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Sat, Oct 20, 2018·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Boston Bruins 1, Vancouver Canucks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS0501511001131
VAN18050811222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:40VANBrandon SutterAssists: Jake Virtanen, Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 7:45BOSJoakim NordstromAssists: John Moore, Matt Grzelcyk · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:12VANBo HorvatGWGAssists: Brock Boeser · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:13VANErik Gudbranson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:37BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:14VANBo Horvat: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 2:14BOSNoel Acciari: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:19VANJake Virtanen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 16:07VANMarkus Granlund: Slashing2 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSVAN
31Shots on goal22
3.2Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts45
30Faceoffs won24
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
11Hits26
9Blocked shots14
4Giveaways8
4Takeaways15

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 – Pastrnak12:41

    xG 0.48–0.11 (82%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Wagner – Nordstrom – Bjork5:49

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk9:05

    xG 0.26–0.14 (66%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Pastrnak – DeBrusk3:24

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo21:01

    xG 1.04–0.78 (57%)attempts 20–17goals 0–0

  2. Kampfer – Moore8:20

    xG 0.12–0.03 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Grzelcyk7:50

    xG 0.33–0.24 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHorvat – Goldobin – Boeser11:11

    xG 0.63–0.11 (85%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Sutter – Roussel11:24

    xG 0.56–0.40 (58%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser2:55

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Baertschi – Virtanen – Gaudette4:43

    xG 0.45–0.60 (43%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev16:08

    xG 0.65–0.36 (65%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Hutton16:51

    xG 0.47–0.61 (44%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

  3. Pouliot – Stecher15:41

    xG 0.24–1.06 (18%)attempts 13–17goals 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.

VAN 2.9 xGBOS 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #782 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 55% of the time.

VAN winsBOS wins

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

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