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Tue, Oct 29, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

San Jose Sharks 1, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 85% of the time.

BOS winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS061605117
BOS21631807541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:49BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:51BOSDavid KrejciPPGWGAssists: Torey Krug, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:31SJSBrent BurnsPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Tomas Hertl · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:21BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: David Krejci, Danton Heinen · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:31BOSChris WagnerAssists: David Backes · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–4
  6. P2 16:50BOSBrandon CarloAssists: Chris Wagner, Zdeno Chara · Snap, 0.01 xG1–5
Penalties (26)
  1. P1 6:15SJSBarclay Goodrow: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:49SJSLukas Radil: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  3. P1 9:20BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Holding2 min
  4. P1 16:25SJSTomas Hertl: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 0:52BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 3:09SJSTomas Hertl: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:36SJSLukas Radil: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:08SJSEvander Kane: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 1:08SJSBrenden Dillon: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 1:08BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 5:44SJSLukas Radil: High sticking2 min
  12. P3 6:02BOSJake DeBrusk: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 12:10SJSErik Karlsson: Game misconduct head coach0 min
  14. P3 12:39BOSBrett Ritchie: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 12:39SJSBarclay Goodrow: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 12:39BOSBrett Ritchie: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 12:39SJSBarclay Goodrow: Misconduct10 min
  18. P3 13:25BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  19. P3 13:25SJSLogan Couture: Roughing2 min
  20. P3 13:25SJSLogan Couture: Misconduct10 min
  21. P3 13:25BOSBrad Marchand: Misconduct10 min
  22. P3 15:42SJSLukas Radil: Roughing2 min
  23. P3 15:42SJSEvander Kane: Misconduct10 min
  24. P3 15:42BOSDavid Backes: Misconduct10 min
  25. P3 19:43SJSTimo Meier: Interference2 min
  26. P3 19:43BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Roughing2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
45% to win55% to win
← SJS attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSBOS
17Shots on goal41
1.7Expected goals4.1
34Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won26
3Power plays8
57Penalty minutes47
28Hits16
12Blocked shots8
10Giveaways7
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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Kane – Hertl – Radil6:46

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Sorensen4:22

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Sorensen – Meier3:05

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Couture – Labanc – Meier5:36

    xG 0.14–0.20 (41%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Karlsson – Dillon8:20

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Ferraro2:12

    xG 0.02–0.05 (32%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Burns – Dillon2:54

    xG 0.10–0.16 (38%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBackes – Wagner – Kuraly5:09

    xG 0.89–0.11 (89%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

  2. Coyle – Ritchie – Bjork7:45

    xG 0.43–0.04 (92%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak6:49

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk6:45

    xG 0.10–0.23 (31%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy3:14

    xG 0.63–0.10 (86%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Carlo2:11

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Krug – Carlo8:27

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 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 4.1 xGSJS 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #819 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 85% of the time.

BOS winsSJS wins

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

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