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Thu, Mar 5, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Calgary Flames 4, Boston Bruins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 69% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY19111111012432
BOS111112111031337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:46BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Dougie Hamilton · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:49CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: Jiri Hudler, Kris Russell · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:30BOSMilan LucicAssists: Ryan Spooner, David Pastrnak · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:26CGYJiri HudlerAssists: Mikael Backlund, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:59CGYJohnny GaudreauPPAssists: Kris Russell, Dennis Wideman · Snap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:40BOSLoui ErikssonAssists: Chris Kelly, Carl Soderberg · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Ryan Spooner stopped
  2. 2. CGY Joe Colborne stopped
  3. 3. BOS Torey Krug stopped
  4. 4. CGY Johnny Gaudreau stopped
  5. 5. BOS David Pastrnak stopped
  6. 6. CGY Jiri Hudler stopped
  7. 7. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  8. 8. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
  9. 9. BOS Loui Eriksson stopped
  10. 10. CGY Mason Raymond stopped
  11. 11. BOS Reilly Smith stopped
  12. 12. CGY Drew Shore stopped
  13. 13. BOS Patrice Bergeron scored
  14. 14. CGY Josh Jooris scored
  15. 15. BOS Milan Lucic stopped
  16. 16. CGY David Schlemko scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:29CGYDavid Schlemko: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:14BOSMax Talbot: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 18:21BOSMatt Bartkowski: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:44BOSCarl Soderberg: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:17BOSReilly Smith: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 1:19CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 1:40BOSRyan Spooner: Interference2 min
  8. P3 3:55BOSMatt Bartkowski: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 5:08CGYTJ Brodie: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 6:35BOSReilly Smith: Holding2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYBOS
32Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals3.1
52Shot attempts89
32Faceoffs won34
7Power plays3
6Penalty minutes14
24Hits18
37Blocked shots10
15Giveaways9
4Takeaways7

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Colborne – Bouma3:51

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Shore – Bollig – Poirier2:06

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Bouma – Shore3:32

    xG 0.07–0.18 (28%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  4. Hudler – Gaudreau – Monahan9:07

    xG 0.29–0.48 (37%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Diaz4:43

    xG 0.28–0.05 (86%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Brodie2:08

    xG 0.10–0.51 (16%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Engelland – Brodie15:25

    xG 0.04–0.50 (8%)attempts 1–15goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Eriksson – Soderberg2:32

    xG 0.65–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith10:57

    xG 0.63–0.19 (77%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  3. Lucic – Spooner – Pastrnak10:36

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  4. Paille – Eriksson – Soderberg7:23

    xG 0.26–0.27 (49%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Hamilton14:34

    xG 1.01–0.26 (80%)attempts 27–8goals 1–0

  2. McQuaid – Krug4:13

    xG 0.53–0.04 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. McQuaid – Bartkowski6:44

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 9–4goals 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.

BOS 3.1 xGCGY 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #136 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.35 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 69% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

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

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