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Sun, Mar 26, 2023·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Boston Bruins 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 60% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
BOS11627010052438
CAR01419212020337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:43BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:44CARJack DruryAssists: Jalen Chatfield, Shayne Gostisbehere · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:12BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Pavel Zacha, Charlie McAvoy · Slap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:46BOSJakub LaukoAssists: Tomas Nosek, Matt Grzelcyk · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:37CARBrady SkjeiAssists: Martin Necas, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:44CARSebastian AhoAssists: Jordan Martinook, Brett Pesce · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CAR Brent Burns stopped
  2. 2. BOS Charlie Coyle scored
  3. 3. CAR Teuvo Teravainen stopped
  4. 4. BOS Jake DeBrusk scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:06BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 16:35CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:11BOSCharlie McAvoy: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:25CARTeuvo Teravainen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 9:17BOSConnor Clifton: 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 SOG0CAR
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Kotkaniemi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSCAR
38Shots on goal37
3.4Expected goals4.1
54Shot attempts78
31Faceoffs won35
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits14
17Blocked shots10
5Giveaways8
7Takeaways7

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. bestZacha – DeBrusk – Steen7:54

    xG 0.91–0.27 (77%)attempts 11–3goals 0–1

  2. Coyle – Zacha – DeBrusk2:11

    xG 0.04–0.00 (94%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Coyle – Greer – Frederic6:57

    xG 0.11–0.24 (30%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Hathaway – Nosek – Lauko7:16

    xG 0.19–0.41 (32%)attempts 6–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Carlo13:29

    xG 0.57–0.45 (56%)attempts 10–16goals 1–1

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy4:28

    xG 0.32–0.22 (59%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Carlo5:11

    xG 0.17–0.23 (43%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Fast – Martinook7:00

    xG 0.84–0.21 (80%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Fast – Teravainen6:15

    xG 0.33–0.04 (90%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Stepan – Drury9:22

    xG 0.59–0.45 (57%)attempts 22–6goals 1–1

  4. Martinook – Aho – Necas6:13

    xG 0.39–0.55 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce18:27

    xG 1.62–1.06 (60%)attempts 27–17goals 2–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Chatfield14:51

    xG 0.69–0.41 (63%)attempts 20–11goals 1–1

  3. Burns – Slavin16:01

    xG 0.20–0.73 (22%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

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 4.1 xGBOS 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 84/100 · #250 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 60% of the time.

CAR winsBOS wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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