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2021-03-07 · TD Garden

1 – 0Final

NJD beat BOS 1–0. NJD lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 2.7 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Kyle Palmieri scored at 15:23 of the third, moving NJD’s win probability from 49% to 87%. Scott Wedgewood saved 3.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
25 – 40
Expected goals
2.1 – 2.7
xG share
BOS 55%
Home-ice start
BOS 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

NJD goalBOS goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

NJDBOS

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

NJD
59:39 TOI
GSAx +2.97
+2.97
BOS
Tuukka Rask
58:15 TOI
GSAx +1.04
+1.04
NJD
1 G, 0 A · 16:57 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing +0.37
+0.33

Rough nights

BOS
0 G, 0 A · 16:45 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.16 · Penalties −0.18
−0.45
NJD
0 G, 1 A · 17:10 TOI
On-ice −0.26 · Finishing −0.14
−0.45
BOS
0 G, 0 A · 17:44 TOI
On-ice +0.33 · Finishing −0.74
−0.37

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalNJD–BOSWin prob.
P3 15:23 NJDKyle Palmieri
from Pavel Zacha, P.K. Subban
1–049% → 87%

Every player

Show both lineups

NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Kyle Palmieri C16:571+0.33−0.06+0.37+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Janne Kuokkanen C14:12+0.04+0.01−0.14−0.01−0.01+0.18+0.00
Travis Zajac C15:41−0.03−0.22−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.18+0.02
Mikhail Maltsev L14:09−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sami Vatanen D17:01−0.05−0.07+0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Andreas Johnsson L12:40−0.05−0.05−0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Miles Wood L14:39−0.06+0.07−0.12−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Murray D17:16−0.06−0.07+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jesper Bratt L13:32−0.10−0.04−0.06+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
Ty Smith D18:01−0.12−0.04−0.04−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Nathan Bastian R13:04−0.13−0.11−0.00−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Yegor Sharangovich C16:21−0.14−0.10−0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
Jack Hughes C15:21−0.18−0.02−0.14+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.03
Damon Severson D21:18−0.18+0.02−0.16−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Michael McLeod C15:21−0.20+0.09−0.31−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.02
Dmitry Kulikov D20:04−0.35−0.12−0.04−0.01+0.01−0.18+0.00
P.K. Subban D23:341−0.36−0.16−0.20+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pavel Zacha C17:101−0.45−0.26−0.14−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Scott Wedgewood G59:39+2.97

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
David Krejci C18:34+0.33+0.35−0.07+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.03
Charlie McAvoy D25:23+0.31+0.50−0.24+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brad Marchand L18:14+0.24+0.27−0.23+0.01+0.00+0.18+0.00
Nick Ritchie L15:28+0.18+0.46−0.26−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anders Bjork L10:02+0.10−0.08−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.18+0.00
Charlie Coyle C17:34+0.05+0.05−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Craig Smith C15:45−0.04+0.08−0.12+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Grzelcyk D19:03−0.05−0.04−0.04+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D20:27−0.07−0.07−0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jakub Zboril D19:54−0.11−0.09−0.01−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jarred Tinordi D15:29−0.11−0.09−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Trent Frederic C14:24−0.12−0.01−0.12−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Jack Studnicka C9:02−0.14−0.05−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.05
Chris Wagner R8:53−0.27−0.06−0.00−0.02+0.01−0.18−0.01
Patrice Bergeron C18:53−0.27+0.24−0.56−0.03+0.04+0.00+0.04
Urho Vaakanainen D14:05−0.36−0.15−0.00−0.01−0.01−0.18+0.00
David Pastrnak R17:44−0.37+0.33−0.74+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake DeBrusk L16:45−0.45−0.12−0.16+0.00+0.01−0.18−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Tuukka Rask G58:15+1.04

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.