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Sun, Apr 10, 2022·Capital One Arena, Washington

Boston Bruins 2, Washington Capitals 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 72% of the time.

WSH winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0821606230
WSH07211215433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:11WSHJohn CarlsonAssists: Conor Sheary · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:55BOSCurtis LazarAssists: Nick Foligno · Snap, 0.29 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:55BOSErik HaulaAssists: Charlie McAvoy · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:50WSHTom WilsonAssists: Lars Eller, Anthony Mantha · Snap, 0.38 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:18WSHLars EllerGWGAssists: Nick Jensen · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:58WSHAlex OvechkinENAssists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson · Wrist, 0.77 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:47WSHNic Dowd: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 18:13WSHDmitry Orlov: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 4:46WSHLars Eller: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 2:55WSHTrevor van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 10:43BOSTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 15:18BOSTrent Frederic: 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 SOG0WSH
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eller won the faceoff against Coyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSWSH
30Shots on goal33
3.6Expected goals5.1
71Shot attempts56
43Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
39Hits45
9Blocked shots25
5Giveaways6
4Takeaways10

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 – Lazar – Nosek8:56

    xG 1.05–0.18 (85%)attempts 16–6goals 1–1

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk10:32

    xG 0.76–0.80 (49%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Coyle – Frederic7:59

    xG 0.33–0.61 (35%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Hall – McLaughlin9:08

    xG 0.24–0.56 (30%)attempts 5–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – McAvoy5:50

    xG 1.33–0.26 (84%)attempts 17–5goals 1–0

  2. Brown – McAvoy3:12

    xG 0.59–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  3. Reilly – Brown7:06

    xG 0.35–0.28 (56%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Wilson – Mantha7:28

    xG 1.02–0.11 (90%)attempts 12–2goals 2–0

  2. Dowd – Larsson – Hathaway8:53

    xG 0.36–0.26 (57%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Oshie – Johansson – McMichael9:24

    xG 0.31–0.74 (29%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

  4. Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary11:54

    xG 0.75–1.35 (36%)attempts 14–21goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Jensen12:28

    xG 1.43–0.32 (82%)attempts 18–8goals 2–0

  2. Carlson – Fehérváry15:55

    xG 0.46–0.73 (39%)attempts 15–18goals 1–1

  3. Schultz – van Riemsdyk10:42

    xG 0.49–0.75 (39%)attempts 8–18goals 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.

WSH 5.1 xGBOS 3.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #630 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 72% of the time.

WSH winsBOS wins

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

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