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Mon, Feb 16, 2015·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Boston Bruins 3, Calgary Flames 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CGY winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS28190703327
CGY071821012427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:48BOSBrad MarchandSHAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:27BOSZdeno CharaAssists: Dougie Hamilton, David Pastrnak · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:50BOSTorey KrugAssists: Reilly Smith, Kevan Miller · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P2 6:52CGYDavid JonesAssists: Mikael Backlund, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:22CGYJiri HudlerAssists: Sean Monahan, Paul Byron · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:51CGYJiri HudlerPPAssists: Mark Giordano, Johnny Gaudreau · Tip-in, 0.19 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:58CGYTJ BrodieGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, Sean Monahan · Backhand, 0.01 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:03BOSChris Kelly: Holding2 min
  2. P2 12:05CGYJiri Hudler: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 12:05BOSDougie Hamilton: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 16:01CGYJohnny Gaudreau: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P3 14:42BOSDavid Pastrnak: High sticking2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCGY
27Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals2.5
54Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits16
14Blocked shots16
6Giveaways17
9Takeaways14

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. bestKelly – Soderberg – Pastrnak12:24

    xG 0.47–0.33 (59%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Eriksson – Bergeron – Marchand12:06

    xG 0.56–0.45 (56%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

  3. Krejci – Lucic – Smith13:08

    xG 0.61–0.59 (51%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  4. Campbell – Paille – Cunningham6:40

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug9:10

    xG 0.46–0.11 (81%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton18:04

    xG 0.83–0.59 (59%)attempts 16–10goals 1–1

  3. Seidenberg – Bartkowski10:59

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Byron – Colborne4:49

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Byron – Monahan3:32

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 1–5goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Backlund – Bouma13:51

    xG 0.45–0.46 (49%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Glencross – Raymond – Jooris11:23

    xG 0.32–0.38 (46%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie19:36

    xG 0.86–0.63 (58%)attempts 17–17goals 1–0

  2. Engelland – Diaz8:44

    xG 0.45–0.27 (62%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Russell21:03

    xG 0.59–1.00 (37%)attempts 13–22goals 1–2

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.

CGY 2.5 xGBOS 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 88/100 · #118 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CGY winsBOS wins

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

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