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Thu, Oct 24, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

San Jose Sharks 1, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 69% of the time.

BOS winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS01609114139
BOS031717217

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:48BOSJarome IginlaAssists: David Krejci, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:18SJSPatrick MarleauAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Snap, 0.45 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:59BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: Adam McQuaid, Milan Lucic · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 0:41BOSJarome Iginla: Roughing2 min
  2. P3 4:35SJSJoe Thornton: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSBOS
39Shots on goal17
2.7Expected goals1.7
71Shot attempts43
24Faceoffs won33
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
17Hits30
13Blocked shots18
3Giveaways6
8Takeaways12

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Kennedy – Couture14:45

    xG 1.21–0.39 (76%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  2. Pavelski – Hamilton – Nieto2:33

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Wingels – Nieto2:16

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – McCarthy – Nieto10:01

    xG 0.24–0.26 (48%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun19:20

    xG 1.50–0.52 (74%)attempts 28–8goals 1–2

  2. Hannan – Demers16:40

    xG 0.51–0.12 (81%)attempts 21–11goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Irwin15:19

    xG 0.40–0.61 (39%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. Thornton – Campbell – Paille8:16

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith13:07

    xG 0.47–0.52 (47%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Soderberg – Caron10:48

    xG 0.07–0.44 (14%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic12:55

    xG 0.51–1.17 (30%)attempts 9–13goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – McQuaid2:29

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Krug3:08

    xG 0.10–0.01 (92%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Boychuk14:40

    xG 0.39–0.42 (48%)attempts 10–13goals 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.

BOS 1.7 xGSJS 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #760 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +50 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 69% of the time.

BOS winsSJS wins

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

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