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Tue, Jan 7, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Boston Bruins 2, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 63% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0161719232
ANA033928520

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:53ANAMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Teemu Selanne, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:29ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Matt Beleskey, Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:10ANAAndrew CoglianoSHGWGAssists: Daniel Winnik · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:44BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Justin Florek, Gregory Campbell · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:19BOSDougie HamiltonAssists: Carl Soderberg, Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:23ANANick BoninoPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:29ANAMathieu PerreaultAssists: Teemu Selanne, Patrick Maroon · Snap, 0.07 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:53ANAMatt Beleskey: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 4:41BOSDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:19BOSJohnny Boychuk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:56ANACorey Perry: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 19:02BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 19:02ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 12:07ANASaku Koivu: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 12:35BOSBrad Marchand: Interference2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSANA
32Shots on goal20
3.2Expected goals2.4
73Shot attempts42
24Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
27Hits38
11Blocked shots18
10Giveaways13
4Takeaways8

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. bestCampbell – Paille – Florek10:57

    xG 1.08–0.04 (97%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith13:47

    xG 1.00–0.39 (72%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Soderberg – Krejci15:19

    xG 0.51–0.40 (56%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  4. Paille – Fraser – Spooner4:35

    xG 0.08–0.41 (16%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Hamilton12:43

    xG 0.57–0.14 (80%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Krug6:34

    xG 0.57–0.20 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Bartkowski8:07

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSelanne – Perreault – Maroon8:48

    xG 0.52–0.07 (88%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Bonino – Palmieri – Silfverberg13:16

    xG 0.35–0.66 (35%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey12:33

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 7–18goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Winnik – Cogliano10:43

    xG 0.14–0.86 (14%)attempts 7–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Lindholm17:20

    xG 0.69–0.68 (50%)attempts 12–21goals 1–1

  2. Fistric – Vatanen13:57

    xG 0.22–0.31 (41%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fowler17:44

    xG 0.57–1.57 (27%)attempts 17–20goals 0–1

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.

ANA 2.4 xGBOS 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #307 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 63% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

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

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