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Tue, Jan 18, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 7, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 60% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR51208214734
BOS11001309132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:44CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Tony DeAngelo · Snap, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:03CARJesperi KotkaniemiGWGAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Nino Niederreiter · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:13BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P1 11:26CARJesperi KotkaniemiAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P1 16:01CARSeth JarvisUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–1
  6. P1 16:57CARDerek StepanAssists: Jordan Martinook · Snap, 0.22 xG5–1
  7. P3 3:05CARJaccob SlavinPPAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Teuvo Teravainen · Wrist, 0.06 xG6–1
  8. P3 7:48CARAndrei SvechnikovPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Tony DeAngelo · Snap, 0.33 xG7–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:48CARAndrei Svechnikov: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:11BOSConnor Clifton: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 6:55CARBrendan Smith: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 10:38CARSebastian Aho: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 11:30CARIan Cole: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 0:33CARVincent Trocheck: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 1:13BOSCharlie McAvoy: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:04BOSErik Haula: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Nosek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
34Shots on goal32
3.3Expected goals2.6
53Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won37
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
26Hits26
16Blocked shots9
5Giveaways8
17Takeaways2

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 – Jarvis8:00

    xG 0.75–0.40 (65%)attempts 7–10goals 2–0

  2. Stepan – Martinook – Kotkaniemi8:48

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 11–4goals 2–0

  3. Niederreiter – Trocheck – Svechnikov9:55

    xG 0.14–0.11 (57%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Fast – Lorentz8:46

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSlavin – DeAngelo14:30

    xG 1.39–0.57 (71%)attempts 17–17goals 4–0

  2. Cole – Smith15:19

    xG 0.61–0.38 (62%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce12:55

    xG 0.37–0.20 (65%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith7:54

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Haula – Hall – Pastrnak10:07

    xG 0.33–0.16 (68%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Coyle – DeBrusk2:38

    xG 0.11–0.08 (60%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Steen2:14

    xG 0.07–0.12 (38%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Carlo – Vaakanainen12:56

    xG 0.64–0.60 (52%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  2. Forbort – Clifton13:23

    xG 0.67–0.81 (45%)attempts 11–14goals 0–1

  3. Clifton – Vaakanainen2:23

    xG 0.02–0.21 (11%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

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 2.6 xGCAR 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #1010 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (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 60% 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).