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Tue, Feb 10, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Dallas Stars 5, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

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

BOS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL31011319532
BOS116217011344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:28DALVernon FiddlerSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:43BOSDavid KrejciAssists: David Pastrnak, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:38DALJamie BennAssists: Alex Goligoski, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:53DALJamie BennAssists: Patrick Eaves, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P2 0:26BOSPatrice BergeronSHAssists: Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–2
  6. P2 6:42BOSDougie HamiltonAssists: Chris Kelly, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. P2 13:42DALTrevor DaleySHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.30 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:27DALErik ColeENAssists: Jason Demers, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.51 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:43DALAntoine Roussel: Cross checking5 min
  2. P1 3:43DALAntoine Roussel: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P1 19:55BOSDougie Hamilton: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 13:06DALRyan Garbutt: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 15:06DALRyan Garbutt: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 15:06BOSCarl Soderberg: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:34DALJason Spezza: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALBOS
32Shots on goal44
3.3Expected goals4.8
51Shot attempts69
29Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
21Penalty minutes4
25Hits14
15Blocked shots8
10Giveaways11
10Takeaways9

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Eaves – Benn – Seguin11:16

    xG 1.11–1.07 (51%)attempts 15–22goals 2–0

  2. Cole – Spezza – Hemsky8:59

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Fiddler – Eakin – Garbutt3:41

    xG 0.01–0.14 (6%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  4. Horcoff – Fiddler – Ritchie4:19

    xG 0.40–0.54 (43%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Benn3:44

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  2. Demers – Benn7:59

    xG 0.26–0.26 (50%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Jokipakka11:07

    xG 0.46–0.76 (38%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Eriksson – Soderberg9:04

    xG 0.74–0.17 (82%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith11:09

    xG 1.02–0.97 (51%)attempts 21–12goals 0–2

  3. Krejci – Lucic – Pastrnak12:52

    xG 0.22–0.26 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Campbell – Paille – Cunningham8:03

    xG 0.29–0.46 (39%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug8:24

    xG 0.59–0.18 (77%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton5:11

    xG 0.60–0.21 (74%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Krug4:16

    xG 0.74–0.35 (68%)attempts 6–5goals 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 4.8 xGDAL 3.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #210 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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.

BOS winsDAL wins

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

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