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Sat, Jan 22, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Winnipeg Jets 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG2110607224
BOS14116112332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:46WPGJansen HarkinsAssists: Dominic Toninato · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:37BOSOskar SteenAssists: Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:34WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Mark Scheifele · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:31BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Derek Forbort · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 3:59BOSDavid PastrnakPPGWGAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Brad Marchand · Slap, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:19BOSConnor Clifton: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:19WPGJansen Harkins: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:07BOSBrandon Carlo: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:07WPGAustin Poganski: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 13:13BOSDerek Forbort: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 5:15WPGDominic Toninato: Interference2 min
  7. P3 2:27WPGAdam Lowry: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 5:19BOSOskar Steen: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 8:15BOSTuukka Rask: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 18:33BOSTomas Nosek: High sticking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBOS
24Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals2.6
54Shot attempts59
22Faceoffs won24
4Power plays2
14Penalty minutes18
25Hits28
13Blocked shots17
9Giveaways8
10Takeaways12

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Lowry – Poganski6:16

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Connor – Dubois – Perfetti10:02

    xG 0.32–0.21 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Toninato – Harkins – Vesalainen3:40

    xG 0.12–0.23 (35%)attempts 4–2goals 1–1

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Copp12:30

    xG 0.24–0.52 (32%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Pionk2:00

    xG 0.18–0.11 (61%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk13:49

    xG 0.61–0.61 (50%)attempts 14–22goals 1–0

  3. Schmidt – Samberg9:08

    xG 0.21–0.21 (49%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith11:14

    xG 0.82–0.31 (73%)attempts 23–7goals 0–0

  2. Coyle – DeBrusk – Steen10:35

    xG 0.65–0.22 (75%)attempts 10–13goals 2–1

  3. Foligno – Lazar – Nosek8:04

    xG 0.07–0.03 (73%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Hall – Pastrnak10:27

    xG 0.29–0.39 (43%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarlo – Vaakanainen14:38

    xG 0.91–0.51 (64%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy11:08

    xG 0.54–0.24 (70%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Clifton8:43

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

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 2.6 xGWPG 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #801 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 68% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

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

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