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Fri, Mar 18, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

Boston Bruins 0, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 57% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS011016011038
ANA21001026426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:51ANAJamie McGinnGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:07ANARyan KeslerAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:58ANAHampus LindholmAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P3 14:28ANARickard RakellAssists: David Perron, Hampus Lindholm · Slap, 0.05 xG0–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:18ANAHampus Lindholm: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:55BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:01ANADavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 9:42BOSDavid Pastrnak: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 0:00BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 0:00ANADavid Perron: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 7:26BOSZdeno Chara: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 7:26ANAClayton Stoner: Fighting5 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win54% to win
← BOS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSANA
38Shots on goal26
2.9Expected goals3.3
70Shot attempts57
22Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
11Penalty minutes11
33Hits29
12Blocked shots16
11Giveaways10
3Takeaways2

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. bestEriksson – Krejci – Pastrnak13:15

    xG 0.66–0.13 (83%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  2. Ferraro – Randell – Acciari10:26

    xG 0.67–0.20 (77%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Stempniak – Marchand10:35

    xG 0.50–0.74 (40%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  4. Beleskey – Spooner – Connolly9:28

    xG 0.25–0.69 (27%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug11:35

    xG 0.79–0.61 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  2. Chara – Miller13:06

    xG 0.51–0.37 (58%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Seidenberg14:46

    xG 0.79–1.05 (43%)attempts 19–16goals 0–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:36

    xG 0.77–0.53 (59%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  2. Horcoff – Garbutt – Ritchie8:26

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Perron – Pirri – Rakell11:55

    xG 0.62–0.62 (50%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – McGinn12:30

    xG 0.62–0.64 (49%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm12:17

    xG 0.89–0.45 (66%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Despres – Fowler15:30

    xG 0.80–0.53 (60%)attempts 14–19goals 1–0

  3. Bieksa – Fowler2:03

    xG 0.09–0.20 (31%)attempts 2–5goals 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.

ANA 3.3 xGBOS 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1207 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 57% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

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

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