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Sun, Jan 30, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Boston Bruins 1, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0100818126
DAL2112929629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:54DALTyler SeguinUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:23DALAlexander RadulovGWGAssists: Esa Lindell · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:31DALLuke GlendeningAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:39DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Denis Gurianov · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 4:55DALRoope HintzPPAssists: John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–5
  6. P3 5:49BOSCraig SmithAssists: Charlie Coyle, Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:53DALTyler SeguinAssists: Denis Gurianov, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 8:37DALJamie Benn: Interference2 min
  2. P2 14:49BOSCurtis Lazar: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 4:13BOSDerek Forbort: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 9:08BOSBrandon Carlo: Hooking2 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 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDAL
26Shots on goal29
1.6Expected goals3.0
50Shot attempts61
27Faceoffs won34
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
23Hits19
15Blocked shots16
9Giveaways14
4Takeaways3

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 – Pastrnak9:14

    xG 0.29–0.14 (68%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Coyle – DeBrusk5:05

    xG 0.28–0.17 (62%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Fogarty – DeBrusk – Steen5:22

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 9–1goals 0–1

  4. Hall – Fogarty – Pastrnak4:45

    xG 0.12–0.30 (29%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Grzelcyk – Carlo13:37

    xG 0.36–0.46 (44%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. Reilly – Grzelcyk2:25

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Reilly12:55

    xG 0.36–0.54 (40%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Peterson – Kiviranta10:42

    xG 0.72–0.28 (72%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson13:12

    xG 0.40–0.08 (84%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Faksa – Kero8:55

    xG 0.47–0.22 (69%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Gurianov10:29

    xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 12–12goals 3–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen20:56

    xG 1.14–0.38 (75%)attempts 29–10goals 1–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell3:36

    xG 0.40–0.05 (88%)attempts 4–1goals 1–1

  3. Hakanpää – Hanley10:05

    xG 0.41–0.28 (60%)attempts 6–9goals 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.

DAL 3.0 xGBOS 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1168 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

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

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