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Fri, Jan 28, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Boston Bruins 2, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 65% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS19112016237
ARI1801409131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:31BOSErik HaulaAssists: David Pastrnak, Derek Forbort · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:04ARINick SchmaltzAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:41BOSCharlie McAvoyPPGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:30ARIJakob Chychrun: Closing hand on puck2 min
  2. P2 12:05ARIShayne Gostisbehere: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:00BOSMike Reilly: Interference2 min
  4. P2 19:33BOSCurtis Lazar: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 2:14BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 2:14ARIAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 2:14ARIAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 4:29ARILawson Crouse: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:04BOSPatrice Bergeron: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Nash
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSARI
37Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals3.2
55Shot attempts56
33Faceoffs won23
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
22Hits28
9Blocked shots10
16Giveaways12
3Takeaways10

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith6:44

    xG 0.26–0.03 (88%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Steen3:08

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Coyle – DeBrusk3:18

    xG 0.07–0.02 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Blidh – Lazar – Nosek5:49

    xG 0.12–0.13 (48%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcAvoy – Vaakanainen8:04

    xG 0.31–0.03 (93%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Carlo5:37

    xG 0.33–0.05 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Reilly – Carlo7:43

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Kessel – Dzingel9:30

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller12:27

    xG 0.17–0.21 (45%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Nash – Roussel – Fischer6:50

    xG 0.16–0.26 (38%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Galchenyuk – Crouse6:05

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStralman – Moser10:06

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Stralman – Gostisbehere2:00

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Chychrun – Lyubushkin13:22

    xG 0.18–0.38 (32%)attempts 8–14goals 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.

ARI 3.2 xGBOS 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ARI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ARI is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #925 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 65% of the time.

ARI winsBOS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).