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Tue, Mar 29, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI05012015032
BOS01221814334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:02BOSZdeno CharaGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:22BOSJohnny BoychukAssists: Mark Recchi, Milan Lucic · Snap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:20BOSNathan HortonAssists: Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 7:37BOSMilan Lucic: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:36BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIBOS
32Shots on goal34
2.3Expected goals2.3
68Shot attempts53
33Faceoffs won31
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
23Hits17
11Blocked shots19
11Giveaways6
4Takeaways6

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Pisani – Stalberg4:50

    xG 0.22–0.02 (90%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Hossa – Kopecky – Frolik4:40

    xG 0.16–0.01 (93%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Hossa – Bickell – Kruger4:41

    xG 0.16–0.08 (68%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Brouwer – Toews3:31

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Seabrook14:15

    xG 0.69–0.40 (64%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Leddy4:35

    xG 0.25–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Keith3:01

    xG 0.24–0.04 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRecchi – Bergeron – Marchand12:28

    xG 1.14–0.34 (77%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille2:06

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Paille – Marchand2:35

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Krejci – Lucic11:13

    xG 0.28–0.51 (36%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk10:59

    xG 1.30–0.42 (76%)attempts 22–12goals 2–0

  2. Ference – Boychuk5:33

    xG 0.05–0.02 (68%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Ference – McQuaid8:15

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 6–7goals 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 2.3 xGCHI 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1152 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 51% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

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

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