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Tue, Nov 10, 2009·TD Garden, Boston

Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 79% of the time.

BOS winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT02013012027
BOS01017212329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:36BOSMatt HunwickGWGAssists: Dennis Wideman, Steve Begin · Backhand, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:34BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Mark Recchi, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:56BOSPatrice BergeronENAssists: Steve Begin, Dennis Wideman · Snap, 0.43 xG0–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 2:04BOSVladimir Sobotka: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 11:27PITBill Guerin: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 19:39BOSShawn Thornton: Cross checking2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
43% to win57% to win
← PIT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITBOS
27Shots on goal29
1.7Expected goals3.4
60Shot attempts44
19Faceoffs won34
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
30Hits16
11Blocked shots22
3Giveaways3
2Takeaways4

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 3.4 xGPIT 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1196 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 79% of the time.

BOS winsPIT wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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