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Fri, Nov 25, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Calgary Flames 2, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1130719229
BOS05011120136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:36CGYSam BennettAssists: Matt Stajan, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 5:55BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Tim Schaller, John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:05CGYAlex ChiassonGWGAssists: Sam Bennett, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 9:18BOSMatt Beleskey: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:40CGYMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  3. P2 15:12CGYTroy Brouwer: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:59CGYFreddie Hamilton: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P3 2:59CGYDeryk Engelland: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 2:59BOSBrad Marchand: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 2:59BOSAdam McQuaid: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 3:39CGYMichael Frolik: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 7:56BOSJimmy Hayes: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 7:56CGYGarnet Hathaway: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 7:56CGYGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 7:56BOSJimmy Hayes: Interference2 min
  13. P3 9:28CGYDennis Wideman: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
44% to win56% to win
← CGY attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYBOS
29Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals3.2
41Shot attempts75
32Faceoffs won38
1Power plays4
19Penalty minutes13
23Hits23
17Blocked shots5
7Giveaways13
17Takeaways10

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk10:25

    xG 0.89–0.21 (81%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Brouwer – Ferland – Monahan12:12

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Chiasson – Bennett9:28

    xG 0.33–0.44 (43%)attempts 7–10goals 2–0

  4. Hamilton – Shinkaruk – Hathaway5:12

    xG 0.00–0.37 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton14:23

    xG 0.83–0.30 (73%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Brodie17:43

    xG 0.38–0.62 (38%)attempts 6–15goals 1–0

  3. Engelland – Kulak11:52

    xG 0.35–0.73 (32%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBeleskey – Nash – Czarnik2:56

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Hayes – Spooner3:58

    xG 0.12–0.01 (89%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Beleskey – Pastrnak3:15

    xG 0.09–0.05 (65%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Krejci – Beleskey5:47

    xG 0.24–0.20 (54%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug13:00

    xG 0.71–0.15 (82%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Carlo2:49

    xG 0.17–0.10 (63%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Morrow12:52

    xG 0.30–0.39 (44%)attempts 9–8goals 0–2

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 3.2 xGCGY 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #636 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 68% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

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

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