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Thu, Dec 21, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

Winnipeg Jets 1, Boston Bruins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG08013111061138
BOS01008111042233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 8:16BOSTorey KrugUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 9:13WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Bryan Little scored
  2. 2. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  3. 3. WPG Patrik Laine stopped
  4. 4. BOS David Pastrnak scored
  5. 5. WPG Mark Scheifele stopped
  6. 6. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  7. 7. WPG Nikolaj Ehlers stopped
  8. 8. BOS Charlie McAvoy scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:00BOSColby Cave: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:17BOSDanton Heinen: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:09WPGBen Chiarot: Holding2 min
  4. P2 5:37BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:33WPGAdam Lowry: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 9:23WPGMark Scheifele: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBOS
38Shots on goal33
3.4Expected goals3.2
61Shot attempts66
36Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
28Hits26
20Blocked shots13
20Giveaways9
9Takeaways8

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Perreault – Armia5:48

    xG 0.31–0.13 (70%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Little – Ehlers – Laine3:08

    xG 0.10–0.05 (69%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  3. Lowry – Copp – Tanev8:55

    xG 0.15–0.14 (52%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor2:26

    xG 0.05–0.04 (55%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChiarot – Poolman10:02

    xG 0.36–0.20 (64%)attempts 8–7goals 1–1

  2. Trouba – Morrissey19:10

    xG 0.37–0.80 (32%)attempts 15–21goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Kulikov16:27

    xG 0.41–0.97 (30%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:36

    xG 1.16–0.36 (76%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Kuraly – Heinen10:49

    xG 0.13–0.20 (39%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Schaller – DeBrusk – Acciari6:05

    xG 0.04–0.15 (21%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

  4. Cave – Bjork – Vatrano5:06

    xG 0.03–0.21 (12%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Grzelcyk12:41

    xG 0.74–0.10 (88%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McAvoy14:24

    xG 0.65–0.48 (58%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  3. Krug – McAvoy2:21

    xG 0.03–0.08 (25%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.2 xGWPG 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 40/100 · #754 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

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

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