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Thu, Jan 21, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Vancouver Canucks 4, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 62% of the time.

BOS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN14012311427
BOS01111118230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:27VANSven BaertschiAssists: Radim Vrbata, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:08BOSJimmy HayesAssists: David Pastrnak, Ryan Spooner · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:49VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Linden Vey, Alexander Edler · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:15BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:03VANDaniel SedinGWGAssists: Chris Tanev, Jannik Hansen · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:37VANDaniel SedinENAssists: Linden Vey, Derek Dorsett · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–2

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANBOS
27Shots on goal30
2.3Expected goals1.8
46Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won28
0Power plays0
0Penalty minutes0
23Hits25
14Blocked shots9
20Giveaways23
6Takeaways12

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Vey – Etem14:13

    xG 0.51–0.12 (81%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Vrbata – Baertschi – Horvat13:04

    xG 0.39–0.33 (54%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  3. Sedin – Hansen – McCann11:26

    xG 0.43–0.51 (46%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  4. Dorsett – Zalewski – Virtanen9:16

    xG 0.16–0.34 (32%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev19:12

    xG 0.84–0.48 (63%)attempts 21–15goals 1–1

  2. Biega – Bartkowski15:12

    xG 0.34–0.50 (40%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  3. Sbisa – Hutton15:58

    xG 0.26–0.51 (34%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Connolly13:12

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Eriksson – Krejci – Beleskey6:22

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Rinaldo – Ferraro9:16

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Krejci – Pastrnak9:08

    xG 0.28–0.25 (53%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Trotman19:22

    xG 0.71–0.47 (60%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  2. Seidenberg – Krug2:53

    xG 0.13–0.10 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 2–0

  3. Miller – Morrow2:31

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 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 xGVAN 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #521 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 62% of the time.

BOS winsVAN wins

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

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