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Tue, Oct 27, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Arizona Coyotes 0, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

BOS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0701205024
BOS1921137627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:22BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:51BOSJimmy HayesAssists: Matt Beleskey, Ryan Spooner · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:29BOSJoe MorrowAssists: Matt Beleskey · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:22BOSBrett ConnollyAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P3 13:07BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: Colin Miller, Jimmy Hayes · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–5
  6. P3 19:22BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Jimmy Hayes, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:10ARIKlas Dahlbeck: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:58BOSColin Miller: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:34BOSAdam McQuaid: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:39ARITobias Rieder: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:56ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Interference2 min
  6. P3 5:21BOSDavid Pastrnak: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 11:12ARIJohn Scott: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 11:12ARIJohn Scott: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 11:12ARISteve Downie: Misconduct10 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
47% to win54% to win
← ARI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIBOS
24Shots on goal27
1.5Expected goals2.4
53Shot attempts48
35Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
28Penalty minutes6
21Hits12
9Blocked shots18
10Giveaways6
9Takeaways7

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRieder – Duclair – Gaudet6:33

    xG 0.17–0.11 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Gordon – Downie – Scott6:48

    xG 0.12–0.09 (59%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Chipchura – Boedker – Domi6:35

    xG 0.30–0.37 (45%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Chipchura – Duclair – Domi4:03

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 2–3goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson17:37

    xG 0.76–0.56 (58%)attempts 20–12goals 0–2

  2. Grossmann – Elliott13:10

    xG 0.17–0.55 (24%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  3. Michalek – Dahlbeck13:12

    xG 0.15–0.93 (14%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBeleskey – Hayes – Spooner6:07

    xG 0.69–0.18 (80%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Eriksson – Krejci – Pastrnak9:27

    xG 0.56–0.27 (67%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Connolly10:57

    xG 0.25–0.09 (74%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Eriksson – Krejci – Hayes2:07

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Miller9:14

    xG 0.92–0.23 (80%)attempts 11–8goals 3–0

  2. McQuaid – Morrow8:04

    xG 0.47–0.08 (86%)attempts 9–4goals 2–0

  3. Morrow – Miller4:30

    xG 0.18–0.05 (77%)attempts 3–1goals 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 2.4 xGARI 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1209 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 68% of the time.

BOS winsARI wins

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

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