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Thu, Feb 9, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

San Jose Sharks 3, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

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

BOS winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS1111916326
BOS31221516633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:52BOSDavid BackesAssists: Torey Krug, David Krejci · Slap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:51SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:52BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: David Backes, Brandon Carlo · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:31BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P2 1:08SJSJustin BraunAssists: Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P2 13:04BOSTim SchallerGWGAssists: Riley Nash, Dominic Moore · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–4
  7. P2 19:11BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:23SJSTimo MeierAssists: Joel Ward, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:30BOSBrad MarchandENAssists: Patrice Bergeron, David Backes · Wrist, 0.62 xG3–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 17:03SJSMicheal Haley: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P2 10:39SJSPaul Martin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:43SJSChris Tierney: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 2:46BOSFrank Vatrano: Closing hand on puck2 min
  5. P3 15:13BOSAdam McQuaid: Interference2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSBOS
26Shots on goal33
1.8Expected goals3.5
49Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won37
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits27
8Blocked shots12
13Giveaways10
10Takeaways10

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Ward – Tierney – Karlsson2:14

    xG 0.03–0.01 (84%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Haley – Carpenter – Karlsson5:01

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Ward – Tierney – Meier6:18

    xG 0.10–0.14 (41%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Haley – Carpenter – Meier3:07

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartin – Burns15:51

    xG 0.69–0.50 (58%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Vlasic2:05

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Dillon2:23

    xG 0.01–0.01 (73%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Nash – Schaller9:41

    xG 0.69–0.26 (72%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Hayes – Spooner – Vatrano7:36

    xG 0.34–0.01 (96%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Backes – Marchand12:50

    xG 0.54–0.45 (55%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  4. Krejci – Beleskey – Pastrnak9:40

    xG 0.18–0.34 (35%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Carlo15:11

    xG 1.33–0.62 (68%)attempts 18–13goals 2–2

  2. Liles – Miller13:24

    xG 0.38–0.02 (94%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. McQuaid – Krug15:51

    xG 0.23–0.57 (29%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

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 3.5 xGSJS 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 75/100 · #284 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 winsSJS wins

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

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