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Thu, Oct 28, 2021·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Boston Bruins 0, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 58% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS01101309033
CAR1111914324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:16CARTony DeAngeloGWGAssists: Brady Skjei, Vincent Trocheck · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:35CARNino NiederreiterPPAssists: Brett Pesce, Frederik Andersen · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:35CARAndrei SvechnikovENAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Slap, 0.76 xG0–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P2 0:42BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 0:42CARNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 5:36BOSMike Reilly: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 13:17BOSTomas Nosek: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:35CARJordan Staal: Interference2 min
  6. P2 16:16CARJordan Martinook: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 16:49BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 1:59BOSCharlie McAvoy: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 5:59CARIan Cole: Interference2 min
  10. P3 6:58CARSebastian Aho: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 10:35CARJordan Staal: Boarding2 min
  12. P3 12:29BOSTaylor Hall: Too many men on the ice2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCAR
33Shots on goal24
3.8Expected goals4.3
60Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won34
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
46Hits29
9Blocked shots11
13Giveaways15
6Takeaways0

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestCoyle – Hall – Studnicka5:18

    xG 0.77–0.23 (77%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Haula – Lazar – DeBrusk8:39

    xG 0.59–0.42 (58%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  3. Nosek – Frederic – Kuhlman4:50

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak11:46

    xG 0.26–0.77 (25%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Carlo10:30

    xG 0.54–0.26 (67%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy3:40

    xG 0.24–0.10 (70%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Zboril11:31

    xG 0.61–0.54 (53%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Niederreiter – Fast8:22

    xG 0.94–0.21 (82%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Martinook – Lorentz9:17

    xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Trocheck – Necas – Kotkaniemi10:12

    xG 0.22–0.37 (38%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  4. Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov7:04

    xG 0.35–1.28 (22%)attempts 4–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce12:13

    xG 0.83–0.60 (58%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. Cole – DeAngelo11:17

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Bear13:12

    xG 0.35–0.37 (48%)attempts 10–15goals 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.

CAR 4.3 xGBOS 3.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CAR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CAR is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1261 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 58% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).