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Tue, Feb 6, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Calgary Flames 4, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 63% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY2120928429
BOS0100517122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:20CGYAndrei KuzmenkoPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:01CGYConnor ZaryGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:14BOSPavel ZachaPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Charlie Coyle · Slap, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:23CGYJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:44CGYNoah HanifinPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Jacob Markstrom · Backhand, 0.06 xG4–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:48BOSBrandon Carlo: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:00CGYMartin Pospisil: Cross checking5 min
  3. P1 16:00BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 16:00CGYMartin Pospisil: Game misconduct10 min
  5. P3 2:48CGYBrayden Pachal: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 3:40CGYMacKenzie Weegar: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 5:55BOSJakub Lauko: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P3 9:25BOSCharlie Coyle: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 10:07BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 16:16CGYBrayden Pachal: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 16:16BOSJakub Lauko: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 16:16BOSJakub Lauko: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 16:16CGYBrayden Pachal: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  14. P3 16:16BOSCharlie McAvoy: Misconduct10 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYBOS
29Shots on goal22
2.4Expected goals1.7
62Shot attempts52
21Faceoffs won26
4Power plays4
25Penalty minutes24
32Hits31
17Blocked shots18
7Giveaways11
10Takeaways5

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestHuberdeau – Sharangovich – Kuzmenko9:41

    xG 0.44–0.12 (79%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane10:25

    xG 0.32–0.13 (71%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Kadri – Pelletier – Zary2:53

    xG 0.21–0.03 (87%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Pospisil – Zary4:21

    xG 0.09–0.11 (46%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin14:03

    xG 0.77–0.17 (82%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Andersson15:08

    xG 0.29–0.36 (44%)attempts 17–19goals 0–0

  3. Kylington – Pachal9:41

    xG 0.23–0.51 (31%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Geekie – Lauko3:00

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Pastrnak – Zacha – DeBrusk3:03

    xG 0.08–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Heinen – Steen – Boqvist5:43

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

  4. Marchand – Coyle – Frederic3:06

    xG 0.08–0.07 (54%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – McAvoy3:01

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Lindholm2:58

    xG 0.07–0.02 (74%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Carlo3:42

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 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 1.7 xGCGY 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #971 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 63% of the time.

BOS winsCGY wins

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

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