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Mon, Jan 24, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Anaheim Ducks 5, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 50% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1112927527
BOS05210111326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:59ANADerek GrantPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Hampus Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:28ANAIsac LundeströmSHAssists: Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:47BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Tomas Nosek, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:04ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Rickard Rakell, Hampus Lindholm · Snap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 15:52BOSTaylor HallPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:12ANATroy TerryGWGAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 10:58ANAGreg PaterynAssists: Trevor Zegras, Rickard Rakell · Slap, 0.04 xG5–2
  8. P3 16:28BOSErik HaulaAssists: Mike Reilly, David Pastrnak · Snap, 0.13 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:44BOSCharlie McAvoy: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:09BOSOskar Steen: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:17ANATrevor Zegras: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 8:55ANASam Carrick: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 8:55BOSNick Foligno: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 14:59ANAJosh Mahura: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 0:26BOSUrho Vaakanainen: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANABOS
27Shots on goal26
2.3Expected goals2.3
37Shot attempts61
24Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
25Hits30
23Blocked shots3
11Giveaways13
5Takeaways7

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestTerry – Steel – Comtois8:04

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 3–8goals 1–0

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Zegras12:34

    xG 0.29–0.35 (46%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Grant – Silfverberg – Lundeström11:25

    xG 0.02–0.49 (5%)attempts 2–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Mahura7:51

    xG 0.68–0.30 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Pateryn – Lindholm2:42

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Drysdale2:28

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith10:39

    xG 0.57–0.08 (88%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Nosek – Pastrnak4:14

    xG 0.36–0.11 (77%)attempts 7–2goals 1–2

  3. Haula – Lazar – Pastrnak2:57

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  4. Foligno – Lazar – Nosek4:07

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Carlo10:08

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 10–6goals 2–1

  2. Forbort – Clifton11:35

    xG 0.22–0.02 (93%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  3. McAvoy – Vaakanainen12:13

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 13–6goals 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 2.3 xGANA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #510 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 50% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

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

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