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Sat, Nov 30, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 72% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ020715114
BOS29016111336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:02BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:58BOSMilan LucicPPGWGAssists: Torey Krug, David Krejci · Tip-in, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:15BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci, Jarome Iginla · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:16CBJRyan JohansenPPAssists: R.J. Umberger, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 14:36CBJRyan Johansen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:32BOSBrad Marchand: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 0:32CBJMatt Calvert: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 2:49CBJFedor Tyutin: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:34BOSMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:34CBJDalton Prout: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 9:49BOSJohnny Boychuk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 15:17CBJMark Letestu: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 18:24CBJNick Foligno: Misconduct10 min
  10. P2 18:24CBJNick Foligno: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 4:59BOSDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. P3 7:55CBJMark Letestu: Delaying game bench face off violation2 min
  13. P3 16:54CBJBoone Jenner: Hooking2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJBOS
14Shots on goal36
1.0Expected goals2.1
42Shot attempts67
22Faceoffs won34
2Power plays6
29Penalty minutes11
31Hits24
17Blocked shots18
9Giveaways17
6Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Skille – Tropp – Chaput3:04

    xG 0.00–0.02 (15%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Atkinson – Johansen – Jenner2:26

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Anisimov – Calvert – Atkinson6:15

    xG 0.05–0.09 (36%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Skille – Anisimov – Calvert2:05

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tyutin – Johnson14:42

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 10–14goals 0–2

  2. Nikitin – Prout11:34

    xG 0.06–0.16 (26%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  3. Nikitin – Murray2:09

    xG 0.01–0.22 (4%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Soderberg – Smith8:08

    xG 0.25–0.03 (90%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Bergeron – Marchand8:49

    xG 0.23–0.03 (90%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille9:27

    xG 0.21–0.15 (57%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic9:02

    xG 0.20–0.28 (42%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk9:35

    xG 0.27–0.03 (89%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton2:26

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Hamilton12:04

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 9–4goals 2–0

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 2.1 xGCBJ 1.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1006 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 72% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

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

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