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Tue, Nov 5, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Dallas Stars 3, Boston Bruins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 63% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL11001319042336
BOS11804111031236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:38DALJamie BennAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Jordie Benn · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:16BOSTorey KrugAssists: Reilly Smith, Carl Soderberg · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:39BOSMilan LucicAssists: Dougie Hamilton, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:26DALVernon FiddlerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.32 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Patrice Bergeron scored
  2. 2. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  3. 3. BOS Jarome Iginla stopped
  4. 4. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  5. 5. BOS Loui Eriksson stopped
  6. 6. DAL Alex Chiasson stopped
  7. 7. BOS David Krejci stopped
  8. 8. DAL Rich Peverley scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:01DALRay Whitney: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 7:13DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 7:13DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 7:13BOSJohnny Boychuk: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 9:39BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 4:10DALRay Whitney: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 6:07DALBrenden Dillon: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 1:46BOSReilly Smith: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P3 5:42BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 5:42DALJamie Benn: Diving2 min
  11. P3 17:26BOSDennis Seidenberg: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALBOS
36Shots on goal36
2.7Expected goals3.5
57Shot attempts66
31Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
12Penalty minutes10
21Hits27
20Blocked shots9
7Giveaways3
5Takeaways5

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Horcoff – Roussel – Garbutt4:36

    xG 0.08–0.09 (49%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Chiasson – Eakin11:02

    xG 0.45–0.49 (48%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin13:14

    xG 0.54–0.85 (39%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  4. Cole – Fiddler – Peverley4:26

    xG 0.05–0.46 (9%)attempts 4–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Benn12:15

    xG 0.50–0.31 (61%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Daley10:03

    xG 0.35–0.63 (36%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

  3. Robidas – Dillon16:21

    xG 0.34–0.75 (31%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Bergeron – Marchand10:08

    xG 1.31–0.53 (71%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille5:30

    xG 0.10–0.07 (59%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Soderberg – Smith6:36

    xG 0.26–0.30 (46%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic12:40

    xG 0.23–0.46 (34%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk16:11

    xG 1.11–0.63 (64%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  2. McQuaid – Krug10:10

    xG 0.56–0.17 (77%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Seidenberg – McQuaid3:44

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 2–3goals 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 3.5 xGDAL 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #460 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 63% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

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

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