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Thu, Oct 31, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Anaheim Ducks 2, Boston Bruins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 55% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA1511008000223
BOS0117111041323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:52ANADevante Smith-PellyAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Dustin Penner · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:45BOSCarl SoderbergAssists: Chris Kelly, Ryan Spooner · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:39ANAMathieu PerreaultAssists: Devante Smith-Pelly, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:10BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: David Krejci, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Ryan Spooner stopped
  2. 2. ANA Nick Bonino stopped
  3. 3. BOS Jarome Iginla scored
  4. 4. ANA Corey Perry stopped
  5. 5. BOS Carl Soderberg stopped
  6. 6. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:13BOSBrad Marchand: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 10:04ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:28BOSBrad Marchand: Holding2 min
  4. P2 15:33BOSRyan Spooner: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 0:53BOSPatrice Bergeron: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 17:02ANAPatrick Maroon: Tripping2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANABOS
23Shots on goal23
2.0Expected goals2.3
44Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
20Hits34
16Blocked shots10
9Giveaways8
7Takeaways7

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestCogliano – Bonino – Palmieri7:35

    xG 0.33–0.17 (67%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Penner – Perreault – Smith-Pelly8:31

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 5–5goals 2–0

  3. Winnik – Holland – Etem6:32

    xG 0.19–0.19 (51%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Winnik – Cogliano – Bonino2:55

    xG 0.04–0.08 (36%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Vatanen13:41

    xG 0.63–0.47 (57%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Allen – Beauchemin4:55

    xG 0.02–0.07 (24%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fowler15:55

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic13:09

    xG 0.46–0.07 (87%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille5:49

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith12:20

    xG 0.03–0.19 (14%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Soderberg – Spooner8:21

    xG 0.27–0.49 (35%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Hamilton12:30

    xG 0.66–0.20 (77%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McQuaid5:34

    xG 0.36–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Boychuk5:59

    xG 0.23–0.04 (85%)attempts 8–4goals 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 2.3 xGANA 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #419 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 55% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

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

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