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Sat, Oct 28, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 1, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 89% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0806110124
BOS2150828431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:33BOSPavel ZachaPPAssists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:36BOSCharlie McAvoyGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:40DETJoseph VelenoAssists: Daniel Sprong · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:19BOSDavid PastrnakUnassisted · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:41BOSDavid PastrnakENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:08BOSCharlie McAvoy: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:50DETMichael Rasmussen: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:56DETAndrew Copp: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:43BOSPavel Zacha: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:28DETDylan Larkin: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 5:51DETJustin Holl: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 10:05BOSOskar Steen: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 16:40BOSTrent Frederic: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 10:46BOSDerek Forbort: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 10:46DETBen Chiarot: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 11:19DETJake Walman: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zacha won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
24Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals4.6
60Shot attempts57
24Faceoffs won22
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
33Hits32
10Blocked shots22
11Giveaways5
6Takeaways5

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. bestPerron – Copp – Compher4:54

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Sprong – Rasmussen – Veleno5:02

    xG 0.26–0.34 (44%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Larkin – DeBrincat – Raymond7:44

    xG 0.41–0.53 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Fischer – Czarnik – Kostin7:14

    xG 0.05–0.26 (17%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Walman – Seider11:13

    xG 0.40–0.42 (49%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Chiarot13:04

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Holl – Gostisbehere9:32

    xG 0.24–0.59 (29%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestDeBrusk – Geekie – Poitras7:06

    xG 0.52–0.19 (73%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Frederic5:51

    xG 0.30–0.27 (52%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Steen – Beecher4:59

    xG 0.02–0.02 (53%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Marchand – Pastrnak – Zacha7:14

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Lindholm4:18

    xG 0.32–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy2:34

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Carlo3:16

    xG 0.22–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–1goals 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 4.6 xGDET 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #976 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 89% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).