

    xG 0.65–0.35 (65%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo13:34

    xG 0.60–0.51 (54%)attempts 8–13goals 2–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko9:12

    xG 0.18–0.18 (50%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière15:25

    xG 0.52–0.58 (47%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Vesey – Gauthier4:17

    xG 0.10–0.39 (21%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

  4. Reaves – Carpenter – Blais7:40

    xG 0.09–0.49 (15%)attempts 1–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Jones7:26

    xG 0.38–0.31 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  2. Jones – Schneider5:46

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Schneider3:04

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

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.

NYR 1.6 xGBOS 4.4 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #500 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.79 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 89% of the time.

NYR winsBOS wins

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

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