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Sat, Feb 8, 2020·TD Garden, Boston

Arizona Coyotes 2, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 67% of the time.

BOS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI06115110231
BOS09312112433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:26ARIPhil KesselUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:50BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Charlie McAvoy, David Krejci · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:06BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: David Pastrnak, Torey Krug · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:35BOSJake DeBruskGWGAssists: David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:26ARIJakob ChychrunAssists: Clayton Keller, Vinnie Hinostroza · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:11BOSCharlie CoyleENAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.50 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:09BOSCharlie McAvoy: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:06ARIConor Garland: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:27BOSJeremy Lauzon: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 19:39BOSJeremy Lauzon: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  5. P2 4:46ARILawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 11:59ARIBrad Richardson: Interference2 min
  7. P2 14:13ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Hooking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIBOS
31Shots on goal33
2.1Expected goals3.1
63Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won28
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes14
15Hits21
12Blocked shots15
14Giveaways5
5Takeaways8

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHinostroza – Schmaltz – Keller9:04

    xG 0.71–0.26 (73%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Soderberg – Kessel – Stepan3:49

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Soderberg – Fischer3:54

    xG 0.03–0.16 (17%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Dvorak – Garland9:40

    xG 0.04–0.24 (14%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChychrun – Lyubushkin10:57

    xG 0.69–0.24 (75%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Ness – Lyubushkin2:21

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–1

  3. Goligoski – Ness6:31

    xG 0.12–0.38 (24%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman8:51

    xG 0.65–0.28 (70%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Coyle – Kuraly – Bjork8:01

    xG 0.26–0.14 (64%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak8:41

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  4. Wagner – Blidh – Lindholm6:56

    xG 0.03–0.50 (6%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – Krug7:50

    xG 0.63–0.12 (84%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  2. Moore – Grzelcyk6:26

    xG 0.55–0.23 (70%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Lauzon2:53

    xG 0.06–0.03 (66%)attempts 4–4goals 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 3.1 xGARI 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #612 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 67% of the time.

BOS winsARI wins

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

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