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Mon, Apr 8, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 60% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR018012212242
BOS39212115636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:51BOSRich PeverleyAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, Andrew Ference · Wrap-around, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:58BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Gregory Campbell, Jaromir Jagr · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:20BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Dennis Seidenberg · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:57BOSAndrew FerenceAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, Gregory Campbell · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P2 10:29BOSJordan CaronAssists: Rich Peverley, Shawn Thornton · Backhand, 0.30 xG0–5
  6. P3 10:03CARPatrick DwyerAssists: Brett Bellemore, Jiri Tlusty · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–5
  7. P3 10:48CARDrayson BowmanAssists: Riley Nash, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.36 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:56BOSNathan HortonAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Milan Lucic · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 12:10BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 15:57CAREric Staal: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 5:46CARRiley Nash: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
42Shots on goal36
4.0Expected goals3.3
71Shot attempts59
39Faceoffs won35
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
20Hits15
13Blocked shots15
3Giveaways10
11Takeaways3

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Bowman – Skinner5:02

    xG 0.60–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  2. Dwyer – Staal – Tlusty13:05

    xG 1.18–0.61 (66%)attempts 20–13goals 1–1

  3. Nash – Bowman – Dalpe3:02

    xG 0.04–0.02 (66%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – LaRose – Brent10:47

    xG 0.39–0.70 (36%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcBain – Sanguinetti11:01

    xG 1.15–0.33 (78%)attempts 16–4goals 1–1

  2. Corvo – Gleason13:06

    xG 0.91–0.83 (52%)attempts 19–16goals 0–2

  3. Bergeron – McBain2:45

    xG 0.10–0.04 (72%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Peverley – Caron9:02

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Jagr – Campbell – Marchand13:23

    xG 0.90–0.79 (53%)attempts 13–16goals 2–1

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic11:59

    xG 0.70–0.74 (49%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  4. Kelly – Paille – Seguin10:39

    xG 0.14–0.93 (13%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Seidenberg15:33

    xG 1.04–0.61 (63%)attempts 19–20goals 3–0

  2. Ference – Boychuk3:02

    xG 0.04–0.11 (24%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Bartkowski11:58

    xG 0.75–0.84 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

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 3.3 xGCAR 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 60/100 · #298 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.45 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 60% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

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