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Wed, Apr 2, 2014·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Boston Bruins 2, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 74% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS111014110235
DET041729320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:50BOSJohnny BoychukAssists: Chris Kelly, Brad Marchand · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:45DETTomas TatarAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Jakub Kindl · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:10BOSCarl SoderbergPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Reilly Smith · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:06DETTomas JurcoAssists: Tomas Tatar, Niklas Kronwall · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:48DETGustav NyquistGWGAssists: David Legwand · Snap, 0.15 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:39DETGustav Nyquist: Holding2 min
  2. P2 2:45BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:12DETBrian Lashoff: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:54DETTomas Jurco: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 17:00BOSJordan Caron: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 19:57DETDarren Helm: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDET
35Shots on goal20
3.5Expected goals2.0
56Shot attempts29
24Faceoffs won29
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
24Hits16
3Blocked shots11
6Giveaways8
6Takeaways3

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. bestEriksson – Krejci – Lucic12:27

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:49

    xG 0.32–0.19 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Soderberg – Caron8:51

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith10:52

    xG 0.55–0.53 (51%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug11:17

    xG 0.71–0.40 (64%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Meszaros – Miller2:34

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Hamilton12:54

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Tatar – Sheahan – Jurco9:07

    xG 0.49–0.44 (52%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Legwand – Franzen – Nyquist11:41

    xG 0.27–0.33 (45%)attempts 5–7goals 1–1

  3. Miller – Abdelkader – Glendening7:28

    xG 0.11–0.19 (36%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Helm – Andersson3:21

    xG 0.12–0.22 (35%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Smith11:38

    xG 0.72–0.40 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Kindl – Lashoff10:51

    xG 0.68–0.61 (53%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Smith4:15

    xG 0.09–0.08 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

DET 2.0 xGBOS 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #512 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 74% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

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

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