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Thu, Feb 15, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Seattle Kraken 4, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 82% of the time.

BOS winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA1811028426
BOS11701109137

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:54BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Pavel Zacha, Charlie McAvoy · Snap, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:11SEAJordan EberlePPAssists: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Matty Beniers · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:35SEAEeli TolvanenGWGAssists: Matty Beniers · Snap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:36SEAMatty BeniersAssists: Alexander Wennberg · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:41SEAJared McCannENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:04SEAJared McCann: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:02BOSBrandon Carlo: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:47SEAAdam Larsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 16:17BOSDavid Pastrnak: 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEABOS
26Shots on goal37
2.1Expected goals4.2
50Shot attempts72
24Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
36Hits30
17Blocked shots10
4Giveaways5
13Takeaways6

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen9:29

    xG 0.38–0.24 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – McCann – Beniers9:44

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Tatar – Beniers2:23

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Tatar – Tanev – Kartye3:32

    xG 0.02–0.51 (3%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Dumoulin10:35

    xG 0.27–0.47 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn18:03

    xG 0.37–1.02 (27%)attempts 14–20goals 1–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen14:36

    xG 0.12–1.26 (9%)attempts 11–22goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestPastrnak – Zacha – DeBrusk9:11

    xG 1.06–0.11 (90%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Marchand – Coyle – Frederic7:44

    xG 0.78–0.07 (92%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Richard – Geekie6:54

    xG 0.48–0.17 (74%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Heinen – Steen – Boqvist4:48

    xG 0.18–0.17 (52%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy10:46

    xG 1.35–0.25 (84%)attempts 24–10goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy7:06

    xG 0.61–0.03 (95%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Wotherspoon10:16

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

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 4.2 xGSEA 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 30/100 · #956 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 82% of the time.

BOS winsSEA wins

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

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