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Sat, Nov 6, 2010·TD Garden, Boston

St. Louis Blues 2, Boston Bruins 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 60% of the time.

BOS winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL11301208022235
BOS06012114021134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:40STLVladimir SobotkaAssists: Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 13:00BOSGregory CampbellAssists: Michael Ryder, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  2. 2. STL T.J. Oshie scored
  3. 3. BOS Tyler Seguin scored
  4. 4. STL Brad Boyes scored
  5. 5. BOS Michael Ryder stopped
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 9:58BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:01STLDavid Backes: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 4:01BOSAndrew Ference: Instigator2 min
  4. P2 4:01BOSAndrew Ference: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:01BOSAndrew Ference: Misconduct10 min
  6. P2 11:37BOSMark Stuart: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 11:37STLB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 14:02STLEric Brewer: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 15:57BOSMatt Hunwick: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 16:44BOSAdam McQuaid: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 7:43STLIan Cole: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 8:39BOSNathan Horton: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 8:39STLErik Johnson: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 13:35STLAlex Pietrangelo: Hooking2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
47% to win53% to win
← STL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLBOS
35Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals2.5
63Shot attempts55
41Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
18Penalty minutes30
27Hits35
14Blocked shots17
2Giveaways2
2Takeaways7

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. Boyes – Janssen – Sobotka2:27

    xG 0.05–0.03 (65%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Backes – Oshie10:21

    xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Crombeen – D'Agostini8:54

    xG 0.17–0.20 (45%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Steen – Sobotka3:02

    xG 0.05–0.10 (34%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrachan – Cole3:42

    xG 0.13–0.06 (68%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Strachan2:55

    xG 0.06–0.01 (85%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Nikitin – Pietrangelo9:56

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. Horton – Krejci – Lucic12:42

    xG 0.43–0.39 (52%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Marchand8:50

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Ryder – Wheeler – Seguin7:19

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 4–13goals 0–1

  4. Recchi – Bergeron – Caron8:48

    xG 0.09–0.12 (41%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McQuaid5:12

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Ference9:34

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – McQuaid7:18

    xG 0.11–0.10 (53%)attempts 5–8goals 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 2.5 xGSTL 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #621 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 60% of the time.

BOS winsSTL wins

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

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

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