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Fri, Mar 18, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Boston Bruins 4, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS01422229445
WPG01104214229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:42BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Jack Studnicka · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:12BOSTrent FredericAssists: Charlie Coyle, Craig Smith · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:29WPGAdam LowryAssists: Evgeny Svechnikov, Nate Schmidt · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:54WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:13BOSTaylor HallPPGWGAssists: Charlie Coyle, Charlie McAvoy · Backhand, 0.25 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:29BOSCharlie McAvoyENAssists: Tomas Nosek, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.79 xG4–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:44BOSMike Reilly: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  2. P1 10:13BOSMatt Grzelcyk: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 14:59WPGBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 9:37BOSErik Haula: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 13:36BOSCharlie McAvoy: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:05WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 6:59BOSDavid Pastrnak: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:57WPGLogan Stanley: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:31WPGBrenden Dillon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  10. P3 18:34BOSErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 19:29WPGJosh Morrissey: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 19:29WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Misconduct10 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 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSWPG
45Shots on goal29
4.8Expected goals3.4
74Shot attempts57
32Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes28
19Hits33
17Blocked shots15
11Giveaways10
8Takeaways9

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 – Haula – Lazar5:06

    xG 1.19–0.01 (99%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Coyle – Frederic11:11

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Marchand – DeBrusk – Studnicka8:15

    xG 0.36–0.23 (60%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  4. Foligno – Lazar – Nosek2:58

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Clifton8:46

    xG 1.30–0.42 (76%)attempts 22–5goals 2–1

  2. Reilly – McAvoy14:22

    xG 0.56–0.49 (53%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Carlo3:11

    xG 0.03–0.09 (26%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestEhlers – Connor – Dubois12:12

    xG 0.78–0.40 (66%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Svechnikov6:30

    xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 4–13goals 1–1

  3. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele13:09

    xG 0.31–0.44 (41%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  4. Connor – Svechnikov – Dubois2:04

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Pionk12:45

    xG 0.55–0.30 (65%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey12:02

    xG 0.43–0.28 (60%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Schmidt – Morrissey2:01

    xG 0.03–0.12 (22%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

WPG 3.4 xGBOS 4.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #392 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 70% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

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

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