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Thu, Nov 4, 2021·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 1, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 86% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET030616115
BOS111215211537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:03BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:52BOSPatrice BergeronPPGWGAssists: Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:45BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy · Snap, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:46DETLucas RaymondPPAssists: Filip Hronek, Moritz Seider · Snap, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:10BOSMike ReillySHAssists: Curtis Lazar, Tomas Nosek · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:52BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, Mike Reilly · Snap, 0.06 xG1–5
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:55BOSErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:58DETVladislav Namestnikov: Playing without a helmet2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:14DETNick Leddy: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:39DETTyler Bertuzzi: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:48DETMoritz Seider: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:24BOSConnor Clifton: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 6:08BOSDavid Pastrnak: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:59BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 10:34DETJoseph Veleno: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 12:14BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 12:14DETFilip Hronek: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Haula won the faceoff against Rasmussen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
15Shots on goal37
1.1Expected goals3.2
37Shot attempts63
22Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
25Hits24
10Blocked shots11
7Giveaways5
11Takeaways6

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. Namestnikov – Erne – Rasmussen8:10

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

  2. Gagner – Rowney – Stephens7:43

    xG 0.14–0.31 (32%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Fabbri – Raymond10:05

    xG 0.23–0.62 (27%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Suter – Veleno – Zadina11:05

    xG 0.10–0.59 (15%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Stecher9:48

    xG 0.47–0.32 (59%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  2. Leddy – Hronek12:20

    xG 0.26–0.51 (34%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Oesterle – Seider16:47

    xG 0.22–0.58 (28%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestNosek – Frederic – Kuhlman9:30

    xG 0.50–0.12 (80%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:44

    xG 0.45–0.12 (78%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  3. Smith – Coyle – Hall6:33

    xG 0.35–0.12 (74%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Lazar – DeBrusk11:16

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Clifton11:11

    xG 0.88–0.11 (89%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Reilly – Carlo4:15

    xG 0.21–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – McAvoy3:07

    xG 0.23–0.03 (89%)attempts 6–1goals 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 3.2 xGDET 1.1 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 24/100 · #1050 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 86% 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).