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Tue, Mar 1, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Calgary Flames 1, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 55% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY080819125
BOS1509111225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:05BOSLandon FerraroAssists: Torey Krug, Brett Connolly · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:35CGYJakub NakladalAssists: Jyrki Jokipakka, Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:36BOSPatrice BergeronPPGWGAssists: Ryan Spooner, David Krejci · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:38BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 1:42CGYJoe Colborne: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:41BOSKevan Miller: Holding2 min
  4. P2 1:10BOSMatt Beleskey: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 8:41CGYGarnet Hathaway: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:53BOSMatt Beleskey: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 17:31CGYMichael Frolik: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:09CGYMichael Frolik: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 15:53CGYSam Bennett: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYBOS
25Shots on goal25
2.2Expected goals2.5
46Shot attempts61
23Faceoffs won35
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
27Hits17
19Blocked shots15
19Giveaways11
5Takeaways13

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFerland – Jooris – Bennett7:35

    xG 0.93–0.23 (80%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Colborne8:17

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Gaudreau – Monahan – Hathaway13:30

    xG 0.28–0.43 (40%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Bouma – Bollig7:21

    xG 0.06–0.33 (15%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Hamilton10:48

    xG 1.06–0.50 (68%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  2. Jokipakka – Nakladal5:48

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Hamilton2:20

    xG 0.13–0.07 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Stempniak – Marchand12:03

    xG 0.52–0.26 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Connolly – Acciari5:31

    xG 0.14–0.07 (67%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

  3. Beleskey – Hayes – Spooner7:07

    xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Beleskey – Pastrnak4:19

    xG 0.30–0.32 (48%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Miller12:42

    xG 0.27–0.14 (65%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McQuaid2:20

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Krug10:48

    xG 0.52–0.52 (50%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

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.

BOS 2.5 xGCGY 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 49/100 · #591 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 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, Boston Bruins win this game 55% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).