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Tue, Mar 27, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Boston Bruins 4, Winnipeg Jets 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
BOS1901139031432
WPG1921217042532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:33WPGBrandon TanevAssists: Andrew Copp, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:07BOSRyan DonatoUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:16WPGBrandon TanevAssists: Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:25WPGJoe MorrowAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:45BOSDanton HeinenPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:36BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Torey Krug, Brad Marchand · Slap, 0.28 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:29WPGBrandon TanevSHUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 8:06BOSTorey KrugPPAssists: Brad Marchand · Slap, 0.04 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Bryan Little stopped
  2. 2. BOS Ryan Donato scored
  3. 3. WPG Mark Scheifele scored
  4. 4. BOS David Pastrnak stopped
  5. 5. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
  6. 6. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  7. 7. WPG Patrik Laine scored
  8. 8. BOS Danton Heinen stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:11WPGBen Chiarot: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:00WPGJosh Morrissey: Boarding5 min · PPG
  3. P3 1:45WPGMathieu Perreault: Delaying game bench2 min
  4. P3 6:45WPGMark Scheifele: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 11:20BOSKevan Miller: Boarding2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSWPG
32Shots on goal32
3.2Expected goals2.4
64Shot attempts50
30Faceoffs won31
5Power plays1
2Penalty minutes11
24Hits23
11Blocked shots17
16Giveaways14
5Takeaways16

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 – Wingels3:59

    xG 0.34–0.04 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Wingels – Donato5:42

    xG 0.28–0.10 (75%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  3. Krejci – Pastrnak – Donato5:05

    xG 0.27–0.10 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari9:54

    xG 0.16–0.23 (41%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Grzelcyk8:25

    xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Krug4:17

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 4–5goals 1–1

  3. McQuaid – Grzelcyk2:29

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLittle – Perreault – Armia10:17

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Tanev9:41

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor11:55

    xG 0.40–0.41 (49%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  4. Stastny – Ehlers – Laine11:16

    xG 0.22–0.34 (40%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Morrow13:04

    xG 0.92–0.47 (66%)attempts 19–10goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Morrissey11:12

    xG 0.31–0.30 (50%)attempts 5–12goals 2–0

  3. Byfuglien – Morrissey3:50

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

WPG 2.4 xGBOS 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #91 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.38 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 63% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

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

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