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Wed, Jan 18, 2023·UBS Arena, Elmont

Boston Bruins 4, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 67% of the time.

NYI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS062929424
NYI11001006126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:41NYIZach PariseAssists: Sebastian Aho, Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:48BOSCharlie McAvoyAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie Coyle · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:00BOSDerek ForbortGWGAssists: David Krejci, Pavel Zacha · Poke, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:03BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · Snap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:38BOSTrent FredericAssists: Charlie Coyle, Craig Smith · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:02BOSDavid Pastrnak: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 11:23NYIHudson Fasching: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:16BOSCharlie McAvoy: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 15:49BOSDavid Pastrnak: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:15NYIBrock Nelson: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 0:43BOSPatrice Bergeron: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 4:22NYISebastian Aho: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:36BOSJoona Koppanen: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 12:48NYINoah Dobson: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 18:40BOSHampus Lindholm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 0:00BOSPavel Zacha: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSNYI
24Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals3.0
48Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won19
4Power plays6
14Penalty minutes8
24Hits21
25Blocked shots10
10Giveaways13
3Takeaways6

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 – Smith6:30

    xG 0.34–0.03 (92%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Hall – Pastrnak2:55

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Greer – Koppanen5:59

    xG 0.05–0.14 (28%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha7:11

    xG 0.39–0.62 (38%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Clifton2:02

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Forbort – Clifton13:31

    xG 0.50–0.54 (48%)attempts 8–15goals 2–0

  3. Lindholm – Carlo12:15

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParise – Pageau – Fasching6:57

    xG 0.61–0.29 (68%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas8:20

    xG 0.19–0.13 (60%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Barzal – Dufour5:12

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier8:41

    xG 0.24–0.51 (32%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Romanov10:57

    xG 0.96–0.67 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Pulock – Cholowski8:34

    xG 0.19–0.04 (84%)attempts 10–1goals 0–1

  3. Aho – Dobson11:24

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

NYI 3.0 xGBOS 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #872 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 67% of the time.

NYI winsBOS wins

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

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