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Sat, Nov 23, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Boston Bruins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 73% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR160411400224
BOS11411201111338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:53CARAndrej SekeraPPAssists: Jeff Skinner, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:49BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: Milan Lucic, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.44 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:31BOSReilly SmithAssists: Carl Soderberg, Matt Bartkowski · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:10CARPatrick DwyerSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:28BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: Jarome Iginla, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:47BOSCarl Soderberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:03CARManny Malhotra: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:09CARAndrej Sekera: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 7:08CARElias Lindholm: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 10:24CARTuomo Ruutu: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 12:25BOSDougie Hamilton: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
24Shots on goal38
1.8Expected goals3.1
43Shot attempts61
24Faceoffs won41
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
35Hits43
13Blocked shots11
5Giveaways6
10Takeaways2

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Gerbe – Staal9:19

    xG 0.66–0.48 (58%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Staal – Tlusty11:19

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Skinner – Lindholm8:54

    xG 0.13–0.16 (44%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Malhotra – Westgarth – Bowman4:40

    xG 0.04–0.15 (22%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Murphy7:11

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Gleason – Bellemore8:17

    xG 0.30–0.19 (60%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Bellemore8:06

    xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Soderberg – Smith9:49

    xG 0.41–0.02 (95%)attempts 14–2goals 1–0

  2. Eriksson – Bergeron – Marchand11:05

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille9:24

    xG 0.07–0.15 (32%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic12:02

    xG 0.46–0.64 (42%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Krug11:04

    xG 0.48–0.29 (62%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Bartkowski4:15

    xG 0.23–0.16 (58%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Boychuk3:14

    xG 0.04–0.05 (48%)attempts 1–4goals 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 3.1 xGCAR 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #476 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 73% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

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