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Thu, Feb 23, 2017·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Boston Bruins 4, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1111727425
LAK11001503128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:16BOSBrad MarchandUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:12LAKKevin GravelPPAssists: Adrian Kempe, Alec Martinez · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:43BOSDavid PastrnakPPGWGAssists: Ryan Spooner, Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:58BOSDominic MooreENAssists: Brad Marchand, Adam McQuaid · Wrist, 0.61 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:52BOSDavid KrejciENAssists: Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.48 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:44BOSDominic Moore: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:19LAKKyle Clifford: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:29BOSAdam McQuaid: Interference2 min
  4. P2 15:31BOSZdeno Chara: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 18:08BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 18:08LAKBrayden McNabb: Cross checking2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0LAK
44% to win56% to win
← BOS attackLAK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSLAK
25Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals3.1
48Shot attempts68
30Faceoffs won36
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
33Hits38
19Blocked shots8
12Giveaways9
5Takeaways1

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. Bergeron – Backes – Marchand11:11

    xG 0.17–0.31 (35%)attempts 6–12goals 1–0

  2. Krejci – Cehlarik – Pastrnak13:02

    xG 0.55–0.80 (41%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Beleskey – Schaller8:27

    xG 0.13–0.41 (25%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Spooner – Vatrano8:12

    xG 0.18–0.64 (21%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McQuaid2:43

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Carlo2:54

    xG 0.08–0.05 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. McQuaid – Miller2:29

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestClifford – Dowd – Kempe8:04

    xG 0.70–0.04 (94%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Gaborik – Lewis – Shore10:16

    xG 0.63–0.19 (77%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Kopitar – King – Toffoli12:28

    xG 0.35–0.26 (58%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  4. Carter – Brown – Pearson13:09

    xG 0.55–0.48 (53%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDoughty – Forbort18:14

    xG 0.75–0.16 (83%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. McNabb – Gravel10:11

    xG 0.69–0.17 (80%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Muzzin – Martinez10:34

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 11–7goals 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.

LAK 3.1 xGBOS 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

LAKBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

LAK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line LAK is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 30/100 · #824 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50LAK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 53% of the time.

LAK winsBOS wins

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

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