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Thu, Jan 19, 2023·Madison Square Garden, New York

Boston Bruins 3, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 51% of the time.

NYR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1131816327
NYR011011110132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:19BOSPavel ZachaAssists: David Krejci · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:42BOSPatrice BergeronGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Craig Smith · Snap, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:28BOSConnor CliftonAssists: Brad Marchand, David Krejci · Snap, 0.18 xG3–0
  4. P3 15:37NYRBen HarpurAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Braden Schneider · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:08NYRChris Kreider: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:27NYRAdam Fox: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:12BOSCraig Smith: Interference2 min
  4. P2 18:17BOSConnor Clifton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 0:48NYRJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:19NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:10BOSPatrice Bergeron: Interference2 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 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSNYR
27Shots on goal32
3.0Expected goals3.0
50Shot attempts70
27Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits22
25Blocked shots11
4Giveaways11
3Takeaways15

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 – Smith7:38

    xG 0.52–0.10 (84%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha8:39

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

  3. Coyle – Hall – Frederic7:30

    xG 0.32–0.46 (41%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Nosek – Greer6:30

    xG 0.22–0.55 (28%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo4:53

    xG 0.38–0.02 (95%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Clifton2:49

    xG 0.16–0.04 (82%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Clifton7:13

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Vesey – Panarin7:33

    xG 0.59–0.15 (80%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Vesey – Brodzinski – Leschyshyn3:19

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Goodrow – Chytil – Lafrenière10:44

    xG 0.38–0.18 (67%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  4. Trocheck – Panarin – Kravtsov5:16

    xG 0.39–0.22 (65%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarpur – Schneider10:30

    xG 0.88–0.46 (65%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Fox – Lindgren13:10

    xG 0.60–0.37 (62%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  3. Trouba – Miller15:32

    xG 0.48–0.75 (39%)attempts 21–13goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGBOS 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1163 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 Rangers win this game 51% 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).