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Sat, Oct 5, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 1, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 71% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1501506126
BOS114213110437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:11BOSTorey KrugPPAssists: Milan Lucic, David Krejci · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:49DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Pavel Datsyuk · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:36BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:58BOSJordan CaronAssists: Reilly Smith, Adam McQuaid · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:17BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: Torey Krug, Milan Lucic · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:56DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 13:45BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 16:13DETTodd Bertuzzi: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 6:33DETDanny DeKeyser: Interference2 min
  5. P3 10:29DETJohan Franzen: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:07BOSDavid Krejci: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
26Shots on goal37
1.5Expected goals2.6
45Shot attempts59
32Faceoffs won25
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
16Hits23
9Blocked shots11
12Giveaways9
7Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Weiss – Franzen9:17

    xG 0.23–0.06 (80%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Abdelkader9:04

    xG 0.41–0.45 (48%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  3. Bertuzzi – Cleary – Andersson8:05

    xG 0.03–0.21 (13%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Datsyuk – Zetterberg – Franzen2:46

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – DeKeyser14:46

    xG 0.40–0.23 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Kindl2:25

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  3. Quincey – Smith14:32

    xG 0.40–0.62 (39%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Caron – Smith11:06

    xG 0.52–0.12 (82%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:57

    xG 0.54–0.44 (55%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Bergeron – Marchand9:36

    xG 0.32–0.36 (47%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  4. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic12:36

    xG 0.19–0.39 (32%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug10:15

    xG 0.63–0.15 (81%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk10:40

    xG 0.32–0.31 (51%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Chara – McQuaid2:55

    xG 0.03–0.04 (44%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

BOS 2.6 xGDET 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #817 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 71% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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