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Thu, Feb 6, 2014·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Boston Bruins 2, St. Louis Blues 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 60% of the time.

STL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS01101321103238
STL19190712327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:48STLAlexander SteenAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Jay Bouwmeester · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:32STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Dmitrij Jaskin, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:16BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Jarome Iginla, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:24BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:29STLT.J. OshieGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:13STLKevin Shattenkirk: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:54BOSMatt Bartkowski: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 13:32STLJay Bouwmeester: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 5:34BOSChris Kelly: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:44STLJay Bouwmeester: Holding2 min
  6. P2 17:59BOSJohnny Boychuk: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 17:59STLT.J. Oshie: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 17:59BOSJohnny Boychuk: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 3:53STLT.J. Oshie: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 3:53BOSTorey Krug: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 11:50STLRoman Polak: High sticking2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Berglund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSSTL
38Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals1.5
61Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes12
21Hits26
9Blocked shots17
2Giveaways3
11Takeaways9

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. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith9:57

    xG 0.82–0.18 (82%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic10:25

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:14

    xG 0.14–0.07 (66%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg8:40

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Krug11:50

    xG 0.91–0.28 (76%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  2. Bartkowski – Hamilton12:53

    xG 0.55–0.25 (69%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Bartkowski – Miller3:32

    xG 0.01–0.03 (28%)attempts 1–1goals 0–1

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestRoy – Schwartz – Jaskin6:45

    xG 0.08–0.02 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Morrow – Lapierre – Reaves7:38

    xG 0.09–0.20 (31%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Backes – Stewart11:22

    xG 0.36–0.56 (39%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

  4. Oshie – Berglund – Paajarvi7:19

    xG 0.06–0.29 (17%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Leopold – Polak10:42

    xG 0.11–0.10 (54%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Shattenkirk13:30

    xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:02

    xG 0.48–1.14 (29%)attempts 13–23goals 1–2

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.

STL 1.5 xGBOS 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #326 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 60% of the time.

STL winsBOS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).