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Sat, Nov 17, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Boston Bruins 2, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 61% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS2703013223
ARI010111012133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:12BOSJakob Forsbacka KarlssonAssists: Noel Acciari · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:45BOSJake DeBruskGWGAssists: Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:10ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:13BOSConnor Clifton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 12:17ARILawson Crouse: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:40BOSSean Kuraly: Kneeing2 min
  4. P2 0:59ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Interference2 min
  5. P3 6:13BOSDavid Krejci: Interference2 min
  6. P3 18:14BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Hooking2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Nordstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSARI
23Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals3.2
43Shot attempts59
16Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
23Hits24
15Blocked shots12
10Giveaways10
4Takeaways7

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. bestHeinen – Forsbacka Karlsson – Acciari7:07

    xG 0.54–0.09 (85%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Backes – Wagner – Kuraly7:13

    xG 0.54–0.16 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Bjork – DeBrusk3:48

    xG 0.19–0.04 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Pastrnak – Bjork7:11

    xG 0.13–0.19 (40%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKampfer – Zboril8:23

    xG 0.41–0.18 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Clifton17:14

    xG 0.85–0.61 (58%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Lauzon15:03

    xG 0.41–0.55 (43%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabner – Stepan – Keller5:05

    xG 0.49–0.23 (69%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Cousins – Keller3:23

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Fischer – Keller2:43

    xG 0.04–0.05 (46%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Galchenyuk – Perlini – Crouse2:11

    xG 0.04–0.06 (38%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Connauton13:47

    xG 0.22–0.08 (73%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Mermis – Lyubushkin4:28

    xG 0.10–0.01 (90%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Oesterle4:54

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

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.

ARI 3.2 xGBOS 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #1023 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 61% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

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

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