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Fri, Nov 25, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Boston Bruins 3 (OT)

Expected result

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

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR2160601103236
BOS0911311613341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:34CARStefan NoesenPPAssists: Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:05CARJesperi KotkaniemiPPAssists: Seth Jarvis, Brett Pesce · Backhand, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:29BOSDavid KrejciAssists: David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:27BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Pavel Zacha, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:19BOSDavid PastrnakPPGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:59BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:24BOSCraig Smith: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:38BOSDavid Pastrnak: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P1 19:22CARAndrei Svechnikov: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 19:52CARJack Drury: Interference2 min
  6. P2 2:06CARJack Drury: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 6:50BOSCraig Smith: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 1:32BOSConnor Clifton: Closing hand on puck2 min
  9. P3 8:26CARJordan Staal: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P3 18:59CARAndrei Svechnikov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. OT 2:56CARAndrei Svechnikov: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
36Shots on goal41
2.9Expected goals3.9
48Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won40
6Power plays6
12Penalty minutes12
27Hits25
14Blocked shots3
8Giveaways13
11Takeaways7

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Stepan – Noesen3:55

    xG 0.46–0.03 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Aho – Necas – Drury2:03

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov – Jarvis2:29

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Martinook – Aho – Necas7:56

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce14:42

    xG 0.76–0.57 (57%)attempts 14–10goals 0–2

  2. Burns – Slavin15:16

    xG 0.05–0.61 (7%)attempts 5–21goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Chatfield9:21

    xG 0.07–0.65 (9%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Coyle – Hall3:50

    xG 0.44–0.02 (95%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha10:14

    xG 0.43–0.04 (91%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk8:48

    xG 0.16–0.05 (75%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Nosek – Greer3:43

    xG 0.09–0.04 (68%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy10:17

    xG 0.69–0.21 (77%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Clifton8:57

    xG 0.53–0.06 (90%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Carlo5:06

    xG 0.27–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–1goals 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 3.9 xGCAR 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 75/100 · #392 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

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