Fri, Feb 24, 2012·First Niagara Center, Buffalo
Boston Bruins 1, Buffalo Sabres 2 (SO)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 56% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | SO | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 07 | 011 | 115 | 03 | 1 | 136 |
| BUF | 08 | 110 | 05 | 04 | 2 | 227 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 14:45BUFAndrej SekeraAssists: Tyler Ennis, Drew Stafford · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
- P3 3:36BOSZdeno CharaPPUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
Shootout
- 1. BUF Jason Pominville stopped
- 2. BOS David Krejci scored
- 3. BUF Thomas Vanek scored
- 4. BOS Tyler Seguin stopped
- 5. BUF Nathan Gerbe stopped
- 6. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
- 7. BUF Derek Roy scored
- 8. BOS Benoit Pouliot stopped
Penalties (4)
- P2 11:54BUFCorey Tropp: Tripping2 min
- P2 15:46BUFCorey Tropp: Tripping2 min
- P3 2:46BUFChristian Ehrhoff: Delaying game2 min · PPG
- P3 19:36BUFThomas Vanek: High sticking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Roy
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestThornton – Campbell – Paille11:58
xG 0.49–0.27 (64%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0
- Kelly – Krejci – Lucic15:25
xG 0.64–0.50 (56%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0
- Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin15:09
xG 0.17–0.41 (29%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1
- Pouliot – Caron – Camper6:30
xG 0.04–0.36 (10%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Ference – McQuaid12:47
xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0
- Corvo – Ference2:15
xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
- Chara – Boychuk16:58
xG 0.48–0.54 (47%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestEllis – Tropp – Kassian5:04
xG 0.46–0.09 (83%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0
- Roy – Pominville – Vanek14:57
xG 0.63–0.31 (67%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0
- Gaustad – Kaleta – Gerbe8:46
xG 0.17–0.08 (70%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0
- Gaustad – Gerbe – Tropp2:25
xG 0.02–0.07 (20%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestRegehr – Sekera13:54
xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0
- Ehrhoff – Weber17:05
xG 0.62–0.61 (50%)attempts 19–20goals 0–0
- Leopold – Myers17:14
xG 0.60–0.68 (47%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BUF's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BUF is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.
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 56% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BUF − BOS), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).