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Sat, Mar 11, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 65% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21502014231
BOS01121819338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:36DETAndrew CoppSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:32DETAlex ChiassonPPAssists: David Perron, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:43BOSHampus LindholmAssists: Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:11BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Dmitry Orlov · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:54BOSGarnet HathawayGWGAssists: A.J. Greer, Tomas Nosek · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:10DETMoritz Seider: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:19BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 18:23DETRobert Hagg: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:18DETJoseph Veleno: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:28DETDylan Larkin: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P3 0:23BOSHampus Lindholm: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
31Shots on goal38
2.4Expected goals3.3
51Shot attempts73
26Faceoffs won39
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
27Hits31
24Blocked shots10
9Giveaways10
11Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestVeleno – Zadina – Berggren9:02

    xG 0.31–0.19 (63%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Erne – Czarnik7:24

    xG 0.40–0.27 (59%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  3. Kubalik – Copp – Suter3:13

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Larkin – Suter – Raymond6:58

    xG 0.14–0.06 (68%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hagg – Lindstrom9:17

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  2. Walman – Seider15:19

    xG 0.43–0.81 (35%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Maatta14:36

    xG 0.16–0.62 (21%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Bertuzzi – Pastrnak12:11

    xG 1.03–0.36 (74%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Hathaway – Nosek – Greer7:53

    xG 0.69–0.35 (66%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  3. Coyle – Zacha – Frederic11:16

    xG 0.32–0.32 (51%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk10:26

    xG 0.16–0.26 (39%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – McAvoy4:29

    xG 0.40–0.06 (86%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy10:45

    xG 0.46–0.17 (73%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Clifton8:33

    xG 0.40–0.20 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

BOS 3.3 xGDET 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #514 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 65% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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