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Mon, Jan 17, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Boston Bruins 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 63% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR01201108031
BOS31521429738

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:56BOSMark StuartGWGAssists: Nathan Horton, Adam McQuaid · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:28BOSZdeno CharaAssists: Adam McQuaid · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:58BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:51BOSGregory CampbellAssists: Shawn Thornton, Blake Wheeler · Tip-in, 0.21 xG0–4
  5. P2 16:04BOSPatrice BergeronUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG0–5
  6. P3 2:24BOSMichael RyderAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, Steven Kampfer · Tip-in, 0.18 xG0–6
  7. P3 14:04BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: David Krejci, Milan Lucic · Slap, 0.07 xG0–7
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 9:15BOSZdeno Chara: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:04CARRyan Carter: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:31CAREric Staal: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 18:14BOSJohnny Boychuk: Interference2 min
  5. P2 10:26BOSNathan Horton: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 16:40BOSMichael Ryder: Holding2 min
  7. P2 17:54CARJustin Peters: Holding2 min
  8. P3 0:18CARJustin Peters: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 13:21CARJussi Jokinen: Roughing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 14:40CARTroy Bodie: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 14:40BOSAdam McQuaid: Instigator2 min
  12. P3 14:40BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 14:40BOSAdam McQuaid: Misconduct10 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
31Shots on goal38
2.3Expected goals3.2
56Shot attempts72
22Faceoffs won33
5Power plays5
15Penalty minutes25
23Hits16
20Blocked shots16
1Giveaways3
2Takeaways1

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. Samsonov – Cole – Staal3:15

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Samsonov – Bodie – Carter2:28

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Samsonov – Dwyer – Sutter2:18

    xG 0.01–0.11 (11%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Dwyer – Sutter5:41

    xG 0.08–0.26 (23%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Corvo – Pitkanen2:55

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Gleason – McBain2:24

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Pitkanen – McBain12:20

    xG 0.44–0.59 (43%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSavard – Ryder – Horton9:38

    xG 0.62–0.18 (78%)attempts 13–6goals 2–0

  2. Krejci – Lucic – Seguin10:45

    xG 0.52–0.13 (80%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Recchi – Bergeron – Marchand10:22

    xG 0.61–0.38 (61%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Wheeler8:52

    xG 0.53–0.50 (51%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – McQuaid6:52

    xG 0.47–0.03 (94%)attempts 10–5goals 2–0

  2. Chara – Kampfer11:32

    xG 0.43–0.14 (75%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  3. Boychuk – Stuart3:14

    xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 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 3.2 xGCAR 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1199 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 63% 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).