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Tue, Dec 3, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 0, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 52% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0100806024
BOS09013212234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 15:55BOSCharlie CoyleGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Danton Heinen · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 17:03BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:25CARJake Gardiner: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:46CARJordan Martinook: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:47BOSJake DeBrusk: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:34BOSDavid Pastrnak: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
24Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals2.1
49Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits31
11Blocked shots10
8Giveaways14
14Takeaways10

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNiederreiter – Teravainen – Aho11:34

    xG 0.59–0.36 (62%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Martinook – McGinn – Bishop2:06

    xG 0.07–0.06 (56%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Foegele – Svechnikov12:52

    xG 0.19–0.31 (39%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Dzingel – Martinook – Wallmark10:48

    xG 0.06–0.50 (11%)attempts 5–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin16:07

    xG 0.71–0.20 (78%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – van Riemsdyk5:22

    xG 0.34–0.24 (58%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Gardiner – Fleury5:38

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchand – Coyle – Heinen11:08

    xG 0.73–0.21 (78%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Backes – Nordstrom – Lindholm6:12

    xG 0.09–0.04 (68%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Wagner – Kuraly – Bjork9:31

    xG 0.19–0.20 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak2:11

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – McAvoy2:42

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Carlo3:54

    xG 0.33–0.16 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Chara – McAvoy12:34

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 7–8goals 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 2.1 xGCAR 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #994 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 52% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

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