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Tue, Dec 13, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

New York Islanders 3, Boston Bruins 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 67% of the time.

BOS winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI191818011326
BOS2811009062433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:48BOSJake DeBruskPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:07BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Taylor Hall, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:00NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Noah Dobson, Brock Nelson · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:43NYINoah DobsonAssists: Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:28BOSDerek ForbortSHAssists: Pavel Zacha, Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:40NYICasey CizikasAssists: Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Charlie Coyle stopped
  2. 2. NYI Mathew Barzal scored
  3. 3. BOS Jake DeBrusk scored
  4. 4. NYI Brock Nelson stopped
  5. 5. BOS David Pastrnak scored
  6. 6. NYI Josh Bailey stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:34NYIZach Parise: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P2 5:31NYIRyan Pulock: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:41BOSJake DeBrusk: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 7:06BOSMatt Grzelcyk: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 16:39BOSA.J. Greer: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:56NYIMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 18:56BOSA.J. Greer: Fighting5 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
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Coyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIBOS
26Shots on goal33
2.2Expected goals3.2
60Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
31Hits31
13Blocked shots22
10Giveaways20
10Takeaways3

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. bestParise – Pageau – Holmstrom9:03

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Lee – Barzal – Wahlstrom6:23

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Bailey – Nelson8:24

    xG 0.18–0.18 (50%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Lee – Barzal3:38

    xG 0.17–0.19 (47%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDobson – Romanov2:48

    xG 0.16–0.02 (88%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Pulock – Salo5:54

    xG 0.12–0.03 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Aho – Dobson11:43

    xG 0.39–0.33 (55%)attempts 18–7goals 3–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:54

    xG 0.83–0.56 (60%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Coyle – Frederic3:56

    xG 0.20–0.10 (67%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Zacha – DeBrusk10:17

    xG 0.31–0.24 (56%)attempts 7–14goals 1–1

  4. Foligno – Coyle – Frederic6:02

    xG 0.06–0.13 (30%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – McAvoy17:27

    xG 1.01–0.69 (59%)attempts 17–22goals 0–1

  2. Grzelcyk – Clifton6:21

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Carlo3:59

    xG 0.02–0.10 (19%)attempts 5–3goals 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 3.2 xGNYI 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 74/100 · #396 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 67% 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).