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Sat, Oct 15, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Arizona Coyotes 3, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 87% of the time.

BOS winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0411426324
BOS21217324643

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:03BOSPavel ZachaPPAssists: Nick Foligno, Craig Smith · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:24BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Trent Frederic, A.J. Greer · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 6:21ARIClayton KellerPPAssists: Travis Boyd, Matias Maccelli · Slap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:03BOSNick FolignoAssists: Connor Clifton · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 2:58ARIJoshua BrownAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Dylan Guenther · Snap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:42ARIShayne GostisbehereSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P3 9:29BOSDerek ForbortGWGAssists: David Krejci, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
  8. P3 12:49BOSA.J. GreerAssists: Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–5
  9. P3 17:12BOSA.J. GreerENAssists: Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:03ARINick Ritchie: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 2:32ARITroy Stecher: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:10BOSTrent Frederic: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 1:10ARILiam O'Brien: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 4:37BOSTaylor Hall: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:43BOSHampus Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 9:57BOSTomas Nosek: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:55ARITroy Stecher: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 0:00BOSA.J. Greer: Roughing2 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
49% to win51% to win
← ARI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nosek won the faceoff against Boyd
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIBOS
24Shots on goal43
2.1Expected goals4.9
46Shot attempts72
29Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
29Hits28
18Blocked shots13
5Giveaways7
6Takeaways9

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. bestBjugstad – O'Brien – Fischer8:04

    xG 0.36–0.14 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Boyd – Crouse – Keller10:33

    xG 0.61–0.68 (47%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  3. Ritchie – Hayton – Guenther7:14

    xG 0.11–0.59 (16%)attempts 5–8goals 0–2

  4. Kassian – McBain – Maccelli7:23

    xG 0.02–0.68 (3%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brown – Mayo2:42

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Stecher2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Mayo – Stecher5:05

    xG 0.18–0.31 (37%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Hall – Pastrnak6:11

    xG 0.68–0.09 (88%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Nosek – Lauko9:11

    xG 0.58–0.04 (94%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Coyle – Greer – Frederic8:43

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Krejci – Smith – Zacha3:02

    xG 0.51–0.16 (76%)attempts 8–2goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Lindholm7:16

    xG 0.67–0.04 (95%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Reilly – Zboril7:25

    xG 0.79–0.27 (74%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. Lindholm – Clifton4:19

    xG 0.40–0.07 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 2–0

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 4.9 xGARI 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 86/100 · #223 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50BOS 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, Boston Bruins win this game 87% 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).