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Sat, Mar 12, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Arizona Coyotes 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 77% of the time.

BOS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI01111117229
BOS214012114340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:33BOSCraig SmithAssists: Tomas Nosek, Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:49BOSCraig SmithAssists: Trent Frederic, Charlie Coyle · Snap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:59ARIClayton KellerAssists: Dysin Mayo, Nick Schmaltz · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 2:15ARINick RitchieAssists: Barrett Hayton, Matias Maccelli · Snap, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:39BOSCharlie CoyleGWGAssists: Trent Frederic, Charlie McAvoy · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 3:25ARIJ.J. Moser: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 6:48BOSPatrice Bergeron: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 6:30BOSTrent Frederic: Tripping2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIBOS
29Shots on goal40
2.2Expected goals3.8
51Shot attempts59
24Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
24Hits26
9Blocked shots14
8Giveaways10
9Takeaways18

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRitchie – Hayton – Maccelli6:15

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Eriksson – Ritchie – Hayton4:28

    xG 0.02–0.03 (38%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller16:30

    xG 0.53–0.55 (49%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  4. Eriksson – Nash – Fasching3:55

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChychrun – Kolyachonok3:14

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Moser8:25

    xG 0.50–0.44 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Stralman – Mayo2:35

    xG 0.05–0.06 (48%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk13:34

    xG 0.84–0.27 (76%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Lazar – Nosek8:26

    xG 0.47–0.11 (81%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Haula – Hall – Pastrnak13:48

    xG 0.71–0.50 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  4. Smith – Coyle – Frederic10:18

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 6–9goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Carlo14:45

    xG 1.11–0.31 (78%)attempts 15–8goals 2–1

  2. Reilly – McAvoy15:13

    xG 0.96–0.57 (63%)attempts 20–13goals 1–1

  3. Forbort – Clifton13:16

    xG 0.62–0.42 (60%)attempts 8–15goals 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.

BOS 3.8 xGARI 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 63/100 · #552 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 77% of the time.

BOS winsARI wins

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

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