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Tue, Jan 26, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Anaheim Ducks 6, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 80% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA216212211639
BOS11301219234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:40BOSZach TrotmanAssists: David Krejci, Matt Beleskey · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:54ANACorey PerryAssists: David Perron · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:27ANAShea TheodorePPAssists: Corey Perry, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:06ANADavid PerronGWGAssists: Chris Stewart, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:13ANAKevin BieksaAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Ryan Kesler · Snap, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P3 2:04BOSZdeno CharaAssists: Ryan Spooner, Matt Beleskey · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:05ANARyan KeslerENAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.78 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:28ANAMike SantorelliAssists: Ryan Garbutt, Shea Theodore · Tip-in, 0.12 xG6–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:42BOSTorey Krug: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:42ANAChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:42ANADavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 8:42BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 min
  5. P1 12:35BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P1 17:21ANASimon Despres: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 1:52ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  8. P2 12:12BOSZach Trotman: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:17ANAPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 19:17BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 2:20ANAMike Santorelli: Holding2 min
  12. P3 14:41BOSZach Trotman: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANABOS
39Shots on goal34
4.6Expected goals2.6
62Shot attempts66
31Faceoffs won34
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
15Hits20
13Blocked shots11
10Giveaways12
8Takeaways6

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 – Stewart – Perron6:06

    xG 0.54–0.07 (89%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Perry – Maroon – Rakell10:14

    xG 0.69–0.26 (72%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Santorelli – Garbutt6:16

    xG 0.25–0.03 (89%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg7:35

    xG 0.31–0.27 (53%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm10:19

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Theodore7:41

    xG 0.79–0.58 (58%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Despres – Vatanen10:50

    xG 0.54–0.36 (60%)attempts 11–15goals 2–2

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Krejci – Beleskey4:01

    xG 0.22–0.09 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Eriksson – Krejci – Spooner6:33

    xG 0.13–0.18 (42%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Beleskey – Pastrnak – Kemppainen4:59

    xG 0.29–0.43 (40%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Spooner – Pastrnak – Kemppainen2:02

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Trotman8:16

    xG 0.29–0.11 (72%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Seidenberg – Trotman3:09

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Krug9:13

    xG 0.42–0.47 (47%)attempts 13–10goals 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 2.6 xGANA 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 54/100 · #551 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 80% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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