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Thu, Mar 14, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Boston Bruins 3, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS11111919339
WPG2120725424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:08WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Patrik Laine, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:24WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Patrik Laine, Blake Wheeler · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:23BOSCharlie McAvoyAssists: David Krejci · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:00BOSJoakim NordstromAssists: Noel Acciari, Sean Kuraly · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:38WPGJacob TroubaAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:02WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:04BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Zdeno Chara, David Krejci · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 3:40WPGMark Scheifele: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:30BOSNoel Acciari: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:41BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSWPG
39Shots on goal24
2.7Expected goals1.7
65Shot attempts42
27Faceoffs won35
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits21
8Blocked shots19
12Giveaways11
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. bestNordstrom – Kuraly – Acciari6:31

    xG 0.71–0.08 (90%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Backes – Marchand13:12

    xG 0.47–0.24 (66%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Wagner – Heinen – Frederic9:26

    xG 0.20–0.15 (58%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  4. Krejci – Carey – Coyle13:56

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 15–9goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – McAvoy8:28

    xG 0.75–0.06 (93%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Clifton3:22

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Kampfer – McAvoy5:10

    xG 0.45–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Ehlers – Connor11:05

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Scheifele – Laine12:52

    xG 0.53–0.64 (45%)attempts 9–18goals 2–2

  3. Perreault – Copp – Roslovic9:36

    xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Little – Lowry – Tanev11:49

    xG 0.16–0.58 (22%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chiarot – Trouba4:24

    xG 0.02–0.19 (8%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  2. Beaulieu – Trouba16:51

    xG 0.36–0.65 (36%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Kulikov16:25

    xG 0.38–0.74 (34%)attempts 12–19goals 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.

WPG 1.7 xGBOS 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #378 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 70% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

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

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