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Tue, Jan 29, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Winnipeg Jets 4, Boston Bruins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 72% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG180928021427
BOS22005113010339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:49BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:53WPGJosh MorrisseyPPAssists: Mark Scheifele · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:33BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Torey Krug · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:27WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Tyler Myers, Ben Chiarot · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:01WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:39BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Jake DeBrusk stopped
  2. 2. WPG Kyle Connor scored
  3. 3. BOS David Pastrnak stopped
  4. 4. WPG Patrik Laine stopped
  5. 5. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:30WPGMason Appleton: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:48BOSBrandon Carlo: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:33BOSZdeno Chara: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 17:01WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 6:50WPGJacob Trouba: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 15:47WPGAdam Lowry: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 15:47BOSKevan Miller: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 16:16BOSTrent Frederic: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 16:16WPGBrandon Tanev: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBOS
27Shots on goal39
1.5Expected goals2.7
48Shot attempts76
34Faceoffs won41
2Power plays3
16Penalty minutes14
31Hits24
21Blocked shots16
7Giveaways9
12Takeaways11

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Connor17:07

    xG 0.53–0.35 (61%)attempts 15–18goals 1–1

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev9:35

    xG 0.27–0.26 (51%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Little – Roslovic – Laine6:21

    xG 0.06–0.39 (14%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

  4. Copp – Lemieux – Appleton8:33

    xG 0.05–0.46 (10%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Trouba – Morrissey18:33

    xG 0.51–0.50 (51%)attempts 17–22goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Kulikov3:34

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

  3. Chiarot – Morrow2:34

    xG 0.12–0.18 (39%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Cehlarik – DeBrusk10:50

    xG 0.55–0.10 (85%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:55

    xG 0.58–0.41 (59%)attempts 22–14goals 2–1

  3. Backes – Heinen – Frederic8:14

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari11:57

    xG 0.21–0.44 (32%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy3:48

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 1–0

  2. Krug – Carlo12:01

    xG 0.54–0.25 (69%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Chara – McAvoy14:52

    xG 0.71–0.63 (53%)attempts 18–17goals 1–1

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.

BOS 2.7 xGWPG 1.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 83/100 · #235 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BOS 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 72% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

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

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