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Fri, Nov 28, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Winnipeg Jets 1, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 61% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
WPG1130701501136
BOS01101111115238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:24WPGDustin ByfuglienPPAssists: Evander Kane, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 3:05BOSMilan LucicAssists: Carl Soderberg, Dougie Hamilton · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:39BOSDougie HamiltonGWGAssists: Carl Soderberg, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:14WPGMathieu Perreault: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:17BOSBrad Marchand: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:55BOSLoui Eriksson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:40BOSPatrice Bergeron: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:31WPGZach Bogosian: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 17:24WPGMark Stuart: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 16:30BOSBrad Marchand: High sticking double minor4 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBOS
36Shots on goal38
1.9Expected goals2.4
63Shot attempts61
29Faceoffs won37
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
23Hits23
15Blocked shots15
13Giveaways7
6Takeaways7

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Frolik – Perreault – Halischuk7:07

    xG 0.19–0.14 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Slater – Ladd – Wheeler3:32

    xG 0.07–0.19 (27%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Wheeler – Little7:40

    xG 0.28–0.46 (37%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Trouba9:56

    xG 0.30–0.28 (51%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Pardy – Postma5:57

    xG 0.12–0.22 (35%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Clitsome – Bogosian11:18

    xG 0.19–0.57 (25%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:26

    xG 0.65–0.24 (73%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Soderberg – Lucic12:08

    xG 0.49–0.32 (61%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Kelly – Smith – Griffith7:14

    xG 0.16–0.18 (46%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Gagne – Campbell – Paille7:09

    xG 0.09–0.22 (29%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Miller11:59

    xG 0.65–0.26 (71%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Bartkowski – Miller2:18

    xG 0.12–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Hamilton2:26

    xG 0.11–0.02 (83%)attempts 5–1goals 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 xGWPG 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #643 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 61% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

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

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