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Sun, Nov 13, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Vancouver Canucks 2, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 53% of the time.

BOS winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1809114231
BOS2182916533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:17BOSConnor CliftonAssists: Taylor Hall, Hampus Lindholm · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:05VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:29BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Hampus Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:19BOSPavel ZachaGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Connor Clifton · Slap, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:23BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 4:34VANSheldon DriesPPUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:02BOSTomas NosekENAssists: Charlie Coyle, Brandon Carlo · Wrist, 0.38 xG2–5
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 0:44VANThatcher Demko: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 8:23VANKyle Burroughs: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:23BOSTomas Nosek: Misconduct10 min
  4. P1 8:23BOSTomas Nosek: Instigator2 min · PPG
  5. P1 8:23BOSTomas Nosek: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 11:10VANTyler Myers: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 14:24BOSA.J. Greer: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 14:24VANVasily Podkolzin: Fighting5 min · PPG
  9. P1 15:35VANJack Studnicka: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 3:58BOSTrent Frederic: Slashing2 min
  11. P2 9:20VANTyler Myers: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 9:56BOSDavid Krejci: High sticking2 min
  13. P2 14:48VANQuinn Hughes: Broken stick2 min
  14. P2 17:10VANTyler Myers: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  15. P3 2:35BOSJakub Zboril: High sticking2 min · PPG
  16. P3 6:30BOSHampus Lindholm: Holding2 min
  17. P3 16:37BOSDavid Pastrnak: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANBOS
31Shots on goal33
2.7Expected goals2.9
57Shot attempts57
21Faceoffs won37
6Power plays6
22Penalty minutes32
16Hits15
15Blocked shots13
6Giveaways7
5Takeaways8

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoeser – Pettersson – Mikheyev7:39

    xG 0.21–0.14 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Joshua – Hoglander – Aman2:49

    xG 0.09–0.03 (74%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Horvat – Garland9:57

    xG 0.38–0.36 (51%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  4. Joshua – Studnicka – Aman4:06

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Bear11:30

    xG 0.50–0.30 (63%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  2. Burroughs – Hughes6:03

    xG 0.17–0.06 (73%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Myers5:56

    xG 0.18–0.17 (52%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak7:45

    xG 0.41–0.06 (87%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Coyle – Zacha – Frederic7:35

    xG 0.52–0.42 (56%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Nosek – Greer4:04

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Hall – DeBrusk6:48

    xG 0.17–0.20 (45%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Clifton12:01

    xG 0.66–0.43 (60%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy10:51

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Zboril – Carlo8:47

    xG 0.10–0.30 (26%)attempts 4–4goals 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 2.9 xGVAN 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #656 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 53% of the time.

BOS winsVAN wins

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

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