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Tue, Feb 13, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Tampa Bay Lightning 3, Boston Bruins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 57% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TBL161909011325
BOS011211010060238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:21TBLErik CernakAssists: Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:06TBLNikita KucherovPPUnassisted · Snap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:04BOSCharlie McAvoyAssists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Slap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:23BOSJames van RiemsdykAssists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Jake DeBrusk stopped
  2. 2. TBL Victor Hedman stopped
  3. 3. BOS Charlie Coyle stopped
  4. 4. TBL Brayden Point scored
  5. 5. BOS David Pastrnak stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 16:12TBLHaydn Fleury: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 19:11BOSDanton Heinen: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:51BOSJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:45TBLMitchell Chaffee: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 1:50TBLBrandon Hagel: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 10:37TBLErik Cernak: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 13:07BOSPavel Zacha: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 16:14TBLLuke Glendening: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. OT 4:57TBLAnthony Cirelli: Hooking2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLBOS
25Shots on goal38
3.2Expected goals3.6
51Shot attempts80
27Faceoffs won28
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
35Hits32
19Blocked shots10
11Giveaways8
11Takeaways6

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestPaul – Cirelli – Hagel6:12

    xG 0.36–0.09 (81%)attempts 10–2goals 1–0

  2. Kucherov – Point – Hagel2:28

    xG 0.07–0.02 (78%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Glendening – Jeannot – Chaffee4:21

    xG 0.06–0.06 (48%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Motte – Sheary – Eyssimont3:58

    xG 0.12–0.15 (43%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHedman – Raddysh12:20

    xG 0.90–0.21 (81%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

  2. Perbix – Lilleberg8:47

    xG 0.09–0.16 (35%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Fleury – Raddysh2:29

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

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHeinen – Steen – Boqvist6:47

    xG 0.30–0.03 (92%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Zacha – DeBrusk – Frederic8:59

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1

  3. Marchand – Coyle – Pastrnak8:18

    xG 0.29–0.31 (49%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Richard – Geekie8:29

    xG 0.07–0.46 (13%)attempts 3–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo12:57

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Forbort9:01

    xG 0.38–0.24 (61%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – McAvoy3:00

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 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 3.6 xGTBL 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 88/100 · #186 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 57% of the time.

BOS winsTBL wins

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

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