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Thu, Feb 3, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Dallas Stars 3, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 77% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0911628333
BOS41509211635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:35BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci, Nathan Horton · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 1:20BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, Mark Recchi · Deflected, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:35BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, Mark Recchi · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P1 16:01BOSShawn ThorntonGWGAssists: Daniel Paille, Zdeno Chara · Slap, 0.03 xG0–4
  5. P2 10:36DALKarlis SkrastinsAssists: Adam Burish · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P3 0:45DALBrenden MorrowSHAssists: Steve Ott, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:33DALBrad RichardsAssists: Loui Eriksson, Jeff Woywitka · Slap, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 5:31BOSTyler SeguinAssists: Michael Ryder, Blake Wheeler · Slap, 0.04 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:40BOSBrad MarchandENAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Mark Recchi · Wrist, 0.66 xG3–6
Penalties (20)
  1. P1 0:01BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:01DALSteve Ott: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 0:02BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 0:02DALKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 0:04BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 0:04DALBrian Sutherby: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 3:51BOSAndrew Ference: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 3:51DALAdam Burish: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 6:30BOSBrad Marchand: Holding2 min
  10. P1 10:22DALRaymond Sawada: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P1 17:49DALStephane Robidas: Interference2 min
  12. P2 3:29DALSteve Ott: Misconduct10 min
  13. P2 3:29BOSZdeno Chara: Misconduct10 min
  14. P2 4:09BOSBlake Wheeler: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  15. P2 11:21BOSDaniel Paille: Game misconduct10 min
  16. P2 11:21BOSDaniel Paille: Illegal check to head5 min
  17. P2 11:21DALJamie Langenbrunner: Roughing2 min
  18. P2 11:21BOSJohnny Boychuk: Roughing2 min
  19. P2 19:36DALBrad Richards: Tripping2 min
  20. P3 8:21DALMatt Niskanen: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALBOS
33Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals4.3
57Shot attempts63
42Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
40Penalty minutes51
27Hits22
13Blocked shots13
7Giveaways5
7Takeaways4

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Richards – Eriksson – Neal13:02

    xG 0.71–0.73 (50%)attempts 12–14goals 1–2

  2. Ott – Sutherby – Gagnon2:52

    xG 0.02–0.08 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Langenbrunner – Morrow – Ribeiro7:13

    xG 0.17–0.33 (33%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Grossmann – Niskanen2:55

    xG 0.15–0.19 (45%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Grossmann9:02

    xG 0.31–0.53 (37%)attempts 6–8goals 0–2

  3. Woywitka – Daley15:09

    xG 0.45–0.68 (40%)attempts 12–17goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRyder – Wheeler – Seguin6:17

    xG 0.77–0.06 (93%)attempts 11–2goals 1–1

  2. Horton – Krejci – Lucic9:34

    xG 0.43–0.16 (73%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Recchi – Bergeron – Marchand7:24

    xG 0.36–0.50 (42%)attempts 5–7goals 2–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille2:57

    xG 0.05–0.20 (19%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – McQuaid8:57

    xG 0.54–0.07 (89%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Seidenberg – Boychuk12:47

    xG 0.54–0.34 (62%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Kampfer12:44

    xG 0.60–0.59 (51%)attempts 12–11goals 2–1

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 4.3 xGDAL 2.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #139 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 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 77% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

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

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