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Fri, Nov 24, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 5, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET2811129528
BOS0911117227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:13DETJ.T. CompherPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Lucas Raymond · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:01DETAlex DeBrincatUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:00BOSJake DeBruskPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:24DETRobby FabbriGWGAssists: Daniel Sprong, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 4:12BOSDanton HeinenAssists: Charlie Coyle, Mason Lohrei · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:08DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: J.T. Compher, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:15DETDavid PerronENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.57 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:02BOSMorgan Geekie: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:57DETDavid Perron: Holding2 min
  3. P1 10:59BOSPavel Zacha: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 2:06DETJustin Holl: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:19BOSMason Lohrei: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 18:00DETJustin Holl: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:02BOSBrandon Carlo: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 7:20BOSBrandon Carlo: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 8:19BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 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 20:00Compher won the faceoff against Poitras
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
28Shots on goal27
3.3Expected goals3.1
48Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won32
6Power plays3
6Penalty minutes12
14Hits22
13Blocked shots8
3Giveaways11
8Takeaways5

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. bestFischer – Sprong – Kostin5:55

    xG 0.45–0.11 (80%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Compher – DeBrincat – Rasmussen9:15

    xG 0.41–0.48 (46%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Larkin – Veleno – Raymond8:47

    xG 0.27–0.47 (36%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

  4. Perron – Copp – Fabbri6:05

    xG 0.05–0.32 (14%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHoll – Maatta12:17

    xG 0.69–0.25 (74%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Chiarot13:35

    xG 0.41–0.49 (46%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Seider14:37

    xG 0.53–0.75 (42%)attempts 18–16goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchand – Pastrnak – Zacha8:59

    xG 0.47–0.34 (58%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Marchand – Pastrnak – Poitras2:03

    xG 0.03–0.07 (29%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Coyle – Heinen – Frederic7:37

    xG 0.20–0.25 (45%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. DeBrusk – Geekie – Poitras9:15

    xG 0.08–0.22 (27%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcAvoy – Lohrei8:59

    xG 0.39–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Mitchell4:07

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Lohrei6:15

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 7–3goals 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 3.1 xGDET 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #641 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 53% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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