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Sun, Jan 22, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

San Jose Sharks 0, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 76% of the time.

BOS winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SJS050508018
BOS172916422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:16BOSHampus LindholmGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Craig Smith · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:08BOSCharlie McAvoyAssists: David Pastrnak, Matt Grzelcyk · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:46BOSNick FolignoAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Joona Koppanen · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:40BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.09 xG0–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:27BOSBrandon Carlo: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:27SJSTimo Meier: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:36BOSJoona Koppanen: Holding2 min
  4. P2 3:42BOSBrad Marchand: Holding2 min
  5. P2 3:42SJSMichael Eyssimont: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:59SJSMichael Eyssimont: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 10:37SJSMichael Eyssimont: Interference2 min
  8. P2 15:37BOSNick Foligno: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 1:25SJSMario Ferraro: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 17:25SJSTimo Meier: 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSBOS
18Shots on goal22
1.5Expected goals2.9
38Shot attempts48
30Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
34Hits25
12Blocked shots8
10Giveaways5
10Takeaways12

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHertl – Meier – Eyssimont6:22

    xG 0.57–0.06 (90%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Couture – Nieto – Barabanov8:41

    xG 0.22–0.06 (79%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Hertl – Meier – Gregor2:50

    xG 0.03–0.08 (24%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Bonino – Gregor – Sturm5:49

    xG 0.11–0.43 (20%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Ferraro3:36

    xG 0.29–0.03 (91%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Megna12:50

    xG 0.30–0.33 (47%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Vlasic – Ferraro8:10

    xG 0.17–0.23 (42%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestCoyle – Hall – Frederic9:51

    xG 0.60–0.28 (68%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Greer – Koppanen8:36

    xG 0.48–0.26 (64%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha8:17

    xG 0.08–0.15 (36%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith9:32

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Clifton10:00

    xG 0.59–0.27 (69%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Clifton4:51

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  3. Grzelcyk – McAvoy9:36

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 4–7goals 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 xGSJS 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1294 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 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 76% of the time.

BOS winsSJS wins

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

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