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Sat, Oct 12, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Boston Bruins 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 65% of the time.

CBJ winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS07116213336
CBJ14013010127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:52CBJJack JohnsonPPAssists: James Wisniewski, Marian Gaborik · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:18BOSChris KellyAssists: Jarome Iginla, David Krejci · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:49BOSLoui ErikssonGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Reilly Smith · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:27BOSMilan LucicENAssists: Zdeno Chara, Johnny Boychuk · Backhand, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:02BOSJarome Iginla: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:33BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:33CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:18BOSPatrice Bergeron: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:24CBJBoone Jenner: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P2 6:37BOSDennis Seidenberg: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 14:06BOSChris Kelly: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:35CBJJames Wisniewski: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 15:32CBJRyan Johansen: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0CBJ
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCBJ
36Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals2.0
58Shot attempts52
34Faceoffs won28
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
28Hits29
18Blocked shots13
4Giveaways5
4Takeaways4

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. bestEriksson – Bergeron – Marchand8:34

    xG 0.48–0.23 (68%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille5:56

    xG 0.23–0.02 (90%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Bergeron – Smith4:11

    xG 0.19–0.11 (62%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  4. Kelly – Caron – Smith4:22

    xG 0.07–0.03 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug7:30

    xG 0.35–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk7:37

    xG 0.40–0.12 (77%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Boychuk3:36

    xG 0.20–0.03 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestUmberger – Foligno – Johansen9:10

    xG 0.74–0.15 (83%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. MacKenzie – Umberger – Foligno2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Comeau – Boll2:19

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Gaborik – Dubinsky – Atkinson11:01

    xG 0.10–0.42 (19%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Prout15:12

    xG 0.91–0.45 (67%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  2. Tyutin – Savard14:09

    xG 0.30–0.52 (37%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Murray14:35

    xG 0.28–0.56 (34%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

CBJ 2.0 xGBOS 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 21/100 · #924 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 65% of the time.

CBJ winsBOS wins

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

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