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Sun, Jan 29, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Boston Bruins 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 89% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0708110125
CAR11511328436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:52CARSebastian AhoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:05CARPaul StastnyPPGWGAssists: Martin Necas, Brent Burns · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:57CARSeth JarvisUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:22BOSTaylor HallAssists: Pavel Zacha, Charlie McAvoy · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:40CARJordan StaalENAssists: Jordan Martinook · Backhand, 0.80 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:02BOSNick Foligno: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:27CARSebastian Aho: Interference2 min
  3. P2 1:32CARBrady Skjei: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:37CARBrett Pesce: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 8:13CARCalvin de Haan: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:00BOSDerek Forbort: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 12:00BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 12:00CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 12:31BOSMarc McLaughlin: Holding2 min
  10. P3 8:17BOSDavid Pastrnak: Interference2 min
  11. P3 11:47CARBrady Skjei: Interference2 min
  12. P3 15:24CARJesperi Kotkaniemi: Holding2 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 SOG0CAR
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Aho won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCAR
25Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals4.5
39Shot attempts55
34Faceoffs won25
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
16Hits15
8Blocked shots7
5Giveaways12
5Takeaways17

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. Foligno – Coyle – Frederic8:01

    xG 0.25–0.22 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Hall – Zacha2:13

    xG 0.12–0.13 (49%)attempts 3–1goals 1–1

  3. Smith – Greer – McLaughlin5:22

    xG 0.08–0.25 (24%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak3:08

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Forbort – Carlo2:43

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Clifton3:58

    xG 0.12–0.17 (41%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – McAvoy2:30

    xG 0.12–0.37 (25%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestTeravainen – Aho – Jarvis8:38

    xG 0.75–0.18 (81%)attempts 8–4goals 2–1

  2. Staal – Fast – Martinook7:54

    xG 0.42–0.14 (75%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Necas – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov9:25

    xG 0.51–0.25 (67%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Stastny – Stepan – Noesen5:04

    xG 0.10–0.08 (55%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce13:03

    xG 0.97–0.20 (83%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Chatfield8:02

    xG 0.60–0.18 (77%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  3. de Haan – Coghlan12:52

    xG 0.57–0.31 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

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.

CAR 4.5 xGBOS 1.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #1018 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CAR 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, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 89% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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