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Sat, Nov 14, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 52% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0508110123
BOS01231207331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:18BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Matt Beleskey, Zdeno Chara · Backhand, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:10BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, Zach Trotman · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:00BOSTorey KrugAssists: Brad Marchand, Kevan Miller · Snap, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P3 6:37DETJustin AbdelkaderPPAssists: Niklas Kronwall, Mike Green · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:12DETDarren Helm: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 14:38BOSDennis Seidenberg: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 6:09BOSZac Rinaldo: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 16:18BOSAdam McQuaid: Boarding2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
23Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals1.8
57Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
13Hits24
11Blocked shots16
19Giveaways11
6Takeaways5

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist3:36

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Glendening – Larkin2:22

    xG 0.17–0.04 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Andersson – Athanasiou2:33

    xG 0.14–0.07 (65%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin6:30

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – DeKeyser16:28

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Kindl – Marchenko11:51

    xG 0.43–0.35 (55%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Green – Kindl2:33

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Beleskey – Connolly7:35

    xG 0.52–0.16 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  2. Eriksson – Krejci – Vatrano11:55

    xG 0.29–0.11 (72%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Connolly2:16

    xG 0.12–0.06 (66%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Marchand – Hayes – Spooner8:48

    xG 0.43–0.51 (46%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Trotman10:58

    xG 0.66–0.19 (78%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  2. McQuaid – Krug5:01

    xG 0.15–0.04 (80%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Trotman7:04

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 7–5goals 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 1.8 xGDET 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1053 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 52% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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