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Sun, Feb 19, 2012·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Boston Bruins 0, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 75% of the time.

MIN winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS014012022048
MIN01221403229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:15MINChad RauGWGAssists: Dany Heatley, Cal Clutterbuck · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:30MINMatt CullenPPAssists: Devin Setoguchi, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:43MINDarroll Powe: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 15:03BOSChris Kelly: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 2:15BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 2:15MINMatt Kassian: Fighting5 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 SOG0MIN
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSMIN
48Shots on goal29
3.3Expected goals1.8
91Shot attempts45
33Faceoffs won35
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
16Hits22
11Blocked shots24
2Giveaways3
3Takeaways7

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 – Seguin16:32

    xG 1.15–0.58 (67%)attempts 28–14goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Pouliot – Lucic11:11

    xG 0.56–0.25 (69%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  3. Kelly – Hennessy – Caron6:00

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille9:43

    xG 0.61–0.49 (55%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – McQuaid10:16

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk17:35

    xG 1.00–0.65 (61%)attempts 29–13goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Ference2:40

    xG 0.10–0.04 (70%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Heatley – Brodziak – Setoguchi15:14

    xG 0.32–0.43 (43%)attempts 12–20goals 0–0

  2. Cullen – Johnson – Powe14:08

    xG 0.65–0.99 (40%)attempts 11–30goals 0–0

  3. Christensen – Ortmeyer – Kassian6:30

    xG 0.07–0.45 (13%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Taffe – Rau – Clutterbuck9:03

    xG 0.12–0.61 (16%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZanon – Zidlicky18:30

    xG 1.14–0.90 (56%)attempts 19–26goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Prosser12:49

    xG 0.10–0.74 (12%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Spurgeon18:27

    xG 0.45–1.16 (28%)attempts 14–30goals 1–0

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.

MIN 1.8 xGBOS 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 0/100 · #1225 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 75% of the time.

MIN winsBOS wins

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

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