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Sat, Jan 23, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Boston Bruins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 57% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CBJ01321006040233
BOS0112908062334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:32BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Ryan Spooner, Patrice Bergeron · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:34BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: David Krejci, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:58CBJDalton ProutAssists: Kerby Rychel, William Karlsson · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:08CBJKerby RychelAssists: Justin Falk · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Ryan Spooner scored
  2. 2. CBJ Cam Atkinson stopped
  3. 3. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  4. 4. CBJ Brandon Dubinsky stopped
  5. 5. BOS Torey Krug scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 15:40CBJJack Johnson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:49BOSDavid Pastrnak: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 13:56CBJScott Hartnell: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 15:25BOSLoui Eriksson: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:06CBJRyan Murray: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:46CBJGregory Campbell: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 14:40BOSKevan Miller: Holding2 min
  8. P3 19:54BOSDennis Seidenberg: Slashing2 min
  9. OT 2:17CBJScott Hartnell: Too many men on the ice2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJBOS
33Shots on goal34
2.3Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts57
35Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits14
16Blocked shots15
18Giveaways20
10Takeaways6

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Saad – Wennberg9:20

    xG 0.65–0.09 (88%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Karlsson – Rychel8:43

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 15–6goals 2–0

  3. Dubinsky – Atkinson – Jenner11:32

    xG 0.30–0.40 (43%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  4. Campbell – Bourque – Calvert8:02

    xG 0.14–0.49 (22%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Falk13:06

    xG 0.88–0.31 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Tyutin – Prout10:16

    xG 0.22–0.40 (36%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Murray – Jones15:44

    xG 0.44–0.73 (38%)attempts 16–14goals 0–2

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Spooner11:14

    xG 0.73–0.37 (66%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Beleskey – Hayes – Kemppainen8:01

    xG 0.34–0.14 (71%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Eriksson – Krejci – Pastrnak12:31

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  4. Talbot – Rinaldo – Ferraro7:09

    xG 0.17–0.22 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug9:02

    xG 0.41–0.14 (74%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Seidenberg – Miller2:02

    xG 0.09–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Miller2:16

    xG 0.09–0.01 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 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 2.7 xGCBJ 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 78/100 · #247 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 57% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

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

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