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Thu, Oct 26, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Anaheim Ducks 4, Boston Bruins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 54% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA190821312432
BOS0631301100330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:00ANARadko GudasAssists: Urho Vaakanainen, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:41BOSCharlie CoylePPAssists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:01BOSMatt GrzelcykAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Matthew Poitras · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:40BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Pavel Zacha, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:05ANALeo CarlssonAssists: Troy Terry, Sam Carrick · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:45ANATroy TerryAssists: Pavel Mintyukov, Ryan Strome · Tip-in, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:08ANAMason McTavishGWGAssists: Leo Carlsson, Jackson LaCombe · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 11:33BOSBrandon Carlo: Holding2 min
  2. P1 15:00BOSJames van Riemsdyk: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  3. P2 0:49ANAJackson LaCombe: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:43ANAFrank Vatrano: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 2:43BOSCharlie Coyle: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 6:00BOSDerek Forbort: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 19:27ANARadko Gudas: Interference2 min
  8. P3 5:14BOSHampus Lindholm: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 10:37ANAFrank Vatrano: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 16:01BOSPatrick Brown: Holding2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carlsson won the faceoff against Zacha
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANABOS
32Shots on goal30
3.3Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won31
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
26Hits25
14Blocked shots12
9Giveaways11
10Takeaways8

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Silfverberg – Jones5:53

    xG 0.27–0.12 (70%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Terry – Zegras – Carlsson10:40

    xG 0.50–0.51 (50%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Carrick – Johnston – Leason6:11

    xG 0.21–0.26 (45%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Vatrano – McTavish8:35

    xG 0.11–0.48 (19%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Vaakanainen10:18

    xG 0.32–0.20 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Lyubushkin – Mintyukov8:40

    xG 0.30–0.59 (34%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – LaCombe16:36

    xG 0.43–0.79 (35%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchand – Pastrnak – Zacha7:10

    xG 0.41–0.09 (82%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Coyle – DeBrusk – Frederic2:27

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Frederic5:58

    xG 0.34–0.18 (66%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Pastrnak – Poitras2:56

    xG 0.21–0.06 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Lindholm5:19

    xG 0.39–0.04 (92%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy2:31

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Carlo9:11

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 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.

BOS 3.0 xGANA 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #190 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 0% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 54% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

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

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