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Tue, Oct 25, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Dallas Stars 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

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

BOS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL011110010131
BOS11011217329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:49BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Hampus Lindholm, David Krejci · Slap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:48DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Ty Dellandrea, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:57BOSTaylor HallGWGAssists: David Pastrnak, Matt Grzelcyk · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:33BOSPatrice BergeronENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:13DALEsa Lindell: Interference2 min
  2. P1 2:30BOSTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:49DALDenis Gurianov: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 11:45BOSConnor Clifton: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:45DALColin Miller: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P1 11:45DALColin Miller: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 12:40BOSConnor Clifton: Interference2 min
  8. P3 7:04BOSTrent Frederic: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 13:41DALRadek Faksa: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALBOS
31Shots on goal29
2.9Expected goals3.6
50Shot attempts41
25Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
32Hits28
5Blocked shots11
12Giveaways12
10Takeaways5

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestGlendening – Faksa – Gurianov5:10

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta2:20

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson9:45

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston7:02

    xG 0.41–0.33 (56%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Lundkvist14:01

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  2. Hakanpää – Hanley9:25

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Hakanpää3:07

    xG 0.01–0.05 (22%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Coyle – Frederic8:31

    xG 0.77–0.41 (65%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Zacha – DeBrusk8:28

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Hall – Pastrnak10:48

    xG 0.30–0.66 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

  4. Foligno – Nosek – Greer6:59

    xG 0.00–0.40 (0%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Clifton11:17

    xG 1.01–0.49 (67%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  2. Reilly – Carlo11:27

    xG 0.17–0.22 (44%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Clifton2:00

    xG 0.05–0.15 (24%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.6 xGDAL 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #923 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 winsDAL wins

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

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