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Wed, Mar 27, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Montréal Canadiens 6, Boston Bruins 5 (SO)

Expected result

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

BOS winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL1615315021628
BOS09417111040541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:15MTLMichael RyderAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Brian Gionta · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:53MTLP.K. SubbanAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Lars Eller · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:32BOSDougie HamiltonAssists: Tyler Seguin, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:23BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:01BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Rich Peverley, Torey Krug · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:36BOSNathan HortonAssists: David Krejci · Snap, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:58MTLMichael RyderAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Brian Gionta · Snap, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:50BOSTyler SeguinAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–5
  9. P3 12:18MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:51MTLAndrei MarkovPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, P.K. Subban · Tip-in, 0.17 xG5–5

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Tyler Seguin stopped
  2. 2. MTL Alex Galchenyuk stopped
  3. 3. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  4. 4. MTL David Desharnais stopped
  5. 5. BOS David Krejci stopped
  6. 6. MTL Lars Eller stopped
  7. 7. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  8. 8. MTL Michael Ryder stopped
  9. 9. BOS Nathan Horton stopped
  10. 10. MTL Tomas Plekanec stopped
  11. 11. BOS Rich Peverley stopped
  12. 12. MTL Brendan Gallagher scored
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 11:38BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 11:38MTLTravis Moen: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:54BOSZdeno Chara: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 11:54BOSDougie Hamilton: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 11:54MTLLars Eller: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 14:23MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 14:46BOSBrad Marchand: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 15:15MTLLars Eller: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P2 18:16BOSAndrew Ference: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 0:32MTLMichael Ryder: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 8:18BOSDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min
  12. P3 15:11BOSZdeno Chara: Elbowing2 min
  13. P3 18:33BOSAaron Johnson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  14. OT 3:40MTLAlexei Emelin: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLBOS
28Shots on goal41
2.0Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts67
26Faceoffs won44
6Power plays4
15Penalty minutes19
21Hits33
16Blocked shots14
6Giveaways6
6Takeaways9

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher10:36

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 10–5goals 1–1

  2. Halpern – Moen – Blunden5:41

    xG 0.06–0.17 (25%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Armstrong – Eller – Galchenyuk10:14

    xG 0.10–0.35 (22%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  4. Gionta – Ryder – Plekanec11:29

    xG 0.46–0.72 (39%)attempts 9–19goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Subban13:16

    xG 0.46–0.39 (55%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  2. Gorges – Emelin2:22

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Bouillon – Tinordi6:27

    xG 0.05–0.04 (56%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin7:06

    xG 0.90–0.17 (84%)attempts 15–4goals 3–0

  2. Paille – Bergeron – Seguin4:18

    xG 0.21–0.15 (59%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic13:38

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  4. Pandolfo – Peverley – Caron3:05

    xG 0.03–0.02 (63%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Hamilton13:59

    xG 0.98–0.35 (74%)attempts 20–9goals 3–0

  2. Seidenberg – Krug5:47

    xG 0.40–0.03 (94%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Ference – Krug3:34

    xG 0.09–0.03 (75%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

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.

BOS 3.5 xGMTL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 99/100 · #5 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.94 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 1% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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.

BOS winsMTL wins

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

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