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Tue, Jan 30, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Anaheim Ducks 3, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA2150418327
BOS05013113131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:04ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Cam Fowler, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:59ANAAdam HenriquePPGWGAssists: Rickard Rakell, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:18BOSRyan SpoonerAssists: Torey Krug, David Pastrnak · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:53ANAAdam HenriqueENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.47 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:27ANARyan Kesler: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:35BOSTorey Krug: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:23BOSFrank Vatrano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 2:08ANAAntoine Vermette: Holding2 min
  5. P2 19:00ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  6. P3 17:03ANARyan Getzlaf: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 17:03ANARyan Getzlaf: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:03BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANABOS
27Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals2.1
43Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won25
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
33Hits23
16Blocked shots9
14Giveaways13
8Takeaways4

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Silfverberg – Rakell10:55

    xG 0.60–0.10 (86%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Vermette – Perry – Wagner7:31

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Kesler – Silfverberg2:12

    xG 0.05–0.03 (60%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Brown8:10

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm15:37

    xG 0.42–0.29 (59%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Fowler15:13

    xG 0.44–0.50 (47%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Montour12:55

    xG 0.21–0.44 (32%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKuraly – Schaller – Vatrano3:29

    xG 0.10–0.02 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Schaller – Pastrnak2:24

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Nash – Heinen4:14

    xG 0.07–0.02 (76%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Nash – Bjork2:31

    xG 0.07–0.05 (58%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug11:45

    xG 0.29–0.09 (76%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Grzelcyk14:34

    xG 0.27–0.25 (51%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Carlo15:36

    xG 0.40–0.80 (33%)attempts 15–11goals 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.

BOS 2.1 xGANA 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1071 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).