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Thu, Mar 27, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Chicago Blackhawks 0, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI0809011028
BOS1100627323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:50BOSPatrice BergeronGWGAssists: Matt Bartkowski, Daniel Paille · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:28BOSCarl SoderbergAssists: Chris Kelly, Johnny Boychuk · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:41BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.00 xG0–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 1:38BOSMatt Bartkowski: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:12CHINiklas Hjalmarsson: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 7:24BOSChris Kelly: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIBOS
28Shots on goal23
1.4Expected goals2.2
47Shot attempts44
24Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
15Hits30
11Blocked shots10
5Giveaways5
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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestHandzus – Sharp – Shaw12:56

    xG 0.39–0.11 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Morin – Saad – Teravainen7:34

    xG 0.15–0.27 (35%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Kruger – Bollig8:44

    xG 0.08–0.29 (21%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Hossa – Versteeg – Toews10:51

    xG 0.24–0.84 (22%)attempts 5–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Keith – Seabrook19:00

    xG 0.31–0.45 (41%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  2. Brookbank – Leddy13:05

    xG 0.23–0.51 (31%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Oduya – Hjalmarsson16:09

    xG 0.54–0.95 (36%)attempts 19–9goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic14:55

    xG 0.81–0.49 (62%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille9:49

    xG 0.39–0.12 (76%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg10:58

    xG 0.31–0.28 (52%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith11:21

    xG 0.07–0.23 (23%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Hamilton17:01

    xG 0.84–0.43 (66%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Krug14:21

    xG 0.42–0.16 (73%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Krug4:59

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 2–7goals 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 2.2 xGCHI 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1170 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 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, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

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

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