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Sat, Oct 13, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 2, Boston Bruins 8

Expected result

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

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01208214234
BOS18315416839

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:09BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Brandon Carlo, Chris Wagner · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:44BOSCharlie McAvoyAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:27BOSJake DeBruskGWGAssists: David Krejci · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P2 16:20BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.08 xG0–4
  5. P3 0:21DETFilip HronekPPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Gustav Nyquist · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:05BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.09 xG1–5
  7. P3 8:23DETDylan LarkinSHAssists: Frans Nielsen, Nick Jensen · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–5
  8. P3 10:12BOSAnders BjorkUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–6
  9. P3 15:15BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Brandon Carlo, David Krejci · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–7
  10. P3 19:58BOSSean KuralyAssists: Kevan Miller, Anders Bjork · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–8
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 19:44DETDylan Larkin: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 19:44DETDylan Larkin: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:44BOSNoel Acciari: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 16:00DETChristoffer Ehn: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:17BOSJake DeBrusk: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 19:00BOSBrad Marchand: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  7. P3 6:24DETAnthony Mantha: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:36BOSJohn Moore: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 13:57BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 13:57DETAnthony Mantha: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:35BOSChris Wagner: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 19:35DETNick Jensen: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 19:35BOSChris Wagner: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 19:35DETNick Jensen: Illegal check to head2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
34Shots on goal39
2.2Expected goals3.1
50Shot attempts63
33Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
14Penalty minutes14
21Hits21
12Blocked shots9
7Giveaways9
14Takeaways15

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Vanek – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi5:42

    xG 0.29–0.25 (53%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Nielsen – Abdelkader – Rasmussen6:40

    xG 0.07–0.09 (41%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Mantha – Larkin7:33

    xG 0.18–0.22 (46%)attempts 5–6goals 0–2

  4. Helm – Glendening – Ehn5:57

    xG 0.01–0.17 (8%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Sulak6:25

    xG 0.42–0.36 (54%)attempts 10–6goals 0–2

  2. Kronwall – Jensen6:50

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  3. Jensen – Sulak4:03

    xG 0.06–0.03 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Nordstrom – DeBrusk9:44

    xG 0.60–0.12 (83%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari8:39

    xG 0.63–0.19 (76%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:28

    xG 0.34–0.25 (57%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  4. Backes – Donato – Bjork10:50

    xG 0.37–0.47 (44%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Grzelcyk15:18

    xG 1.09–0.22 (83%)attempts 22–11goals 3–0

  2. Moore – Carlo13:46

    xG 0.45–0.32 (58%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Chara – McAvoy14:15

    xG 0.47–0.65 (42%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

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 3.1 xGDET 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #968 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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