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Thu, Mar 30, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 74% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ1601001000126
BOS081130911231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:08CBJJack RoslovicAssists: Liam Foudy · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:07BOSTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Pavel Zacha, Charlie McAvoy · Tip-in, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:41BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Tomas Nosek · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 1:27CBJBoone Jenner: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 4:05BOSTrent Frederic: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 6:03CBJLane Pederson: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 10:04BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 18:41BOSJakub Lauko: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 3:01BOSTyler Bertuzzi: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 5:37CBJBilly Sweezey: Fighting5 min · PPG
  8. P2 5:37BOSJakub Lauko: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 9:10CBJLane Pederson: Cross checking2 min
  10. P2 11:55CBJLane Pederson: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 11:55BOSTrent Frederic: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 13:06CBJKirill Marchenko: High sticking double minor4 min
  13. P3 8:57BOSBrandon Carlo: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 8:57CBJBoone Jenner: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 13:27BOSTomas Nosek: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJBOS
26Shots on goal31
1.8Expected goals3.2
50Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won24
5Power plays5
25Penalty minutes25
21Hits33
14Blocked shots16
5Giveaways15
14Takeaways9

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko11:11

    xG 0.51–0.36 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Roslovic – Fix-Wolansky – Johnson5:08

    xG 0.07–0.04 (66%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Pederson – Foudy2:08

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Robinson – Foudy2:07

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bayreuther – Sweezey9:53

    xG 0.31–0.29 (51%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Peeke – Berni12:33

    xG 0.40–0.41 (49%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Christiansen – Bjork9:04

    xG 0.10–0.89 (10%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk8:36

    xG 0.63–0.17 (78%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha5:05

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Hathaway – Nosek – Lauko3:41

    xG 0.17–0.09 (66%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Coyle – Bertuzzi – Frederic9:17

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – McAvoy10:26

    xG 0.88–0.40 (69%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  2. Lindholm – Clifton3:18

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Carlo10:28

    xG 0.39–0.18 (68%)attempts 8–8goals 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 3.2 xGCBJ 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 48/100 · #783 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 74% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

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

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