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Thu, Mar 26, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Anaheim Ducks 3, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA0121811111332
BOS011191900229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:18ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Clayton Stoner, Sami Vatanen · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:07BOSRyan SpoonerPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:27BOSLoui ErikssonPPAssists: Torey Krug, David Krejci · Snap, 0.42 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:21ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:09ANARyan GetzlafGWGAssists: Cam Fowler, Simon Despres · Snap, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:39BOSMilan Lucic: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 2:39ANASimon Despres: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 6:57BOSAdam McQuaid: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 6:57ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 13:19ANAPatrick Maroon: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 16:05ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 12:48ANASimon Despres: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P2 19:28ANASimon Despres: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 4:51BOSPatrice Bergeron: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. OT 0:38BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANABOS
32Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals2.1
55Shot attempts50
41Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
12Penalty minutes8
44Hits32
12Blocked shots11
13Giveaways10
7Takeaways3

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Sekac12:33

    xG 0.77–0.21 (79%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Thompson – Cogliano – Wagner5:59

    xG 0.26–0.08 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Beleskey – Palmieri9:45

    xG 0.14–0.20 (42%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Silfverberg – Rakell8:59

    xG 0.12–0.31 (27%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDespres – Fowler15:31

    xG 0.76–0.41 (65%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm16:04

    xG 0.52–0.19 (73%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Stoner – Vatanen11:30

    xG 0.38–0.16 (70%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Soderberg – Smith12:42

    xG 0.39–0.16 (70%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Campbell – Talbot9:16

    xG 0.07–0.13 (34%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand12:25

    xG 0.31–0.61 (34%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Spooner – Pastrnak5:38

    xG 0.18–0.48 (27%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Krug9:42

    xG 0.34–0.17 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – Trotman2:40

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Bartkowski – Trotman2:13

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 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 2.1 xGANA 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 83/100 · #178 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.24 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).