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Fri, Feb 17, 2012·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Boston Bruins 2, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS01318112233
WPG0429212425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:59WPGAlexander BurmistrovAssists: Mark Stuart, Kyle Wellwood · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:10BOSJordan CaronAssists: Chris Kelly · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:50WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Evander Kane · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:49BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Tyler Seguin, Milan Lucic · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:16WPGBryan LittleGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:20WPGBryan LittleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 13:20WPGEvander Kane: Elbowing2 min
  2. P3 1:43WPGBryan Little: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 9:38BOSJosh Hennessy: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 9:38WPGMark Stuart: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 10:33BOSChris Kelly: Charging2 min
  6. P3 13:18BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Slater
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSWPG
33Shots on goal25
2.5Expected goals1.5
57Shot attempts43
29Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits30
13Blocked shots11
6Giveaways7
1Takeaways6

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin11:38

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Pouliot – Lucic11:56

    xG 0.42–0.26 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 0–2

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Hennessy6:25

    xG 0.11–0.09 (56%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Paille – Caron9:49

    xG 0.32–0.47 (40%)attempts 13–9goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk15:25

    xG 0.66–0.35 (65%)attempts 20–10goals 1–3

  2. Corvo – Seidenberg14:53

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Boychuk2:01

    xG 0.14–0.03 (84%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little15:44

    xG 0.57–0.35 (62%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  2. Antropov – Miettinen – Stapleton6:24

    xG 0.20–0.13 (60%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Wellwood – Kane – Burmistrov10:34

    xG 0.13–0.23 (36%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  4. Thorburn – Slater – Glass9:51

    xG 0.02–0.52 (3%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Jones11:06

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  2. Stuart – Byfuglien2:00

    xG 0.03–0.13 (17%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien16:51

    xG 0.50–0.72 (41%)attempts 15–18goals 3–1

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.

WPG 1.5 xGBOS 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #596 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 70% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

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

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