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Thu, Mar 13, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Phoenix Coyotes 1, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

BOS winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX0802112122
BOS2120305220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:54BOSZdeno CharaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:31BOSJarome IginlaGWGAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Milan Lucic · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 8:14PHXLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Shane Doan · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:17BOSJordan Caron: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 6:29PHXMichael Stone: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 13:23BOSCarl Soderberg: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:40BOSMatt Bartkowski: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 12:12BOSCarl Soderberg: Holding2 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXBOS
22Shots on goal20
2.0Expected goals1.7
43Shot attempts41
17Faceoffs won24
5Power plays1
2Penalty minutes10
21Hits19
11Blocked shots15
6Giveaways10
4Takeaways5

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Vermette – Korpikoski3:24

    xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Moss – Korpikoski – Miele4:09

    xG 0.12–0.01 (91%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Ribeiro – McMillan9:53

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  4. Moss – Boedker – Miele3:09

    xG 0.13–0.17 (43%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSummers – Stone9:18

    xG 0.41–0.21 (66%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle13:55

    xG 0.30–0.26 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson15:33

    xG 0.28–0.50 (36%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic12:55

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  2. Kelly – Eriksson – Bergeron2:01

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith8:52

    xG 0.27–0.24 (54%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Caron5:23

    xG 0.08–0.11 (44%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Bartkowski13:44

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  2. Boychuk – Meszaros2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Hamilton13:53

    xG 0.34–0.45 (43%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

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 1.7 xGPHX 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1049 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

BOS winsPHX wins

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

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