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Sat, Jan 15, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 62% of the time.

BOS winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT112113111336
BOS012214020246

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:57PITChris KunitzAssists: Jordan Staal, Matt Cooke · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:41PITPascal DupuisAssists: Zbynek Michalek, Evgeni Malkin · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:28BOSDennis SeidenbergAssists: Shawn Thornton, Gregory Campbell · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:41BOSMichael RyderAssists: Marc Savard, Dennis Seidenberg · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:25PITJordan StaalGWGAssists: Matt Cooke, Tyler Kennedy · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:12PITPascal Dupuis: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 5:20BOSMichael Ryder: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:44PITMatt Cooke: Interference2 min
  4. P1 15:10BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 15:10PITCraig Adams: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 0:57PITPascal Dupuis: High sticking double minor4 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
47% to win53% to win
← PIT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Savard won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITBOS
36Shots on goal46
2.7Expected goals3.5
50Shot attempts74
24Faceoffs won28
1Power plays4
13Penalty minutes7
29Hits25
16Blocked shots7
5Giveaways16
4Takeaways0

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. Asham – Adams – Letestu4:21

    xG 0.05–0.08 (40%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  2. Rupp – Talbot – Conner9:20

    xG 0.36–0.41 (46%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Dupuis – Kunitz – Malkin10:40

    xG 0.45–0.63 (42%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  4. Cooke – Kennedy – Staal11:57

    xG 0.51–1.05 (33%)attempts 13–20goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Goligoski12:59

    xG 0.76–0.58 (57%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

  2. Orpik – Letang18:55

    xG 0.73–0.61 (55%)attempts 21–21goals 1–0

  3. Martin – Michalek13:42

    xG 0.79–1.35 (37%)attempts 11–23goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSavard – Ryder – Horton11:30

    xG 1.28–0.20 (86%)attempts 23–5goals 1–1

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:48

    xG 0.31–0.04 (89%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  3. Wheeler – Krejci – Seguin8:25

    xG 0.24–0.33 (42%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Recchi – Bergeron – Marchand9:49

    xG 0.50–1.10 (31%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Boychuk6:00

    xG 0.81–0.26 (76%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk14:28

    xG 0.83–0.53 (61%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Bartkowski4:43

    xG 0.37–0.14 (72%)attempts 7–5goals 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 3.5 xGPIT 2.7 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 63/100 · #424 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 62% of the time.

BOS winsPIT wins

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

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