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Mon, Nov 5, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Dallas Stars 1, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 86% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL140901002125
BOS1130801113235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:51DALRadek FaksaSHAssists: Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:11BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Jake DeBrusk · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:29BOSBrad MarchandPPGWGAssists: David Krejci, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:25DALRoman Polak: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P3 11:15BOSTorey Krug: Boarding2 min
  3. OT 3:16DALJason Dickinson: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. OT 3:27DALEsa Lindell: Cross checking2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALBOS
25Shots on goal35
1.4Expected goals3.8
38Shot attempts73
25Faceoffs won31
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
32Hits26
13Blocked shots4
10Giveaways9
13Takeaways14

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Dowling – Smith – Dickinson6:22

    xG 0.04–0.03 (55%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Benn – Nichushkin5:52

    xG 0.19–0.21 (48%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Dowling – Shore – Janmark4:29

    xG 0.04–0.23 (15%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Shore – Janmark5:59

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 0–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHeatherington – Honka3:32

    xG 0.10–0.05 (69%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Lindell3:21

    xG 0.06–0.04 (57%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Lindell – Honka7:20

    xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak13:33

    xG 0.86–0.05 (94%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Heinen – Bjork9:44

    xG 0.46–0.06 (88%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari10:15

    xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Nordstrom – DeBrusk14:12

    xG 0.37–0.43 (47%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo13:31

    xG 0.80–0.18 (82%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Krug13:57

    xG 0.91–0.35 (72%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  3. Kampfer – Grzelcyk7:31

    xG 0.35–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–2goals 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.

BOS 3.8 xGDAL 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #994 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 86% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

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

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