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Sun, Nov 13, 2016·Pepsi Center, Denver

Boston Bruins 2, Colorado Avalanche 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 78% of the time.

COL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS112024110246
COL070608021

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:30BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: David Backes, Ryan Spooner · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:32BOSDominic MooreENAssists: David Krejci · Slap, 0.64 xG2–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 18:21COLErik Johnson: Interference2 min
  2. P3 5:36COLCarl Soderberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P3 10:54BOSBrandon Carlo: Holding2 min
  4. P3 19:51BOSMatt Beleskey: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0COL
44% to win56% to win
← BOS attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCOL
46Shots on goal21
2.7Expected goals1.2
65Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won36
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
12Hits19
16Blocked shots11
3Giveaways11
8Takeaways10

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 – Pastrnak13:54

    xG 0.61–0.14 (81%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Hayes – Kuraly7:56

    xG 0.14–0.06 (71%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Krejci – Spooner11:23

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  4. Beleskey – Nash – Czarnik12:03

    xG 0.40–0.40 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo19:07

    xG 0.87–0.41 (68%)attempts 21–16goals 0–0

  2. McQuaid – Krug14:48

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  3. Liles – Morrow14:08

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Grigorenko – Martinsen6:15

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Soderberg – Bourque – Greer11:27

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  3. Mitchell – McLeod – Colborne6:07

    xG 0.07–0.12 (38%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen15:25

    xG 0.25–0.76 (25%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tyutin – Barrie14:06

    xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Barrie3:28

    xG 0.15–0.25 (37%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Gelinas11:54

    xG 0.25–0.44 (36%)attempts 9–10goals 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.

COL 1.2 xGBOS 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1098 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50COL 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 78% of the time.

COL winsBOS wins

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

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