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Sat, Mar 16, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 57% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ16090703125
BOS112080914233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:51BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Brad Marchand, David Krejci · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:52CBJMatt DucheneAssists: Markus Nutivaara, David Savard · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:30BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 5:24CBJLukas Sedlak: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 15:55BOSCharlie Coyle: Interference2 min
  3. P3 3:05CBJPierre-Luc Dubois: Tripping2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJBOS
25Shots on goal33
2.3Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts65
28Faceoffs won32
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
34Hits34
20Blocked shots7
13Giveaways11
14Takeaways12

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Dzingel – Anderson14:34

    xG 0.64–0.25 (72%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Dubinsky – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg8:18

    xG 0.28–0.03 (91%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Sedlak – Jenner9:10

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois14:58

    xG 0.39–0.71 (35%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Nutivaara20:18

    xG 0.88–0.53 (62%)attempts 17–18goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Werenski20:55

    xG 0.61–0.69 (47%)attempts 15–25goals 0–0

  3. McQuaid – Harrington10:42

    xG 0.15–0.40 (28%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Heinen13:20

    xG 0.73–0.35 (68%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Coyle – DeBrusk14:35

    xG 0.45–0.36 (55%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Nordstrom – Acciari6:30

    xG 0.00–0.12 (2%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Carey – Wagner – Kuraly10:51

    xG 0.22–0.58 (28%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy18:26

    xG 1.17–0.57 (67%)attempts 27–15goals 0–0

  2. Kampfer – Clifton5:33

    xG 0.12–0.05 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Carlo5:26

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 6–4goals 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.

BOS 2.7 xGCBJ 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #997 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 57% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

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

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