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Tue, Nov 18, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

St. Louis Blues 0, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 58% of the time.

BOS winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL08010015033
BOS171703217

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:45BOSPatrice BergeronGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:31BOSTorey KrugAssists: Matt Bartkowski, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 2:36BOSDaniel Paille: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:22BOSChris Kelly: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 17:59STLPaul Stastny: 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backes won the faceoff against Kelly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLBOS
33Shots on goal17
2.1Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts39
29Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
16Hits25
12Blocked shots12
7Giveaways3
4Takeaways11

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Stastny – Berglund2:14

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Lindstrom – Stastny – Berglund2:30

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Lapierre – Reaves5:39

    xG 0.03–0.06 (38%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. Backes – Oshie – Berglund8:52

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Pietrangelo16:54

    xG 0.51–0.29 (64%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Gunnarsson2:35

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson15:52

    xG 0.74–0.66 (53%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Lucic – Griffith13:04

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Smith – Fraser11:30

    xG 0.26–0.19 (58%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  3. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg12:41

    xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  4. Gagne – Campbell – Paille7:36

    xG 0.15–0.18 (45%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBartkowski – Krug12:05

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Hamilton – Morrow14:19

    xG 0.59–0.42 (58%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Hamilton2:48

    xG 0.24–0.13 (64%)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.

BOS 2.5 xGSTL 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1219 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 58% of the time.

BOS winsSTL wins

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

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