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Fri, Nov 8, 2019·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Boston Bruins 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS11211204228
DET212110110432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:09BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Peter Cehlarik · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:41DETDylan LarkinAssists: Madison Bowey, Jonathan Bernier · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:49DETRobby FabbriPPAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Anthony Mantha · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:30DETRobby FabbriPPGWGAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Dennis Cholowski · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:52BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Torey Krug, David Krejci · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:32DETAnthony ManthaENAssists: Jonathan Bernier · Wrist, 0.62 xG2–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:40BOSDavid Pastrnak: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:12BOSBrad Marchand: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:24DETMadison Bowey: Holding2 min
  4. P2 0:28BOSDavid Pastrnak: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:30BOSTorey Krug: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 3:50DETDylan Larkin: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 11:16DETFilip Hronek: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 11:16BOSBrad Marchand: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 13:35BOSDavid Krejci: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 15:56DETValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 4:34DETMadison Bowey: 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDET
28Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals3.0
51Shot attempts49
41Faceoffs won39
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
21Hits27
11Blocked shots15
7Giveaways17
5Takeaways3

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. bestKrejci – Cehlarik – Heinen7:03

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Coyle – Bjork – Senyshyn6:43

    xG 0.11–0.11 (50%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:14

    xG 0.22–0.86 (20%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy16:04

    xG 0.61–0.08 (88%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Clifton2:09

    xG 0.07–0.21 (26%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Clifton12:26

    xG 0.16–0.41 (28%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Mantha – Larkin11:54

    xG 0.73–0.14 (84%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Filppula – Athanasiou – Fabbri7:09

    xG 0.07–0.05 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  3. Abdelkader – Helm – Ehn6:20

    xG 0.06–0.09 (39%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Erne – Perlini4:16

    xG 0.06–0.13 (33%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Hronek14:50

    xG 0.72–0.17 (81%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. McIlrath – Cholowski8:49

    xG 0.10–0.15 (41%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Green – Bowey15:51

    xG 0.35–0.50 (41%)attempts 10–13goals 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.

DET 3.0 xGBOS 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 46/100 · #615 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 70% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

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

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