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Thu, Jan 5, 2012·TD Garden, Boston

Calgary Flames 0, Boston Bruins 9

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 86% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0100906025
BOS31541928942

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:14BOSTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Benoit Pouliot · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:17BOSMilan LucicAssists: Nathan Horton, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P1 8:49BOSDavid KrejciPPAssists: Rich Peverley, Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 1:19BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Tyler Seguin, Benoit Pouliot · Snap, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P2 2:06BOSChris KellyAssists: Andrew Ference, Rich Peverley · Wrist, 0.43 xG0–5
  6. P2 4:15BOSNathan HortonAssists: Milan Lucic, Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–6
  7. P2 14:31BOSNathan HortonAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–7
  8. P3 5:49BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Tyler Seguin, Benoit Pouliot · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–8
  9. P3 8:43BOSDaniel PailleSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG0–9
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:40CGYTom Kostopoulos: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:06CGYOlli Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 6:57BOSGregory Campbell: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 19:00BOSPatrice Bergeron: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYBOS
25Shots on goal42
1.2Expected goals3.2
48Shot attempts54
16Faceoffs won37
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits9
8Blocked shots14
5Giveaways7
1Takeaways4

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestJackman – Byron – Horak5:17

    xG 0.48–0.10 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Morrison – Stempniak – Comeau5:30

    xG 0.04–0.22 (15%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Ivanans – Byron – Horak5:52

    xG 0.02–0.21 (9%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Comeau – Backlund4:53

    xG 0.06–0.36 (13%)attempts 6–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Bouwmeester – Babchuk2:56

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Brodie15:44

    xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Babchuk – Brodie5:11

    xG 0.02–0.15 (9%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Pouliot – Seguin12:20

    xG 1.00–0.04 (96%)attempts 14–6goals 3–0

  2. Horton – Krejci – Lucic14:09

    xG 0.90–0.23 (80%)attempts 20–10goals 3–0

  3. Kelly – Peverley – Hamill10:48

    xG 0.48–0.25 (65%)attempts 3–15goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille12:04

    xG 0.49–0.53 (48%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – McQuaid16:28

    xG 0.93–0.16 (86%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk15:38

    xG 1.05–0.36 (75%)attempts 18–15goals 2–0

  3. Corvo – Seidenberg18:08

    xG 0.80–0.59 (58%)attempts 16–18goals 3–0

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 xGCGY 1.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1200 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.45 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 86% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

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

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