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Fri, Jan 20, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Boston Bruins 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 82% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI060818122
BOS0170805030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 18:34CHIMarian HossaGWGAssists: Tanner Kero, Vinnie Hinostroza · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:45CHIDuncan Keith: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 15:09BOSDominic Moore: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 19:36BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:00CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 7:14BOSRyan Spooner: Tripping2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIBOS
22Shots on goal30
0.9Expected goals2.4
42Shot attempts61
20Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
14Hits19
19Blocked shots15
9Giveaways5
12Takeaways9

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Kane – Panarin2:20

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Anisimov – Kane – Panarin13:19

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Tootoo – Rasmussen – Schmaltz5:34

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Hossa – Hinostroza – Kero9:58

    xG 0.12–0.21 (37%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Seabrook – Kempny14:14

    xG 0.37–0.53 (41%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – van Riemsdyk12:37

    xG 0.07–0.36 (16%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Keith – Hjalmarsson18:23

    xG 0.18–0.84 (18%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Schaller – Pastrnak11:51

    xG 1.26–0.16 (89%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Nash – Spooner9:01

    xG 0.38–0.02 (96%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Vatrano11:11

    xG 0.18–0.21 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Beleskey – Czarnik8:23

    xG 0.03–0.09 (26%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo15:12

    xG 1.29–0.29 (82%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Morrow11:39

    xG 0.37–0.02 (94%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Krug – Carlo2:15

    xG 0.02–0.01 (64%)attempts 1–2goals 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 2.4 xGCHI 0.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #1097 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 82% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

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

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