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Sun, Feb 17, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Boston Bruins 3, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 80% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0921314326
WPG0529010224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:43WPGAlexander BurmistrovAssists: Zach Bogosian, Zach Redmond · Snap, 0.55 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:57BOSTyler SeguinAssists: Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron · Deflected, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:33WPGEvander KaneAssists: Nik Antropov, Alexander Burmistrov · Snap, 0.27 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:58BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Chris Kelly · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:36BOSBrad MarchandPPGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Chris Bourque · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:41BOSShawn Thornton: Cross checking2 min
  2. P3 0:09WPGRon Hainsey: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P3 13:41BOSRich Peverley: Tripping2 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
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSWPG
26Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals4.5
62Shot attempts70
24Faceoffs won28
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
21Hits25
20Blocked shots20
5Giveaways16
6Takeaways4

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 – Seguin13:12

    xG 1.06–0.46 (70%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  2. Kelly – Paille – Bourque8:20

    xG 0.60–0.44 (58%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Pandolfo – Thornton – Campbell5:20

    xG 0.05–0.28 (16%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Paille – Peverley3:47

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Boychuk2:49

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Ference – McQuaid11:33

    xG 0.54–0.32 (63%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Hamilton2:56

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestAntropov – Kane – Burmistrov14:41

    xG 1.96–0.45 (81%)attempts 21–14goals 2–1

  2. Thorburn – Slater – Wright4:28

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little15:34

    xG 1.05–0.97 (52%)attempts 16–20goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Wellwood – Tangradi13:46

    xG 0.43–0.55 (44%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPostma – Bogosian17:29

    xG 1.16–0.58 (67%)attempts 23–20goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Redmond12:40

    xG 0.68–0.35 (66%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Byfuglien – Redmond2:02

    xG 0.16–0.09 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 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.

WPG 4.5 xGBOS 2.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 58/100 · #319 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50WPG 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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 80% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

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

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