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Tue, Feb 28, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

Arizona Coyotes 1, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 53% of the time.

BOS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI081807123
BOS1836011425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:06BOSColin MillerAssists: David Pastrnak, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:27ARIPeter HollandPPAssists: Brendan Perlini, Radim Vrbata · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:07BOSRiley NashSHGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:05BOSDavid BackesAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:49BOSBrad MarchandUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.09 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 10:09ARIJakob Chychrun: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:02ARITony DeAngelo: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:02BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:36BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:43BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 3:49BOSColin Miller: Charging5 min
  7. P2 3:49BOSColin Miller: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P2 3:49ARIJakob Chychrun: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 11:26ARIChristian Dvorak: Holding2 min
  10. P3 14:21BOSKevan Miller: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIBOS
23Shots on goal25
1.8Expected goals1.9
46Shot attempts40
16Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes23
23Hits18
6Blocked shots15
14Giveaways8
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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Perlini – Dvorak8:07

    xG 0.30–0.06 (83%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Jooris – Dvorak – Crouse2:08

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Holland – Domi9:40

    xG 0.27–0.48 (36%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. McGinn – Rieder – Martinook10:03

    xG 0.30–0.62 (33%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Goligoski – Schenn2:28

    xG 0.03–0.02 (62%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Chychrun8:41

    xG 0.15–0.16 (47%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – DeAngelo13:03

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMoore – Nash – Schaller7:29

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Backes – Marchand8:46

    xG 0.26–0.12 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Krejci – Cehlarik – Pastrnak9:40

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Hayes – Spooner – Vatrano9:14

    xG 0.06–0.26 (18%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo11:41

    xG 0.64–0.14 (82%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Carlo3:55

    xG 0.23–0.08 (75%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Chara – McQuaid4:06

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 1.9 xGARI 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #840 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 53% of the time.

BOS winsARI wins

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

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