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Thu, Apr 7, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 2, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 83% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET081512215
BOS211112211534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:25BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: John-Michael Liles, Colin Miller · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:44BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Torey Krug, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:02BOSTorey KrugPPGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, David Krejci · Slap, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P2 6:59DETAlexey MarchenkoAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:20BOSLee StempniakAssists: Torey Krug, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 0:45BOSLoui ErikssonAssists: David Krejci, Ryan Spooner · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:37DETAndreas AthanasiouAssists: Alexey Marchenko, Kyle Quincey · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:20BOSAdam McQuaid: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:39DETDanny DeKeyser: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:06BOSAdam McQuaid: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 17:37DETRiley Sheahan: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 1:37BOSMatt Beleskey: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 4:16DETJonathan Ericsson: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:42BOSTorey Krug: Holding2 min
  8. P3 4:57DETHenrik Zetterberg: Slashing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
15Shots on goal34
0.7Expected goals2.3
37Shot attempts56
28Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
21Hits20
12Blocked shots15
6Giveaways6
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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Richards – Datsyuk – Helm8:49

    xG 0.11–0.25 (30%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  2. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan6:58

    xG 0.04–0.20 (18%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  3. Jurco – Glendening – Athanasiou7:39

    xG 0.11–0.43 (21%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Larkin6:50

    xG 0.07–0.52 (12%)attempts 4–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Marchenko2:30

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0

  2. Ericsson – Marchenko3:19

    xG 0.02–0.11 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Marchenko – DeKeyser2:03

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

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Stempniak – Marchand9:25

    xG 0.58–0.10 (85%)attempts 13–8goals 2–1

  2. Ferraro – Vatrano – Acciari8:55

    xG 0.34–0.10 (78%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Beleskey – Pastrnak10:39

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  4. Eriksson – Krejci – Spooner9:54

    xG 0.25–0.06 (82%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Miller12:29

    xG 0.74–0.19 (80%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  2. McQuaid – Krug12:35

    xG 0.48–0.07 (87%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  3. Chara – Miller14:38

    xG 0.35–0.11 (76%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

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 2.3 xGDET 0.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #708 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 83% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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