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Tue, Feb 4, 2020·TD Garden, Boston

Vancouver Canucks 0, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 89% of the time.

BOS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0609010025
BOS113117212442

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:24BOSCharlie CoyleGWGAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Anders Bjork · Snap, 0.40 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:35BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 14:09BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Sean Kuraly, Brandon Carlo · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:10BOSKarson KuhlmanPPAssists: Charlie Coyle, Matt Grzelcyk · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:24VANJake Virtanen: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  2. P2 5:45VANTroy Stecher: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 6:46VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:48BOSAnders Bjork: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:57BOSChris Wagner: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:38BOSTorey Krug: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 13:38VANQuinn Hughes: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 15:11VANJay Beagle: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 15:11VANJay Beagle: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 16:22VANTyler Myers: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANBOS
25Shots on goal42
1.3Expected goals3.9
43Shot attempts67
32Faceoffs won27
3Power plays6
22Penalty minutes6
27Hits29
14Blocked shots9
12Giveaways9
13Takeaways9

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Pearson – Horvat7:28

    xG 0.21–0.06 (77%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Roussel – Virtanen – Gaudette4:13

    xG 0.10–0.01 (87%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette3:24

    xG 0.08–0.06 (55%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Virtanen – Pettersson2:55

    xG 0.02–0.08 (22%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes2:50

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Hughes11:32

    xG 0.07–0.20 (27%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Fantenberg11:16

    xG 0.34–0.50 (40%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestCoyle – Kuraly – Bjork9:01

    xG 0.59–0.15 (80%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Krejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman10:15

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:08

    xG 0.33–0.21 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  4. Wagner – Blidh – Lindholm7:28

    xG 0.11–0.11 (51%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy13:12

    xG 0.92–0.30 (75%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Lauzon9:40

    xG 0.47–0.32 (60%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo2:48

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 5–4goals 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 3.9 xGVAN 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1043 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 89% of the time.

BOS winsVAN wins

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

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