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Sat, Nov 19, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Chicago Blackhawks 1, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 94% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CHI031609118
BOS115315213643

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:53BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:28BOSPatrice BergeronGWGAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:37CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Max Domi, Philipp Kurashev · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:10BOSJake DeBruskPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:18BOSDavid KrejciAssists: A.J. Greer, Charlie McAvoy · Slap, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:12BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Nick Foligno, Tomas Nosek · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P3 17:57BOSTaylor HallAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:56CHITaylor Raddysh: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:01CHIFilip Roos: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:22BOSConnor Clifton: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 10:02BOSBrandon Carlo: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:44CHIJonathan Toews: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:47BOSDavid Pastrnak: Hooking2 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIBOS
18Shots on goal43
1.1Expected goals4.5
33Shot attempts73
25Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
23Hits16
10Blocked shots10
7Giveaways10
11Takeaways10

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Blackwell – Khaira – Johnson8:55

    xG 0.10–0.15 (41%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Dickinson – Lafferty – Entwistle9:21

    xG 0.05–0.54 (8%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

  3. Kane – Athanasiou – Domi12:45

    xG 0.53–1.22 (30%)attempts 7–20goals 0–1

  4. Toews – Raddysh – Kurashev11:04

    xG 0.11–1.20 (9%)attempts 4–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. McCabe – Mitchell3:36

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Roos3:52

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  3. McCabe – Roos6:12

    xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Nosek – Greer10:05

    xG 1.12–0.10 (92%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk10:13

    xG 0.78–0.31 (71%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  3. Coyle – Hall – Frederic3:53

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Krejci – Hall – Pastrnak7:42

    xG 0.33–0.07 (82%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy11:45

    xG 0.76–0.16 (83%)attempts 19–1goals 2–0

  2. Lindholm – Clifton8:31

    xG 0.48–0.03 (95%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Carlo7:03

    xG 0.33–0.02 (95%)attempts 6–4goals 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 4.5 xGCHI 1.1 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #1011 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 94% of the time.

BOS winsCHI wins

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

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