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Mon, Jan 28, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Boston Bruins 5, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 73% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS21119218538
CAR11121308332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:16BOSBrad MarchandSHAssists: Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:15BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: David Krejci, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:50CARJamie McBainAssists: Eric Staal, Alexander Semin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:52BOSNathan HortonAssists: Zdeno Chara, Johnny Boychuk · Snap, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:55CARJeff SkinnerAssists: Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:45CAREric StaalAssists: Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:10BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Nathan Horton · Snap, 0.21 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:52BOSTyler SeguinENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.78 xG5–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:40BOSAnton Khudobin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 5:28CARPatrick Dwyer: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:06CARJay Harrison: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 11:06CARTim Gleason: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:06BOSMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 11:25BOSBrad Marchand: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 1:04BOSTyler Seguin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 2:48BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 8:52BOSAaron Johnson: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 4:43CARJay Harrison: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 6:23BOSChris Bourque: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 18:29CAREric Staal: Slashing2 min · PPG
  13. P3 19:52BOSPatrice Bergeron: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 19:52CARJeff Skinner: Roughing2 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 SOG0CAR
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCAR
38Shots on goal32
4.1Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts51
38Faceoffs won26
4Power plays6
19Penalty minutes15
25Hits20
10Blocked shots11
5Giveaways10
8Takeaways8

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. bestKelly – Bourque – Peverley6:38

    xG 0.96–0.24 (80%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  2. Horton – Krejci – Lucic11:23

    xG 0.93–0.56 (62%)attempts 18–9goals 2–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin10:41

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille5:17

    xG 0.12–0.34 (26%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Hamilton13:49

    xG 0.77–0.42 (65%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Chara – Boychuk12:37

    xG 0.71–0.52 (58%)attempts 16–13goals 1–1

  3. Chara – Hamilton2:20

    xG 0.10–0.02 (82%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Dalpe – Skinner7:43

    xG 0.68–0.56 (55%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  2. Semin – Staal – Tlusty11:11

    xG 0.51–0.41 (56%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

  3. Brent – Dwyer – Westgarth2:00

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – LaRose – Bowman5:51

    xG 0.04–0.20 (16%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPitkanen – McBain16:58

    xG 0.99–0.56 (64%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  2. Harrison – Sanguinetti2:11

    xG 0.08–0.08 (50%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Sanguinetti6:12

    xG 0.18–0.35 (33%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

CAR 2.6 xGBOS 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #67 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.24 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 73% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

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

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