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Tue, Feb 27, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Boston Bruins 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR390150800332
BOS2111120811432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:01CARBrock McGinnPPAssists: Jeff Skinner, Justin Faulk · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:41BOSRick NashAssists: David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:09CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Justin Faulk, Victor Rask · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:04CARSebastian AhoAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Derek Ryan · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P1 19:57BOSRiley NashAssists: Tommy Wingels, Torey Krug · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 5:34BOSTommy WingelsAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:08BOSCharlie McAvoyGWGAssists: Riley Nash · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:28CARTrevor van Riemsdyk: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:05BOSBrad Marchand: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:48BOSDavid Pastrnak: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:55CARDerek Ryan: Hooking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
32Shots on goal32
2.5Expected goals2.4
57Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits31
8Blocked shots10
5Giveaways7
9Takeaways10

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho5:51

    xG 0.24–0.24 (50%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Stempniak – Skinner – Rask2:43

    xG 0.07–0.11 (37%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Rask – Di Giuseppe3:37

    xG 0.08–0.12 (38%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Skinner – Teravainen – Lindholm3:26

    xG 0.04–0.12 (26%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – Hanifin17:11

    xG 0.58–0.50 (54%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1

  2. Faulk – Slavin16:41

    xG 0.68–0.74 (48%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  3. van Riemsdyk – Fleury14:00

    xG 0.26–0.69 (28%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKuraly – Schaller – Acciari10:16

    xG 0.49–0.31 (61%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Backes – Marchand – Wingels2:38

    xG 0.07–0.09 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Krejci – DeBrusk10:23

    xG 0.51–0.56 (47%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  4. Marchand – Nash – Pastrnak10:16

    xG 0.18–0.24 (43%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Carlo12:02

    xG 0.82–0.42 (66%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Krug2:22

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Grzelcyk15:17

    xG 0.35–0.40 (46%)attempts 6–12goals 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 2.4 xGCAR 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #354 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+5
+6
+7

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