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Sat, Nov 23, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Minnesota Wild 4, Boston Bruins 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 70% of the time.

BOS winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
MIN1152111703436
BOS01021321511539

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:53MINJason ZuckerPPAssists: Brad Hunt, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:14BOSJake DeBruskPPAssists: Zdeno Chara, Brett Ritchie · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:14MINVictor RaskAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Suter · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:26MINEric StaalPPAssists: Ryan Suter, Mats Zuccarello · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:56BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Torey Krug, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:19MINKevin FialaUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:05BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:53BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Torey Krug · Slap, 0.06 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:41BOSTorey KrugGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand · Backhand, 0.08 xG4–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:07MINJared Spurgeon: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 3:55BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 8:46BOSTorey Krug: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 11:25BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 11:25MINMathew Dumba: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 12:56BOSCharlie McAvoy: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 12:43BOSZdeno Chara: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  8. P2 17:14BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 0:30BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 14:39MINVictor Rask: Holding2 min
  11. P3 18:29MINLuke Kunin: 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINBOS
36Shots on goal39
3.6Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts68
34Faceoffs won34
7Power plays3
8Penalty minutes16
23Hits25
16Blocked shots13
7Giveaways5
13Takeaways6

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestRask – Hartman – Donato7:44

    xG 0.53–0.10 (84%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Koivu – Parise – Fiala7:14

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

  3. Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin11:46

    xG 0.25–0.19 (56%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  4. Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker7:52

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Spurgeon16:00

    xG 0.95–0.42 (69%)attempts 12–16goals 1–2

  2. Hunt – Soucy7:02

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Brodin – Dumba14:32

    xG 0.41–0.51 (45%)attempts 7–21goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Ritchie – DeBrusk7:45

    xG 0.36–0.04 (91%)attempts 11–1goals 1–0

  2. Coyle – Heinen – Bjork11:48

    xG 0.43–0.37 (53%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly3:47

    xG 0.15–0.21 (41%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:25

    xG 0.25–0.93 (21%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKampfer – Krug3:24

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy5:10

    xG 0.27–0.14 (67%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Krug – McAvoy2:40

    xG 0.29–0.17 (64%)attempts 7–2goals 1–1

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 2.4 xGMIN 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #22 of 1082 this seasonSwing 3.08 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 0% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 70% of the time.

BOS winsMIN wins

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

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