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Mon, Dec 20, 2010·TD Garden, Boston

Anaheim Ducks 3, Boston Bruins 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 54% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1728010325
BOS09018018045

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:57ANABrandon McMillanGWGAssists: Luca Sbisa, Teemu Selanne · Snap, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:45ANALubomir VisnovskyAssists: Teemu Selanne, Saku Koivu · Slap, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:05ANACorey PerrySHAssists: Brandon McMillan, Andy Sutton · Snap, 0.45 xG3–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:08BOSDavid Krejci: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 1:52BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 1:52ANAKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 9:02ANATeemu Selanne: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 13:34ANARyan Getzlaf: Tripping2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANABOS
25Shots on goal45
2.7Expected goals3.0
44Shot attempts88
24Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
22Hits18
23Blocked shots10
7Giveaways7
10Takeaways2

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Marchant – Lupul – Chipchura3:43

    xG 0.11–0.17 (38%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Marchant – Lupul – Bonino5:40

    xG 0.06–0.13 (31%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. Blake – Parros – Chipchura3:20

    xG 0.10–0.26 (27%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Selanne – Koivu – McMillan12:59

    xG 0.58–0.79 (42%)attempts 13–23goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky16:43

    xG 0.61–0.45 (58%)attempts 16–22goals 1–0

  2. Visnovsky – Fowler2:15

    xG 0.08–0.01 (87%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Sutton – Sbisa15:29

    xG 0.73–0.98 (43%)attempts 10–28goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRecchi – Bergeron – Wheeler8:36

    xG 0.56–0.13 (81%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Recchi – Bergeron – Seguin5:14

    xG 0.45–0.07 (87%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Savard – Ryder – Seguin6:59

    xG 0.19–0.02 (90%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Savard – Ryder – Horton5:12

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk17:45

    xG 0.91–0.44 (68%)attempts 24–9goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Kampfer6:48

    xG 0.57–0.13 (81%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Seidenberg2:17

    xG 0.31–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–2goals 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 3.0 xGANA 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1171 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 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 54% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

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

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