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Sat, Feb 15, 2020·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 1, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1608012126
BOS018312111441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:12DETDarren HelmSHUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:01BOSCharlie McAvoyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:40BOSPatrice BergeronSHGWGAssists: Brad Marchand · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:30BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Danton Heinen · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:03BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.34 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:25DETGustav Lindstrom: Holding2 min
  2. P1 18:28DETAdam Erne: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:25BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:10BOSJeremy Lauzon: Interference2 min
  5. P2 18:12BOSCharlie McAvoy: Holding2 min
  6. P3 16:39DETAndreas Athanasiou: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 16:39BOSChris Wagner: Fighting5 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
26Shots on goal41
2.1Expected goals3.0
44Shot attempts54
19Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
30Hits27
6Blocked shots10
5Giveaways5
6Takeaways8

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestErne – Perlini – Ehn6:46

    xG 0.37–0.14 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri10:55

    xG 0.29–0.39 (42%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  3. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening9:56

    xG 0.12–0.29 (30%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi8:29

    xG 0.22–0.96 (19%)attempts 4–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Lindstrom4:06

    xG 0.24–0.15 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Green – Hronek13:39

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 8–8goals 0–2

  3. Daley – Lindstrom6:34

    xG 0.20–0.31 (40%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman11:42

    xG 0.64–0.14 (82%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:38

    xG 0.89–0.43 (68%)attempts 13–7goals 2–0

  3. Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly7:45

    xG 0.44–0.45 (49%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Coyle – Heinen – Bjork10:52

    xG 0.46–0.67 (41%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Lauzon14:31

    xG 0.81–0.22 (79%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. Krug – Carlo14:08

    xG 0.92–0.38 (71%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Carlo2:35

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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 3.0 xGDET 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #738 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 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 66% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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