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Sat, Mar 15, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0901318130
BOS116114311541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:28BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:24BOSJarome IginlaGWGAssists: Milan Lucic, David Krejci · Snap, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:53CARAlexander SeminAssists: Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:49BOSChris KellyAssists: David Krejci, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:02BOSJarome IginlaAssists: Kevan Miller, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:50BOSTorey KrugAssists: Carl Soderberg, Gregory Campbell · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:57CARElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 7:28BOSPatrice Bergeron: Interference2 min
  3. P2 1:28BOSPatrice Bergeron: Interference2 min
  4. P2 1:28CAREric Staal: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:07CARRon Hainsey: Holding2 min
  6. P2 19:25BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 8:23BOSReilly Smith: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
30Shots on goal41
2.5Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts63
31Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits27
12Blocked shots16
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways4

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestDwyer – Gerbe – Nash11:16

    xG 0.40–0.08 (83%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  2. Semin – Staal – Loktionov2:29

    xG 0.18–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Semin – Tlusty – Staal10:25

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Malhotra – Loktionov5:17

    xG 0.04–0.09 (29%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHarrison – Murphy10:26

    xG 0.82–0.18 (82%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Bellemore15:38

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Murphy3:29

    xG 0.20–0.21 (50%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic12:53

    xG 0.84–0.20 (81%)attempts 22–7goals 3–0

  2. Campbell – Paille – Lindblad6:13

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg8:39

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith12:06

    xG 0.21–0.96 (18%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Bartkowski14:14

    xG 0.67–0.37 (65%)attempts 21–18goals 2–1

  2. Chara – Hamilton14:49

    xG 0.75–0.69 (52%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  3. Bartkowski – Miller2:39

    xG 0.09–0.17 (35%)attempts 4–3goals 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 2.4 xGCAR 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #842 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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