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Mon, Feb 19, 2018·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Boston Bruins 2, Calgary Flames 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 65% of the time.

CGY winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS1130100712232
CGY041801205129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:59BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:28CGYMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:36BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Riley Nash · Backhand, 0.21 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:26BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:56CGYMark Giordano: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 1:12CGYGarnet Hathaway: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:12BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:15BOSDanton Heinen: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 11:41CGYMatt Stajan: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 17:44BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Holding2 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 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCGY
32Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals2.7
58Shot attempts62
30Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
15Hits25
14Blocked shots12
16Giveaways15
9Takeaways16

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. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak13:31

    xG 1.02–0.44 (70%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  2. Krejci – Spooner – DeBrusk9:51

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari9:41

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Nash – Heinen9:28

    xG 0.42–0.38 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy18:41

    xG 1.50–0.38 (80%)attempts 24–16goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Carlo12:54

    xG 1.01–0.24 (81%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. McQuaid – Grzelcyk11:01

    xG 0.34–0.48 (41%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk12:32

    xG 0.38–0.48 (45%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  2. Jankowski – Hathaway – Bennett7:41

    xG 0.10–0.20 (33%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Klimchuk – Lazar7:25

    xG 0.15–0.48 (23%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan14:28

    xG 0.57–1.28 (31%)attempts 15–23goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamonic – Brodie18:43

    xG 0.61–0.59 (51%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton16:02

    xG 0.70–1.08 (39%)attempts 20–14goals 0–1

  3. Stone – Kulak10:53

    xG 0.15–1.08 (12%)attempts 10–13goals 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.

CGY 2.7 xGBOS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #783 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 65% of the time.

CGY winsBOS wins

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

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