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Mon, Nov 11, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Tampa Bay Lightning 0, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 77% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL07011010028
BOS0122618326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:09BOSPatrice BergeronGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:29BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Gregory Campbell, Matt Bartkowski · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:01BOSJarome IginlaENAssists: Milan Lucic, David Krejci · Backhand, 0.64 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:37BOSChris Kelly: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 2:30BOSDougie Hamilton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P3 11:02BOSGregory Campbell: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 14:23TBLVictor Hedman: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 16:02BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLBOS
28Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals3.6
58Shot attempts44
27Faceoffs won27
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
25Hits31
5Blocked shots14
7Giveaways4
6Takeaways8

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestMalone – Thompson – Purcell2:05

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Panik – Palat9:25

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. St. Louis – Killorn – Johnson3:39

    xG 0.15–0.10 (62%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Panik – Palat3:29

    xG 0.03–0.03 (49%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Hedman2:58

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Hedman3:04

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Gudas11:43

    xG 0.46–0.42 (52%)attempts 15–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Bergeron – Marchand11:04

    xG 0.86–0.31 (73%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic15:27

    xG 0.88–0.46 (66%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille6:00

    xG 0.43–0.21 (67%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  4. Kelly – Soderberg – Smith10:45

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Bartkowski11:05

    xG 0.54–0.16 (77%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton12:47

    xG 0.73–0.43 (63%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Krug11:44

    xG 0.65–0.36 (65%)attempts 10–10goals 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 3.6 xGTBL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1111 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 77% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

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

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