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Sat, Mar 22, 2014·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Boston Bruins 4, Phoenix Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Phoenix Coyotes win this game 51% of the time.

PHX winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1701437428
PHX11511107233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:25BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Andrej Meszaros · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:45PHXShane DoanAssists: Brandon McMillan, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:39PHXOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:48BOSJarome IginlaAssists: Zdeno Chara, Dougie Hamilton · Slap, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:42BOSShawn ThorntonGWGAssists: Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:28BOSJarome IginlaENAssists: Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.55 xG4–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 15:21BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:16PHXRadim Vrbata: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:16BOSChris Kelly: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 19:13BOSMatt Bartkowski: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:02PHXKyle Chipchura: Holding2 min
  6. P2 10:06BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 10:06PHXMichael Stone: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 14:39PHXAntoine Vermette: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 2:03BOSKevan Miller: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 2:44PHXAntoine Vermette: Hooking2 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 SOG0PHX
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHX
28Shots on goal33
3.1Expected goals3.2
63Shot attempts59
35Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
10Penalty minutes10
31Hits31
12Blocked shots19
6Giveaways6
5Takeaways7

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 – Smith7:56

    xG 0.90–0.27 (77%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille6:11

    xG 0.47–0.19 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic15:06

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg8:36

    xG 0.15–0.60 (20%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBartkowski – Miller10:38

    xG 0.63–0.34 (65%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Bartkowski5:17

    xG 0.27–0.06 (82%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Hamilton14:00

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Ribeiro – McMillan8:38

    xG 0.76–0.36 (68%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  2. Halpern – Moss – Chipchura6:44

    xG 0.38–0.10 (80%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Erat – Vrbata – Hanzal10:35

    xG 0.22–0.31 (41%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Korpikoski – Boedker12:54

    xG 0.16–0.81 (17%)attempts 5–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson16:56

    xG 0.41–0.39 (51%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle17:17

    xG 0.94–0.93 (50%)attempts 16–22goals 1–2

  3. Summers – Stone10:10

    xG 0.29–0.51 (36%)attempts 12–9goals 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.

PHX 3.2 xGBOS 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #577 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 51% of the time.

PHX winsBOS wins

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

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