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Tue, Nov 30, 2021·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 2, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 81% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET051516216
BOS08017117142

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:03DETFilip ZadinaAssists: Pius Suter · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:20BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Charlie McAvoy · Slap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:33DETMarc StaalGWGAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Gustav Lindstrom · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 17:22BOSNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 17:22DETVladislav Namestnikov: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 0:00DETMichael Rasmussen: Holding2 min
  4. P3 4:24DETGustav Lindstrom: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 5:23DETMarc Staal: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 8:23BOSCurtis Lazar: Tripping2 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 20:00Frederic won the faceoff against Rowney
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
16Shots on goal42
2.1Expected goals4.1
34Shot attempts67
33Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
28Hits30
14Blocked shots9
9Giveaways17
10Takeaways5

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. Fabbri – Smith – Suter6:51

    xG 0.11–0.14 (46%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Rowney – Zadina6:40

    xG 0.07–0.18 (29%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Namestnikov – Erne – Rasmussen9:13

    xG 0.09–0.64 (13%)attempts 2–16goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond12:33

    xG 0.35–1.01 (26%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Staal – Lindstrom12:53

    xG 0.16–0.23 (42%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Seider2:04

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Oesterle – Seider15:02

    xG 0.33–0.82 (29%)attempts 4–19goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Hall – Pastrnak14:26

    xG 1.30–0.28 (82%)attempts 22–5goals 0–0

  2. Haula – Lazar – DeBrusk7:02

    xG 0.43–0.14 (75%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Smith – Coyle11:28

    xG 0.44–0.36 (55%)attempts 16–5goals 0–1

  4. Nosek – Frederic – Kuhlman7:22

    xG 0.10–0.11 (47%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Zboril12:13

    xG 0.67–0.00 (100%)attempts 15–0goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Carlo10:44

    xG 0.59–0.22 (72%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – McAvoy7:32

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 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 4.1 xGDET 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 40/100 · #847 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 81% 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).