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Sat, Oct 29, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Boston Bruins 1, Detroit Red Wings 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 64% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS07118011136
DET070809024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:11BOSTim SchallerGWGAssists: Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:43BOSZdeno Chara: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 0:43DETSteve Ott: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 16:33DETLuke Glendening: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:31BOSTim Schaller: Holding2 min
  5. P2 3:27DETGustav Nyquist: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 9:42BOSDominic Moore: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 14:03DETDarren Helm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 18:31DETDylan Larkin: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 7:38BOSTorey Krug: Holding2 min
  10. P3 13:41BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 13:41DETDanny DeKeyser: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 18:47BOSBrandon Carlo: Boarding2 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 SOG0DET
44% to win56% to win
← BOS attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDET
36Shots on goal24
2.4Expected goals1.6
60Shot attempts43
49Faceoffs won28
4Power plays4
12Penalty minutes12
13Hits32
14Blocked shots15
6Giveaways13
5Takeaways3

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 – Heinen7:30

    xG 0.26–0.10 (73%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Nash – Hayes8:57

    xG 0.19–0.14 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Schaller – Acciari8:09

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. Krejci – Spooner – Czarnik9:37

    xG 0.50–0.62 (44%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug13:27

    xG 0.31–0.03 (91%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Miller9:42

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Carlo16:07

    xG 0.75–1.04 (42%)attempts 24–19goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Abdelkader – Tatar13:56

    xG 0.92–0.49 (65%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Nyquist – Larkin6:31

    xG 0.23–0.24 (49%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  3. Helm – Sheahan – Athanasiou5:47

    xG 0.07–0.16 (30%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Miller – Glendening4:51

    xG 0.01–0.22 (4%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Marchenko11:07

    xG 0.63–0.45 (59%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Green – Smith2:19

    xG 0.06–0.05 (56%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Green – DeKeyser11:47

    xG 0.39–0.53 (42%)attempts 13–18goals 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.

DET 1.6 xGBOS 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 11/100 · #1078 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DET 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 64% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

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

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