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Sun, Jan 8, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Boston Bruins 7, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS212213317742
ANA16012011129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:49BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: David Krejci, Pavel Zacha · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:46BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:55ANATrevor ZegrasAssists: Ryan Strome, Frank Vatrano · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:56BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:13BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–1
  6. P3 6:20BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Trent Frederic, Charlie Coyle · Wrap-around, 0.10 xG5–1
  7. P3 11:26BOSHampus LindholmUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG6–1
  8. P3 16:10BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.22 xG7–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:55ANAMaxime Comtois: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 16:55BOSBrad Marchand: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 18:26BOSDavid Pastrnak: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:24ANARyan Strome: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 15:24BOSPavel Zacha: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 1:34ANAJohn Klingberg: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSANA
42Shots on goal29
3.5Expected goals2.4
64Shot attempts62
30Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits21
22Blocked shots9
7Giveaways10
12Takeaways7

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. bestCoyle – Hall – Frederic12:23

    xG 0.97–0.22 (81%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha9:20

    xG 0.51–0.15 (77%)attempts 10–4goals 4–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith11:19

    xG 0.39–0.29 (58%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Wagner – Nosek9:22

    xG 0.29–0.47 (38%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo13:05

    xG 0.96–0.25 (79%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy13:51

    xG 0.80–0.36 (69%)attempts 15–13goals 3–1

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo2:01

    xG 0.16–0.01 (92%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Terry – McTavish12:43

    xG 0.66–0.36 (65%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Megna – Comtois – Leason3:50

    xG 0.04–0.04 (45%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Vatrano – Zegras7:44

    xG 0.25–0.28 (47%)attempts 4–8goals 1–1

  4. Silfverberg – Carrick – Comtois5:11

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Klingberg2:52

    xG 0.15–0.03 (84%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  2. Shattenkirk – White3:23

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Benoit3:54

    xG 0.18–0.28 (40%)attempts 3–5goals 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.

ANA 2.4 xGBOS 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #1034 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 68% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

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

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