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Sat, Oct 5, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Boston Bruins 1, Arizona Coyotes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 62% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1609011126
ARI010011014035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:41BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:01BOSCharlie McAvoy: Interference2 min
  2. P2 11:05BOSConnor Clifton: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 11:05ARILawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 17:59ARIChristian Fischer: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 18:07BOSDavid Pastrnak: Interference2 min
  6. P3 0:48BOSKarson Kuhlman: Interference2 min
  7. P3 3:24ARIJordan Oesterle: 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 SOG0ARI
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSARI
26Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals2.7
57Shot attempts62
16Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits27
15Blocked shots19
11Giveaways11
7Takeaways10

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. Krejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman9:48

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:49

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Wagner – Kuraly – Lindholm8:15

    xG 0.21–0.47 (31%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  4. Coyle – Ritchie – Heinen8:31

    xG 0.00–0.59 (0%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Grzelcyk – Clifton11:02

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Chara – McAvoy13:26

    xG 0.61–0.61 (50%)attempts 14–19goals 0–0

  3. Krug – Carlo12:09

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – Stepan – Keller12:33

    xG 1.05–0.18 (85%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Fischer – Crouse7:40

    xG 0.35–0.13 (73%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – Schmaltz – Garland5:55

    xG 0.22–0.07 (76%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Richardson – Grabner – Hinostroza8:27

    xG 0.20–0.26 (44%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Hjalmarsson12:47

    xG 0.43–0.18 (70%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Chychrun13:44

    xG 0.69–0.45 (60%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson15:40

    xG 0.57–0.65 (47%)attempts 17–14goals 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 2.7 xGBOS 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 6/100 · #1028 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 62% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

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

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