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Sun, Oct 22, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Boston Bruins 3, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0130439326
ANA08010113131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:05ANAMason McTavishAssists: Ryan Strome, Frank Vatrano · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:29BOSMatthew PoitrasAssists: Morgan Geekie, Ian Mitchell · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:20BOSMatthew PoitrasGWGAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:26BOSBrad MarchandENAssists: Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:29BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 2:19ANABrett Leason: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:20ANARadko Gudas: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:49ANARadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  5. P2 3:41BOSIan Mitchell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 8:10ANAMax Jones: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 8:10BOSCharlie Coyle: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  8. P2 12:57BOSIan Mitchell: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 14:25ANATroy Terry: Interference2 min
  10. P3 18:59ANATrevor Zegras: Slashing2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Carrick
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSANA
26Shots on goal31
3.4Expected goals3.5
56Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won26
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
23Hits27
11Blocked shots14
6Giveaways9
7Takeaways5

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. bestDeBrusk – Geekie – Poitras10:21

    xG 0.79–0.13 (86%)attempts 13–8goals 2–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Frederic5:02

    xG 0.12–0.21 (37%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Lauko – Beecher4:36

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Marchand – Pastrnak – Zacha6:04

    xG 0.20–0.75 (21%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – McAvoy3:29

    xG 0.44–0.08 (85%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Carlo2:48

    xG 0.05–0.03 (62%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Carlo11:02

    xG 0.36–0.37 (50%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Vatrano – McTavish10:25

    xG 0.89–0.21 (81%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Silfverberg – Jones – Groulx6:35

    xG 0.18–0.07 (73%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Terry – Zegras9:44

    xG 0.48–0.50 (49%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Carrick – Johnston – Leason3:39

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLyubushkin – Mintyukov10:44

    xG 0.79–0.20 (80%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Fowler – LaCombe10:18

    xG 0.68–0.57 (54%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Vaakanainen12:02

    xG 0.17–0.25 (41%)attempts 10–7goals 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.

ANA 3.5 xGBOS 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #764 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

ANA winsBOS wins

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

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