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Thu, Dec 20, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Anaheim Ducks 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 64% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0708110125
BOS08210113331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:19BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Torey Krug, David Backes · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:05BOSTorey KrugPPGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:21BOSDavid KrejciAssists: David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand · Slap, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P3 15:44ANAJosh MahuraAssists: Carter Rowney · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:00BOSJohn Moore: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:44ANAAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:41BOSDanton Heinen: Interference2 min
  4. P2 7:44ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:20BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 17:58ANAAndrew Cogliano: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 3:03BOSBrandon Carlo: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 10:14ANARyan Getzlaf: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANABOS
25Shots on goal31
1.8Expected goals2.6
45Shot attempts58
36Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
25Hits22
10Blocked shots10
20Giveaways8
13Takeaways11

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:38

    xG 0.21–0.02 (90%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Silfverberg – Gibbons3:16

    xG 0.18–0.15 (55%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Rowney – Sherwood3:01

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  4. Getzlaf – Ritchie – Kase2:26

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Mahura5:20

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Mahura2:28

    xG 0.12–0.04 (77%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  3. Montour – Larsson8:30

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestWagner – Kuraly – Acciari10:02

    xG 0.41–0.08 (83%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak11:47

    xG 0.70–0.48 (59%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  3. Donato – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson8:07

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Nordstrom – Cave9:46

    xG 0.16–0.31 (34%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy14:46

    xG 0.93–0.36 (72%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Kampfer – Moore9:46

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  3. Moore – Carlo2:30

    xG 0.15–0.17 (46%)attempts 4–3goals 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 2.6 xGANA 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1063 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 64% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

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

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