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Tue, Apr 5, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Boston Bruins 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 67% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR1809010011228
BOS01001617030136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:54CARJaccob SlavinAssists: Justin Faulk, Nathan Gerbe · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:45BOSLoui ErikssonAssists: John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Ryan Spooner stopped
  2. 2. CAR Riley Nash stopped
  3. 3. BOS David Pastrnak stopped
  4. 4. CAR Victor Rask stopped
  5. 5. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  6. 6. CAR Elias Lindholm stopped
  7. 7. BOS Loui Eriksson stopped
  8. 8. CAR Sergey Tolchinsky stopped
  9. 9. BOS Torey Krug stopped
  10. 10. CAR Noah Hanifin scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:53BOSJimmy Hayes: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:53CARBrad Malone: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:24CARNoah Hanifin: Holding2 min
  4. P1 14:42CARChris Terry: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:34BOSMatt Beleskey: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 10:01BOSLoui Eriksson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 13:04CARJay McClement: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P2 19:31BOSLoui Eriksson: Tripping2 min
  9. OT 2:26CARJordan Staal: Tripping2 min
  10. OT 2:26BOSColin Miller: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
28Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals2.9
49Shot attempts69
26Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
18Hits22
20Blocked shots6
10Giveaways12
13Takeaways6

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTerry – Nash – Lindholm2:32

    xG 0.15–0.02 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Skinner – Rask – Tolchinsky2:26

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Terry – Lindholm – Tolchinsky4:30

    xG 0.10–0.14 (42%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Skinner – Rask7:12

    xG 0.09–0.14 (41%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Slavin13:29

    xG 0.52–0.24 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Hainsey – Slavin2:07

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Murphy14:37

    xG 0.51–0.75 (40%)attempts 13–22goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Bergeron – Marchand7:41

    xG 0.22–0.08 (72%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Beleskey – Pastrnak6:06

    xG 0.34–0.31 (53%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Ferraro – Acciari3:06

    xG 0.12–0.09 (57%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Spooner – Vatrano3:48

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Miller6:21

    xG 0.46–0.14 (77%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Miller9:55

    xG 0.38–0.10 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Miller6:50

    xG 0.30–0.12 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 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 2.9 xGCAR 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #723 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 67% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).