Fri, Dec 23, 2016·PNC Arena, Raleigh
Boston Bruins 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (OT)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 79% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 115 | 114 | 04 | 00 | 233 |
| CAR | 08 | 14 | 110 | 11 | 323 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 9:13BOSRyan SpoonerAssists: Torey Krug, David Krejci · Deflected, 0.27 xG1–0
- P2 3:17BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: Ryan Spooner, Torey Krug · Deflected, 0.18 xG2–0
- P2 10:12CARJordan StaalSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
- P3 6:48CARJustin FaulkAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
- OT 3:01CARTeuvo TeravainenGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Justin Faulk · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
- P2 2:31CARBrett Pesce: Holding2 min · PPG
- P2 9:11CARJaccob Slavin: High sticking2 min
- P2 12:54CARTeuvo Teravainen: High sticking2 min
- P3 0:35BOSAdam McQuaid: Slashing2 min
- P3 4:42BOSBrandon Carlo: Elbowing2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Bergeron
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.
Boston Bruins
Forward lines
- bestBackes – Krejci – Spooner7:07
xG 0.77–0.09 (90%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1
- Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak8:20
xG 0.44–0.16 (73%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0
- Nash – Vatrano – Czarnik7:29
xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
- Moore – Hayes – Blidh5:23
xG 0.01–0.05 (20%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestMcQuaid – Krug10:33
xG 0.49–0.05 (91%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1
- Miller – Miller7:38
xG 0.40–0.08 (83%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0
- Chara – Carlo10:27
xG 0.39–0.14 (73%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0
Carolina Hurricanes
Forward lines
- bestSkinner – Rask – Ryan4:20
xG 0.16–0.05 (77%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0
- Staal – Teravainen – Aho3:39
xG 0.04–0.07 (33%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0
- McClement – Stalberg – Nordstrom5:01
xG 0.01–0.07 (8%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
- Skinner – Rask – Lindholm4:43
xG 0.10–0.24 (30%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Hainsey – Pesce3:36
xG 0.01–0.04 (22%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0
- Tennyson – Hanifin7:25
xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0
- Hainsey – Faulk7:50
xG 0.16–0.23 (42%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.
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 79% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (CAR − BOS), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).