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Mon, Jan 22, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Winnipeg Jets 1, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 90% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1604011121
BOS2501026421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:20BOSJakub LaukoAssists: Trent Frederic, Morgan Geekie · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:16WPGVladislav NamestnikovAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Nikolaj Ehlers · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:26BOSCharlie CoyleGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Brandon Carlo · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:35BOSJake DeBruskSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:05BOSBrad MarchandENAssists: Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.72 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:10BOSHampus Lindholm: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 19:54BOSCharlie McAvoy: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 2:28WPGNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:57WPGDylan DeMelo: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 12:28WPGNino Niederreiter: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 14:06BOSHampus Lindholm: Interference2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBOS
21Shots on goal21
1.3Expected goals3.7
53Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
43Hits34
11Blocked shots17
6Giveaways7
10Takeaways6

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestToninato – Iafallo – Perfetti3:46

    xG 0.20–0.04 (85%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Ehlers – Connor2:21

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Jonsson-Fjallby – Barron – Kupari4:49

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Connor4:59

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

Defence pairs

  1. Schmidt – Samberg9:10

    xG 0.43–0.48 (47%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey18:11

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 11–16goals 1–1

  3. Dillon – Pionk10:56

    xG 0.10–0.33 (23%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestFrederic – Geekie – Lauko8:12

    xG 0.30–0.04 (89%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Zacha – DeBrusk8:35

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Marchand – Coyle – Pastrnak10:44

    xG 0.33–0.21 (62%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  4. Heinen – Boqvist – Poitras6:38

    xG 0.05–0.22 (19%)attempts 1–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo12:48

    xG 0.55–0.14 (79%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  2. Forbort – Wotherspoon11:56

    xG 0.72–0.34 (68%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo2:32

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 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 3.7 xGWPG 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #905 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 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 90% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

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

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