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Sat, Apr 13, 2013·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Boston Bruins 2, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 53% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS14113013230
CAR11718213438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:07BOSMilan LucicAssists: Matt Bartkowski, Jaromir Jagr · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:24CARJeff SkinnerPPAssists: Alexander Semin, Justin Faulk · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:04CARJiri TlustyAssists: Eric Staal, Tim Gleason · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:57BOSTyler SeguinAssists: Andrew Ference · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:36CARJoe CorvoPPGWGAssists: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Jordan Staal · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:31CARJiri TlustyENAssists: Jordan Staal, Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.78 xG2–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 14:14BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 14:14CARKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:27BOSRich Peverley: Elbowing2 min
  4. P1 18:41BOSMilan Lucic: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:41BOSZdeno Chara: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 18:41CARJay Harrison: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 19:32BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 19:32CARNicolas Blanchard: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 8:13CARChad LaRose: High sticking2 min
  10. P2 9:28CARTim Gleason: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 1:57CARRiley Nash: Too many men on the ice2 min
  12. P3 7:53BOSChris Kelly: Kneeing2 min · PPG

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 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCAR
30Shots on goal38
3.7Expected goals3.9
70Shot attempts70
37Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
21Penalty minutes21
16Hits31
13Blocked shots17
6Giveaways5
3Takeaways13

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. bestJagr – Campbell – Lucic13:20

    xG 0.82–0.35 (70%)attempts 18–14goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Peverley – Daugavins3:42

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Kelly – Lucic2:29

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Krejci – Seguin7:45

    xG 0.32–0.22 (59%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Seidenberg3:40

    xG 0.37–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Chara – McQuaid2:35

    xG 0.41–0.07 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Bartkowski8:28

    xG 0.36–0.20 (65%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestLaRose – Staal – Skinner11:12

    xG 0.80–0.36 (69%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  2. Semin – Staal – Tlusty11:24

    xG 0.47–0.23 (67%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  3. Semin – Staal – Skinner2:01

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Ruutu – Dwyer – Blanchard3:24

    xG 0.14–0.03 (83%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Faulk18:36

    xG 1.38–1.00 (58%)attempts 28–20goals 1–1

  2. McBain – Sanguinetti11:21

    xG 0.29–0.37 (44%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Corvo – Harrison13:37

    xG 0.41–0.70 (37%)attempts 10–23goals 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.

CAR 3.9 xGBOS 3.7 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 63/100 · #276 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 53% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

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

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