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Wed, Nov 27, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Boston Bruins 1, Detroit Red Wings 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS070317117
DET1113829628

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:49DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Johan Franzen · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:05DETTomas TatarGWGAssists: Brian Lashoff, Joakim Andersson · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:47DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Niklas Kronwall · Snap, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:01DETNiklas KronwallPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Henrik Zetterberg · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–4
  5. P3 8:38DETDrew MillerAssists: Joakim Andersson, Tomas Tatar · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–5
  6. P3 17:07DETGustav NyquistAssists: Johan Franzen, Jonathan Ericsson · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–6
  7. P3 17:35BOSJarome IginlaAssists: Matt Bartkowski, Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:19DETBrendan Smith: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:38DETJohan Franzen: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:54DETDaniel Cleary: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 12:54BOSCarl Soderberg: Interference2 min
  5. P1 14:42BOSJohnny Boychuk: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:10BOSAdam McQuaid: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:41BOSBrad Marchand: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 10:00DETHenrik Zetterberg: Interference2 min
  9. P3 13:33BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Helm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDET
17Shots on goal28
1.6Expected goals2.5
38Shot attempts43
34Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
25Hits16
5Blocked shots13
8Giveaways6
11Takeaways16

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Soderberg – Smith5:05

    xG 0.27–0.08 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  2. Iginla – Bergeron – Smith2:31

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Campbell – Paille – Caron6:00

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Bergeron – Marchand7:56

    xG 0.06–0.05 (57%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug5:13

    xG 0.24–0.02 (94%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. McQuaid – Bartkowski9:39

    xG 0.38–0.23 (63%)attempts 6–4goals 1–1

  3. Boychuk – Krug7:24

    xG 0.25–0.13 (66%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Franzen – Nyquist9:07

    xG 0.25–0.14 (65%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0

  2. Miller – Andersson – Tatar10:00

    xG 0.65–0.60 (52%)attempts 10–8goals 2–1

  3. Cleary – Samuelsson – Weiss6:47

    xG 0.09–0.13 (40%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Abdelkader – Helm10:57

    xG 0.06–0.21 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith14:41

    xG 0.52–0.17 (75%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson14:29

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Kindl – Lashoff13:22

    xG 0.52–0.84 (38%)attempts 10–12goals 3–1

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.

DET 2.5 xGBOS 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DET's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DET is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1036 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 67% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

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

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