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Sat, Jan 4, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Winnipeg Jets 1, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 64% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1901909137
BOS11021217429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:54WPGDustin ByfuglienUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:06BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Torey Krug, Gregory Campbell · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:08BOSTorey KrugGWGAssists: Daniel Paille · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:18BOSTorey KrugAssists: Adam McQuaid, Carl Soderberg · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:59BOSReilly SmithAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Backhand, 0.42 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:22BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 3:16BOSZdeno Chara: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:16WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 3:18BOSMatt Fraser: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 3:18WPGJames Wright: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 3:31WPGJacob Trouba: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 5:51BOSDaniel Paille: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 19:15BOSDougie Hamilton: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 5:07WPGToby Enstrom: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 13:40BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 13:40WPGMark Stuart: Fighting5 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBOS
37Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals3.1
62Shot attempts58
20Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
19Penalty minutes21
28Hits22
13Blocked shots14
3Giveaways12
3Takeaways7

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Thorburn – Setoguchi11:22

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Tangradi – Peluso – Wright2:56

    xG 0.18–0.13 (59%)attempts 5–3goals 0–2

  3. Frolik – Kane – Scheifele13:27

    xG 0.78–0.83 (48%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  4. Ladd – Wheeler – Little12:02

    xG 0.37–1.02 (27%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Bogosian4:07

    xG 0.28–0.06 (83%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Trouba2:23

    xG 0.14–0.05 (75%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Byfuglien2:13

    xG 0.11–0.02 (83%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith10:44

    xG 1.00–0.32 (76%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic15:37

    xG 1.10–0.65 (63%)attempts 21–19goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Paille – Florek8:54

    xG 0.27–0.19 (59%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  4. Soderberg – Fraser – Spooner7:33

    xG 0.08–0.36 (17%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Krug2:15

    xG 0.44–0.08 (84%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  2. McQuaid – Krug10:03

    xG 0.71–0.37 (66%)attempts 12–9goals 3–0

  3. Boychuk – Bartkowski14:06

    xG 0.79–0.57 (58%)attempts 15–19goals 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 xGWPG 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #850 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 64% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

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

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