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Sat, Apr 16, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 62% of the time.

BOS winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT061909124
BOS21105013229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:49BOSTrent FredericAssists: Craig Smith · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:01BOSErik HaulaGWGAssists: Mike Reilly · Snap, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:38PITDanton HeinenAssists: Teddy Blueger, Brock McGinn · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:30PITMike Matheson: Holding2 min
  2. P2 9:33BOSNick Foligno: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 11:44BOSCharlie McAvoy: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 4:52PITSidney Crosby: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 7:09BOSMike Reilly: 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITBOS
24Shots on goal29
1.4Expected goals1.8
41Shot attempts45
31Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
12Hits9
10Blocked shots6
8Giveaways3
3Takeaways5

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCrosby – Rakell – Guentzel13:45

    xG 0.48–0.29 (62%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Blueger – McGinn – Heinen9:05

    xG 0.26–0.09 (74%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Crosby – Rust – Guentzel2:02

    xG 0.03–0.13 (21%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Boyle – Kapanen – Rodrigues5:27

    xG 0.13–0.40 (24%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ruhwedel – Pettersson10:20

    xG 0.31–0.34 (47%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  2. Letang – Matheson18:50

    xG 0.43–0.60 (42%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

  3. Dumoulin – Marino12:40

    xG 0.19–0.54 (26%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Coyle – Frederic8:54

    xG 0.49–0.10 (83%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Haula – Hall – Froden8:41

    xG 0.46–0.16 (74%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk12:28

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Lazar – McLaughlin6:11

    xG 0.10–0.25 (28%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Carlo15:10

    xG 0.77–0.27 (74%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Forbort – Clifton9:52

    xG 0.23–0.06 (80%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – McAvoy16:31

    xG 0.51–0.52 (50%)attempts 14–9goals 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.

BOS 1.8 xGPIT 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #1106 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50BOS 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, Boston Bruins win this game 62% of the time.

BOS winsPIT wins

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

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