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Sat, Oct 14, 2017·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Boston Bruins 6, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 58% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS18311210629
ARI11009112231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:31ARIMario KempeAssists: Anthony Duclair, Luke Schenn · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:07BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Zdeno Chara, Brandon Carlo · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:39BOSJake DeBruskPPAssists: David Krejci, Charlie McAvoy · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:03BOSZdeno CharaGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:21BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Zdeno Chara, Adam McQuaid · Backhand, 0.13 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:25ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Jason Demers, Derek Stepan · Slap, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:48BOSTim SchallerAssists: Danton Heinen, Sean Kuraly · Wrist, 0.30 xG5–2
  8. P3 18:37BOSAnders BjorkPPAssists: Danton Heinen, Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.09 xG6–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:50ARIJordan Martinook: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:28BOSDavid Pastrnak: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 0:28ARIJason Demers: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 8:33BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 15:12BOSTorey Krug: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:00ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nash won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSARI
29Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals2.2
59Shot attempts69
36Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
34Hits34
13Blocked shots17
3Giveaways8
2Takeaways3

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. bestKuraly – Schaller – Heinen10:57

    xG 1.01–0.31 (77%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  2. Marchand – Nash – Pastrnak12:34

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  3. Beleskey – Spooner – Czarnik7:47

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Bjork – DeBrusk12:59

    xG 0.18–0.88 (17%)attempts 11–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo15:42

    xG 1.48–0.54 (73%)attempts 21–15goals 3–0

  2. Miller – McAvoy16:13

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  3. McQuaid – Krug14:20

    xG 0.22–0.59 (27%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKempe – Cousins – Duclair8:06

    xG 0.28–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Kempe – Rieder2:52

    xG 0.19–0.11 (62%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Martinook – Duclair4:49

    xG 0.13–0.11 (53%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – Domi – Keller3:20

    xG 0.15–0.14 (51%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Schenn13:15

    xG 0.59–0.48 (55%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Ekman-Larsson3:12

    xG 0.27–0.18 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Clendening14:09

    xG 0.50–0.45 (53%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

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.

ARI 2.2 xGBOS 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #599 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 58% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

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

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