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Thu, Feb 10, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 6, Boston Bruins 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 63% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR118311214643
BOS011011012034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:26CARVincent TrocheckPPGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:35CARAndrei SvechnikovUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:01CARSebastian AhoAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Martin Necas · Snap, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:02CARBrett PesceAssists: Jesper Fast, Jordan Staal · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P3 1:58CARSebastian AhoPPAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Andrei Svechnikov · Deflected, 0.10 xG5–0
  6. P3 15:24CARJordan StaalAssists: Brady Skjei · Tip-in, 0.07 xG6–0
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:29CARMartin Necas: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 4:21CARIan Cole: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 7:43BOSTrent Frederic: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 9:35BOSCharlie McAvoy: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 9:35CARTony DeAngelo: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 13:17BOSConnor Clifton: Interference2 min
  7. P1 14:17CARTeuvo Teravainen: Hooking2 min
  8. P1 18:07BOSDavid Pastrnak: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 0:22BOSJake DeBrusk: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min · PPG
  10. P3 6:50CARSteven Lorentz: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 8:13BOSCharlie McAvoy: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 8:13CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← CAR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Studnicka won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
43Shots on goal34
3.4Expected goals2.5
58Shot attempts59
37Faceoffs won36
4Power plays4
15Penalty minutes15
32Hits42
13Blocked shots4
10Giveaways9
8Takeaways1

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTeravainen – Aho – Necas7:41

    xG 0.21–0.01 (94%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Niederreiter – Fast11:23

    xG 0.60–0.62 (49%)attempts 9–13goals 2–0

  3. Trocheck – Svechnikov – Jarvis7:13

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  4. Stepan – Martinook – Lorentz10:19

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce12:47

    xG 0.63–0.38 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Skjei – DeAngelo2:11

    xG 0.16–0.06 (74%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  3. Slavin – DeAngelo11:03

    xG 0.44–0.40 (53%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Coyle – DeBrusk5:49

    xG 0.44–0.11 (80%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

  2. Foligno – Frederic – Studnicka6:30

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Haula – Hall – Pastrnak7:42

    xG 0.11–0.05 (67%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Pastrnak – Studnicka3:57

    xG 0.16–0.14 (53%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Carlo7:08

    xG 0.66–0.26 (72%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy4:43

    xG 0.12–0.04 (77%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Grzelcyk2:44

    xG 0.11–0.09 (56%)attempts 1–2goals 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 2.5 xGCAR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1198 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 63% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

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