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Tue, Dec 17, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Calgary Flames 0, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 82% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY090408021
BOS01011516231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:38BOSZdeno CharaPPGWGAssists: David Krejci, Jarome Iginla · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:19BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: Jarome Iginla, David Krejci · Snap, 0.23 xG0–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 1:59BOSJordan Caron: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:23CGYLance Bouma: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:28BOSBrad Marchand: Boarding2 min
  4. P3 2:25CGYLance Bouma: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 4:24BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYBOS
21Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals4.3
39Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits15
9Blocked shots9
11Giveaways9
6Takeaways7

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Jones – Byron – Backlund8:29

    xG 0.22–0.22 (49%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Stempniak – Byron – Backlund2:07

    xG 0.01–0.04 (17%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – Glencross – Monahan9:53

    xG 0.02–0.15 (10%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. McGrattan – Colborne – Bouma4:17

    xG 0.44–0.81 (35%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Russell – Brodie15:38

    xG 0.26–0.40 (39%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. O'Brien – Butler11:40

    xG 0.78–1.14 (40%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Smid17:26

    xG 0.21–0.72 (23%)attempts 3–16goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestCampbell – Caron – Cunningham7:18

    xG 0.86–0.09 (91%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic14:29

    xG 0.67–0.27 (71%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith11:04

    xG 0.46–0.10 (82%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Johnson – Spooner10:35

    xG 0.42–0.19 (69%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk13:34

    xG 0.86–0.15 (86%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Bartkowski – Miller12:48

    xG 0.99–0.29 (77%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Krug12:01

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 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 4.3 xGCGY 2.2 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1194 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 82% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

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

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