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Thu, Jan 16, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Boston Bruins 4, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 80% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS06118317441
DAL011012211234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 19:56BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Milan Lucic · Snap, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:18DALErik ColePPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Goligoski · Deflected, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:18BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:46BOSMilan LucicPPGWGAssists: David Krejci, Torey Krug · Tip-in, 0.01 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:49DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Kevin Connauton · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:44BOSPatrice BergeronENAssists: Gregory Campbell, Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.62 xG4–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:31DALShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:40BOSTorey Krug: Holding2 min
  3. P1 18:09BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:09DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 18:09BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 19:24BOSShawn Thornton: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 9:55DALShawn Horcoff: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 9:55BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 13:52BOSJohnny Boychuk: Delaying game2 min
  10. P3 0:39BOSTorey Krug: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 6:05DALAlex Goligoski: Interference2 min
  12. P3 12:27BOSAdam McQuaid: Interference2 min
  13. P3 14:32DALRay Whitney: Hooking2 min · PPG
  14. P3 16:33DALKevin Connauton: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDAL
41Shots on goal34
4.5Expected goals2.5
77Shot attempts61
40Faceoffs won33
4Power plays6
16Penalty minutes12
36Hits21
14Blocked shots17
9Giveaways15
13Takeaways4

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. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic9:04

    xG 0.64–0.12 (84%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Eriksson – Soderberg – Spooner7:27

    xG 0.51–0.08 (87%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:59

    xG 0.59–0.19 (76%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith8:39

    xG 0.64–0.30 (68%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Bartkowski6:34

    xG 0.67–0.03 (95%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. McQuaid – Krug5:33

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Krug2:20

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Benn – Seguin5:08

    xG 0.21–0.06 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Fiddler – Chiasson3:01

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Chiasson – Seguin2:05

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

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin3:15

    xG 0.01–0.07 (17%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gonchar – Daley2:00

    xG 0.03–0.27 (10%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Connauton11:09

    xG 0.17–0.46 (27%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Goligoski13:20

    xG 0.47–0.92 (34%)attempts 15–16goals 0–2

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.

DAL 2.5 xGBOS 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #630 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 80% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

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

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