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Wed, Jan 24, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 52% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR110113110333
BOS0807213228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:04CARMartin NecasPPAssists: Brady Skjei, Jack Drury · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:50CARTeuvo TeravainenPPAssists: Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:30BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Trent Frederic, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:20BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Charlie Coyle, Trent Frederic · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:33CARJordan MartinookGWGAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Sebastian Aho · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:01CARJalen Chatfield: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:32BOSBrandon Carlo: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:33BOSBrad Marchand: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:47CARStefan Noesen: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:11BOSMorgan Geekie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:51CARBrendan Lemieux: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 13:29CARDmitry Orlov: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
33Shots on goal28
3.2Expected goals3.3
64Shot attempts43
24Faceoffs won26
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
32Hits31
7Blocked shots13
9Giveaways18
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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestNoesen – Necas – Drury10:47

    xG 1.14–0.47 (71%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Lemieux – Kotkaniemi6:44

    xG 0.41–0.12 (78%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Martinook – Jarvis4:22

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Teravainen – Martinook – Aho4:39

    xG 0.30–0.36 (46%)attempts 4–4goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Slavin14:19

    xG 1.44–0.74 (66%)attempts 20–11goals 1–1

  2. Orlov – Chatfield13:18

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce13:53

    xG 0.57–0.65 (47%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchand – Coyle – Frederic3:36

    xG 0.65–0.19 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 2–0

  2. Marchand – Coyle – Pastrnak3:49

    xG 0.52–0.11 (83%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Heinen – Steen – Geekie2:05

    xG 0.06–0.01 (82%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Pastrnak – Zacha – DeBrusk3:13

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – McAvoy4:38

    xG 0.40–0.02 (96%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy11:04

    xG 0.84–0.54 (61%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Carlo3:14

    xG 0.32–0.04 (90%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

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 3.3 xGCAR 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 77/100 · #357 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Boston Bruins win this game 52% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

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

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