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Tue, Mar 1, 2022·Honda Center, Anaheim

Boston Bruins 3, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 60% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS17114113334
ANA3907112428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:33ANARickard RakellPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Trevor Zegras · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:15BOSNick FolignoAssists: Brandon Carlo, Tomas Nosek · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:53ANAIsac LundeströmAssists: Cam Fowler, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:03ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Troy Terry, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:15BOSBrandon CarloAssists: Tomas Nosek, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:52BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Taylor Hall, Erik Haula · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 19:38ANATrevor ZegrasPPGWGAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Ryan Getzlaf · Snap, 0.05 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:20ANASam Carrick: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:20BOSNick Foligno: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 5:35BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 2:51ANADerek Grant: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 4:03BOSTaylor Hall: Interference2 min
  6. P3 19:14BOSCharlie McAvoy: Hooking2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSANA
34Shots on goal28
2.1Expected goals2.6
62Shot attempts53
29Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
23Hits24
14Blocked shots16
8Giveaways9
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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Nosek – Froden9:20

    xG 0.51–0.21 (71%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk14:13

    xG 0.49–0.44 (53%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Coyle – Frederic12:16

    xG 0.21–0.34 (39%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Hall – Pastrnak14:21

    xG 0.58–0.71 (45%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Clifton8:11

    xG 0.36–0.04 (90%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Carlo18:31

    xG 0.72–0.74 (49%)attempts 22–16goals 3–1

  3. Reilly – McAvoy15:51

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Henrique – Terry16:34

    xG 0.81–0.54 (60%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Silfverberg – Steel – Lundeström14:37

    xG 0.60–0.40 (60%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Grant – Deslauriers – Carrick6:50

    xG 0.30–0.26 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 0–2

  4. Rakell – Milano – Zegras11:38

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Drysdale20:03

    xG 1.08–0.61 (64%)attempts 20–19goals 1–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Fowler5:23

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Guhle15:24

    xG 0.49–0.47 (51%)attempts 11–16goals 1–1

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.

ANA 2.6 xGBOS 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #388 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 60% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).