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Fri, Nov 26, 2010·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Boston Bruins 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR161916321
BOS01209016037

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:44CARJeff SkinnerPPGWGAssists: Tuomo Ruutu, Joe Corvo · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:09CARTuomo RuutuPPAssists: Ian White, Joni Pitkanen · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 7:52CARJussi JokinenPPAssists: Eric Staal, Jeff Skinner · Snap, 0.08 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:51BOSBlake Wheeler: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:01CARErik Cole: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:11BOSAndrew Ference: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:41CARBrandon Sutter: Holding2 min
  5. P3 6:26BOSMilan Lucic: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P3 10:04CARJoni Pitkanen: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 12:00CARTim Gleason: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
21Shots on goal37
1.2Expected goals2.2
37Shot attempts65
20Faceoffs won24
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits17
16Blocked shots13
2Giveaways6
5Takeaways3

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestBodie – Tlusty – Carter6:15

    xG 0.33–0.09 (79%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – LaRose – Skinner7:52

    xG 0.09–0.05 (65%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Dwyer – Sutter10:31

    xG 0.03–0.31 (8%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

  4. Samsonov – Cole – Staal11:35

    xG 0.14–0.88 (14%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pitkanen – White16:45

    xG 0.37–0.37 (50%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  2. Harrison – McBain10:59

    xG 0.19–0.21 (47%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Gleason15:31

    xG 0.30–0.85 (26%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Bergeron – Lucic13:11

    xG 1.14–0.19 (86%)attempts 23–7goals 0–0

  2. Recchi – Campbell – Marchand6:08

    xG 0.13–0.03 (80%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Recchi – Campbell – Paille3:17

    xG 0.06–0.03 (67%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Paille – Seguin5:17

    xG 0.05–0.14 (26%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Ference11:59

    xG 0.92–0.09 (91%)attempts 16–4goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Hunwick9:10

    xG 0.16–0.09 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Hunwick2:36

    xG 0.08–0.02 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 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 2.2 xGCAR 1.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1168 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 70% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

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