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Tue, Feb 14, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Boston Bruins 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS1150911211337
DAL161100906231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:33BOSTaylor HallAssists: Hampus Lindholm, David Krejci · Snap, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:11DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:17DALJason RobertsonAssists: Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:12BOSPavel ZachaAssists: Brandon Carlo, David Pastrnak · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:44BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Pavel Zacha · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:33DALWyatt Johnston: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:01BOSNick Foligno: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:06DALColin Miller: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 15:15BOSCharlie McAvoy: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:18BOSConnor Clifton: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 3:05DALMason Marchment: High sticking2 min
  7. OT 0:32BOSBrad Marchand: Interference2 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 SOG0DAL
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Frederic
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDAL
37Shots on goal31
2.5Expected goals2.7
66Shot attempts66
12Faceoffs won50
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits28
22Blocked shots20
13Giveaways14
3Takeaways8

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. bestGreer – Frederic – Lauko4:18

    xG 0.46–0.04 (91%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha3:15

    xG 0.08–0.04 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Smith – Coyle7:57

    xG 0.27–0.24 (53%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Hall – Zacha6:41

    xG 0.29–0.26 (52%)attempts 7–4goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy13:11

    xG 0.61–0.20 (75%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Clifton3:24

    xG 0.61–0.22 (73%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Carlo12:20

    xG 0.49–0.49 (50%)attempts 13–18goals 2–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson11:09

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. Glendening – Gurianov – Studenic7:26

    xG 0.06–0.25 (20%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston8:50

    xG 0.15–0.52 (23%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Faksa – Marchment10:24

    xG 0.35–0.74 (32%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Lundkvist9:34

    xG 0.37–0.23 (61%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell14:05

    xG 0.26–0.40 (39%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Suter – Heiskanen5:25

    xG 0.13–0.36 (27%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

DAL 2.7 xGBOS 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #610 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

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

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