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Thu, Dec 5, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Boston Bruins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 50% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI2801211011431
BOS01201031800340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:14CHIRyan CarpenterSHAssists: Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:51CHIDylan StromePPAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Patrick Kane · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:17CHIAlex DeBrincatAssists: Dylan Strome, Calvin de Haan · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:49BOSJoakim NordstromAssists: David Backes, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:01BOSChris WagnerSHAssists: Sean Kuraly, Matt Grzelcyk · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:27BOSTorey KrugAssists: Jake DeBrusk · Slap, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:54CHIJonathan ToewsGWGAssists: Connor Murphy · Backhand, 0.24 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:33CHIPatrick Kane: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:35CHIAnton Wedin: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:41BOSDavid Pastrnak: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:53CHIAlex Nylander: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 10:35CHIAlex Nylander: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 12:58BOSDavid Pastrnak: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 11:46BOSJohn Moore: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 11:46CHIZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 13:40BOSCharlie Coyle: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIBOS
31Shots on goal40
2.6Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts70
28Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
25Hits30
18Blocked shots10
9Giveaways16
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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Strome – DeBrincat12:56

    xG 0.71–0.39 (65%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Saad – Nylander8:17

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Kubalik – Kampf – Wedin6:32

    xG 0.11–0.23 (33%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Carpenter – Dach6:58

    xG 0.16–0.33 (32%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Murphy4:09

    xG 0.25–0.08 (76%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. de Haan – Gustafsson2:02

    xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Koekkoek11:08

    xG 0.26–0.29 (47%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBackes – Nordstrom – Lindholm5:24

    xG 0.38–0.09 (81%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – DeBrusk8:38

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Marchand – Coyle – Heinen11:03

    xG 0.53–0.69 (43%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  4. Wagner – Kuraly – Bjork11:12

    xG 0.10–0.42 (19%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – McAvoy4:51

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Carlo2:31

    xG 0.00–0.01 (23%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Krug – Carlo9:04

    xG 0.36–0.38 (49%)attempts 10–6goals 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.

BOS 2.6 xGCHI 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #122 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 50% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).