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Thu, Dec 1, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Boston Bruins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 80% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR0121709021130
BOS01007112062235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:37CARNoah HanifinPPAssists: Jeff Skinner, Derek Ryan · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:28BOSDavid BackesAssists: Torey Krug, David Pastrnak · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Ryan Spooner scored
  2. 2. CAR Jaccob Slavin scored
  3. 3. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  4. 4. CAR Noah Hanifin stopped
  5. 5. BOS David Pastrnak scored
  6. 6. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:07BOSTim Schaller: Interference2 min
  2. P2 5:19CARTeuvo Teravainen: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:33BOSMatt Beleskey: Delaying game face off violation2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:39CARJeff Skinner: Interference2 min
  5. P3 6:46CARLee Stempniak: Tripping2 min
  6. OT 1:53CARViktor Stalberg: Hooking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
30Shots on goal35
2.1Expected goals4.1
50Shot attempts80
29Faceoffs won40
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
20Hits26
22Blocked shots13
10Giveaways13
11Takeaways3

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Teravainen – Aho7:43

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Nordstrom – Di Giuseppe5:01

    xG 0.22–0.05 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – McGinn – Ryan4:08

    xG 0.26–0.11 (70%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Teravainen – Aho3:53

    xG 0.09–0.02 (83%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTennyson – Hanifin11:05

    xG 0.52–0.37 (58%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Faulk16:55

    xG 0.32–0.69 (32%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce17:46

    xG 0.42–0.84 (33%)attempts 10–21goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBeleskey – Nash – Czarnik10:14

    xG 0.53–0.19 (73%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Krejci – Spooner4:19

    xG 0.23–0.01 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Krejci – Schaller9:48

    xG 0.30–0.12 (72%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Hayes – Spooner4:57

    xG 0.16–0.15 (52%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug10:35

    xG 0.76–0.22 (78%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Krug5:03

    xG 0.33–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. McQuaid – Morrow3:30

    xG 0.18–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

BOS 4.1 xGCAR 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 56/100 · #498 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 80% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).