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Thu, Feb 11, 2016·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Boston Bruins 6, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 82% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS311014314639
WPG21801206236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:38BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, Brett Connolly · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:29WPGBryan LittleAssists: Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:34BOSLoui ErikssonAssists: Jimmy Hayes · Snap, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:30WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P1 18:45BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Brett Connolly, Zdeno Chara · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:35BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: David Krejci · Wrist, 0.31 xG4–2
  7. P3 7:42BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brett Connolly, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.38 xG5–2
  8. P3 15:12BOSJimmy HayesENAssists: Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.70 xG6–2
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 2:33BOSZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:33WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:32BOSDavid Krejci: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:19BOSMatt Beleskey: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 16:19WPGTyler Myers: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:15BOSMax Talbot: Holding2 min
  7. P2 3:17BOSRyan Spooner: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 8:55BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 8:55WPGBlake Wheeler: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 11:10WPGToby Enstrom: Holding2 min
  11. P2 13:57BOSPatrice Bergeron: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 13:57WPGBlake Wheeler: Fighting5 min
  13. P2 16:09BOSRyan Spooner: High sticking2 min
  14. P2 18:04WPGDrew Stafford: Tripping2 min
  15. P3 8:54WPGDustin Byfuglien: Holding2 min
  16. P3 17:30BOSDennis Seidenberg: Holding2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
47% to win54% to win
← BOS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSWPG
39Shots on goal36
4.7Expected goals2.6
66Shot attempts66
34Faceoffs won37
3Power plays5
27Penalty minutes23
21Hits17
14Blocked shots19
6Giveaways10
8Takeaways5

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Connolly7:18

    xG 0.85–0.15 (85%)attempts 7–5goals 3–0

  2. Krejci – Beleskey – Pastrnak8:11

    xG 0.81–0.13 (87%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Eriksson – Hayes – Spooner8:41

    xG 0.49–0.42 (54%)attempts 6–12goals 1–1

  4. Talbot – Rinaldo – Randell5:24

    xG 0.03–0.12 (21%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Trotman11:57

    xG 1.34–0.28 (83%)attempts 19–11goals 3–0

  2. Seidenberg – Miller2:03

    xG 0.52–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Krug8:51

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestThorburn – Burmistrov – Copp4:15

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Lowry – Armia9:41

    xG 0.11–0.17 (39%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Stafford – Perreault – Scheifele10:50

    xG 0.29–0.79 (27%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

  4. Wheeler – Little – Ehlers10:16

    xG 0.23–0.80 (22%)attempts 13–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Trouba2:39

    xG 0.15–0.02 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Chiarot – Trouba2:56

    xG 0.07–0.02 (79%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien13:58

    xG 0.53–0.62 (46%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

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.

WPG 2.6 xGBOS 4.7 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #494 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50WPG 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, Boston Bruins win this game 82% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

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

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