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Thu, Nov 17, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Boston Bruins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 57% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ0511408041131
BOS061808052227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:49CBJDerek MacKenziePPAssists: Nikita Nikitin, Grant Clitsome · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:24BOSAdam McQuaidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Tyler Seguin stopped
  2. 2. CBJ Rick Nash stopped
  3. 3. BOS Rich Peverley scored
  4. 4. CBJ Mark Letestu scored
  5. 5. BOS David Krejci scored
  6. 6. CBJ Antoine Vermette stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:15CBJVinny Prospal: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 0:50BOSGregory Campbell: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:35BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 8:35CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 1:57BOSBenoit Pouliot: Roughing2 min
  6. OT 1:05CBJAntoine Vermette: Slashing2 min
  7. OT 4:08BOSAndrew Ference: Boarding2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pahlsson won the faceoff against Campbell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJBOS
31Shots on goal27
1.6Expected goals1.9
56Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
22Hits17
18Blocked shots14
9Giveaways5
12Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Pahlsson – Vermette – Dorsett9:47

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Prospal – Letestu – Johansen11:53

    xG 0.11–0.17 (39%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Boll – Brassard4:42

    xG 0.04–0.32 (11%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Nash – Carter13:05

    xG 0.16–0.51 (24%)attempts 12–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWisniewski – Methot20:36

    xG 0.43–0.35 (55%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Clitsome7:56

    xG 0.04–0.19 (17%)attempts 2–10goals 0–1

  3. Tyutin – Nikitin17:42

    xG 0.32–0.48 (40%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin12:52

    xG 0.42–0.25 (63%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Peverley – Pouliot9:12

    xG 0.42–0.31 (57%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille6:41

    xG 0.09–0.05 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Krejci – Lucic14:41

    xG 0.13–0.11 (53%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Seidenberg2:13

    xG 0.21–0.00 (98%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McQuaid13:33

    xG 0.31–0.14 (69%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  3. Ference – Kampfer13:03

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 12–7goals 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 1.9 xGCBJ 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #930 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 57% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).