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Fri, Oct 28, 2022·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Boston Bruins 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.

CBJ winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS11431506435
CBJ01207011030

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:43BOSMatt GrzelcykGWGAssists: Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:30BOSCharlie CoyleSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:07BOSJake DeBruskUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P2 19:33BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:43BOSConnor Clifton: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 13:24CBJAndrew Peeke: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:39BOSTomas Nosek: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 8:53CBJBoone Jenner: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 12:58BOSAnton Stralman: Holding2 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 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Nosek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCBJ
35Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals1.9
63Shot attempts55
32Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits18
19Blocked shots17
4Giveaways7
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. bestBergeron – Smith – DeBrusk6:22

    xG 0.53–0.07 (89%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Coyle – Greer – Frederic7:23

    xG 0.40–0.05 (89%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Nosek – Lauko8:42

    xG 0.25–0.17 (59%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Hall – Pastrnak – Zacha10:48

    xG 0.32–0.46 (41%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo12:56

    xG 0.75–0.21 (78%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Forbort – Clifton15:31

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Stralman – Grzelcyk15:34

    xG 0.54–0.52 (51%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestChinakhov – Johnson – Sillinger5:31

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Voracek – Nyquist – Jenner6:17

    xG 0.24–0.12 (68%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Roslovic – Laine9:50

    xG 0.32–0.34 (49%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  4. Kuraly – Robinson – Foudy7:10

    xG 0.00–0.05 (4%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gavrikov – Jiricek5:03

    xG 0.09–0.09 (50%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Gavrikov2:09

    xG 0.01–0.04 (15%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Werenski – Gavrikov2:46

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

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.

CBJ 1.9 xGBOS 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1242 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 66% of the time.

CBJ winsBOS wins

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

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