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Wed, Feb 6, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Boston Bruins 2, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 68% of the time.

MTL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0401128223
MTL0111505121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:53MTLP.K. SubbanPPAssists: Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:14BOSTyler SeguinAssists: David Krejci · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:05BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: Milan Lucic, Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:21MTLRene Bourque: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 6:12BOSTyler Seguin: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:53MTLP.K. Subban: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:54BOSJohnny Boychuk: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:01MTLBrendan Gallagher: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 8:56BOSMilan Lucic: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:09BOSMilan Lucic: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 5:08BOSChris Kelly: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 7:44MTLBrendan Gallagher: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 7:44BOSAdam McQuaid: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 18:58MTLP.K. Subban: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 19:26BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 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 SOG0MTL
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackMTL attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSMTL
23Shots on goal21
1.4Expected goals2.2
45Shot attempts52
38Faceoffs won26
4Power plays5
14Penalty minutes10
26Hits31
24Blocked shots12
14Giveaways9
4Takeaways9

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. bestKrejci – Lucic – Seguin4:01

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 5–4goals 2–0

  2. Campbell – Horton – Bergeron4:36

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Tardif – MacDermid – Spooner2:34

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Bourque – Peverley8:49

    xG 0.08–0.19 (30%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ference – McQuaid6:20

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk14:26

    xG 0.60–0.60 (50%)attempts 18–12goals 2–0

  3. Seidenberg – Hamilton13:33

    xG 0.15–0.46 (24%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestMoen – Armstrong – Eller5:45

    xG 0.24–0.19 (57%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Desharnais – Pacioretty10:55

    xG 0.11–0.06 (66%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Prust – Gallagher – Galchenyuk6:50

    xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Plekanec – Bourque10:29

    xG 0.41–0.51 (44%)attempts 14–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouillon – Subban12:47

    xG 0.62–0.17 (78%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Markov – Emelin9:48

    xG 0.60–0.43 (58%)attempts 11–7goals 0–2

  3. Gorges – Emelin3:06

    xG 0.11–0.05 (67%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

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.

MTL 2.2 xGBOS 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #325 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 68% of the time.

MTL winsBOS wins

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

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