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Fri, Nov 16, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Boston Bruins 0, Dallas Stars 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 85% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS010070600023
DAL0100801316137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 1:34DALJason DickinsonGWGAssists: Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–1
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 3:42DALGavin Bayreuther: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:34BOSSean Kuraly: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 8:14DALTyler Pitlick: Interference2 min
  4. P1 12:12BOSSteven Kampfer: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 12:12DALAlexander Radulov: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 7:45DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 7:45BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 7:45BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 12:46BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 12:46BOSBrad Marchand: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 2:15BOSConnor Clifton: Delaying game2 min
  12. P3 9:18DALBlake Comeau: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 9:18DALRoman Polak: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 9:18BOSPatrice Bergeron: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 9:18BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 11:55DALJason Spezza: Cross checking2 min
  17. P3 11:55BOSConnor Clifton: Slashing2 min
  18. P3 11:55BOSConnor Clifton: Fighting5 min
  19. P3 11:55DALJason Spezza: Fighting5 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDAL
23Shots on goal37
1.6Expected goals3.9
45Shot attempts69
20Faceoffs won33
2Power plays4
33Penalty minutes19
23Hits33
16Blocked shots12
18Giveaways15
4Takeaways9

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. bestKrejci – Pastrnak – Heinen6:31

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Nordstrom – DeBrusk4:10

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Nordstrom – Bjork – Forsbacka Karlsson2:11

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

  4. Heinen – Bjork – Forsbacka Karlsson2:53

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClifton – Lauzon2:28

    xG 0.21–0.04 (85%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Kampfer – Zboril9:51

    xG 0.45–0.28 (62%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Kampfer – Krug2:15

    xG 0.01–0.08 (13%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Ritchie – Janmark4:47

    xG 0.41–0.07 (85%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Pitlick – Faksa10:36

    xG 0.32–0.18 (63%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Janmark – Dickinson – Nichushkin4:01

    xG 0.07–0.10 (43%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin11:58

    xG 0.35–0.47 (43%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Lindell10:36

    xG 0.51–0.19 (73%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Heiskanen3:11

    xG 0.19–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Honka – Bayreuther5:54

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 11–5goals 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.

DAL 3.9 xGBOS 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 10/100 · #1121 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 85% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

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

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