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Sat, Nov 12, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Boston Bruins 2, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 54% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS01021207229
ARI0908115132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:54BOSRyan SpoonerAssists: Zdeno Chara, David Krejci · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:44BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:05ARIRadim VrbataPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:44BOSDavid Backes: Interference2 min
  2. P3 5:47BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 7:32ARIBrad Richardson: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 7:32BOSBrandon Carlo: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P3 11:13BOSDavid Backes: Interference2 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 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← BOS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSARI
29Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals1.9
61Shot attempts59
43Faceoffs won24
0Power plays3
11Penalty minutes5
11Hits26
9Blocked shots17
7Giveaways7
4Takeaways3

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. bestBeleskey – Nash – Czarnik10:37

    xG 0.55–0.12 (82%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:52

    xG 0.81–0.42 (66%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  3. Backes – Krejci – Spooner13:23

    xG 0.46–0.52 (47%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  4. Moore – Hayes – Schaller8:27

    xG 0.03–0.16 (15%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug15:16

    xG 0.86–0.34 (72%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Liles – Miller14:44

    xG 0.77–0.33 (70%)attempts 21–11goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Carlo17:38

    xG 0.35–0.77 (32%)attempts 16–18goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDuclair – Domi – Dvorak6:22

    xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Martinook – Domi3:26

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – McGinn – Martinook6:58

    xG 0.13–0.10 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  4. White – Dauphin – Crouse8:08

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stone – Ekman-Larsson18:08

    xG 0.60–0.58 (51%)attempts 20–16goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – DeAngelo16:09

    xG 0.53–0.82 (39%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Chychrun15:02

    xG 0.27–0.63 (30%)attempts 10–18goals 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.

ARI 1.9 xGBOS 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #993 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 54% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

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

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