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Mon, Dec 1, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Boston Bruins 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 55% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS01311516234
ANA07211110328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:20BOSBrad MarchandAssists: David Pastrnak, Zach Trotman · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:17ANASami VatanenAssists: Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:38ANADevante Smith-PellyAssists: Cam Fowler, Jakob Silfverberg · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:43ANAMatt BeleskeyGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:20BOSSimon GagneAssists: Daniel Paille, Dougie Hamilton · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:48BOSChris Kelly: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:09ANAHampus Lindholm: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 15:04ANARyan Kesler: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 5:12BOSMatt Fraser: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 8:13ANAAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:37BOSJoe Morrow: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Smith-Pelly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSANA
34Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals3.2
85Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits24
15Blocked shots28
11Giveaways14
1Takeaways4

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 – Pastrnak10:09

    xG 0.45–0.25 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Gagne – Campbell – Paille10:06

    xG 0.42–0.24 (64%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Kelly – Smith – Fraser7:36

    xG 0.36–0.58 (38%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Eriksson – Soderberg – Lucic11:55

    xG 0.15–1.57 (9%)attempts 12–18goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBartkowski – Krug2:42

    xG 0.38–0.20 (66%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  2. Morrow – Krug11:13

    xG 0.79–0.75 (51%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  3. Bartkowski – Trotman10:31

    xG 0.25–0.45 (36%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Beleskey11:03

    xG 0.56–0.13 (82%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Kesler – Bourque – Palmieri10:08

    xG 1.02–0.74 (58%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Thompson – Maroon5:48

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Smith-Pelly8:59

    xG 0.24–0.77 (23%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Lindholm9:12

    xG 0.59–0.19 (75%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Vatanen12:22

    xG 0.62–0.25 (72%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Brewer – Manson2:06

    xG 0.03–0.07 (29%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

ANA 3.2 xGBOS 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #623 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 55% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

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

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