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Mon, Feb 19, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Dallas Stars 3, Boston Bruins 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 56% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL11312219021346
BOS17112110012430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:01BOSJesper BoqvistAssists: Anthony Richard, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.39 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:14DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Thomas Harley, Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:04DALRyan SuterAssists: Roope Hintz · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:32BOSJustin BrazeauAssists: Jesper Boqvist, Trent Frederic · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:44DALEsa LindellAssists: Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:15BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Charlie Coyle stopped
  2. 2. DAL Jason Robertson scored
  3. 3. BOS David Pastrnak stopped
  4. 4. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  5. 5. BOS Brad Marchand scored
  6. 6. DAL Wyatt Johnston stopped
  7. 7. BOS Jake DeBrusk stopped
  8. 8. DAL Roope Hintz stopped
  9. 9. BOS James van Riemsdyk stopped
  10. 10. DAL Joe Pavelski stopped
  11. 11. BOS Kevin Shattenkirk stopped
  12. 12. DAL Thomas Harley stopped
  13. 13. BOS Trent Frederic stopped
  14. 14. BOS Jesper Boqvist stopped
  15. 15. DAL Sam Steel stopped
  16. 16. BOS Charlie McAvoy scored
  17. 17. DAL Craig Smith stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 14:35BOSCharlie McAvoy: Interference2 min
  2. P1 19:20BOSBrad Marchand: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:20DALJoel Hanley: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 9:54DALRadek Faksa: Holding2 min
  5. P2 14:40BOSHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  6. P2 19:48DALRyan Suter: Tripping2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALBOS
46Shots on goal30
3.3Expected goals3.7
82Shot attempts62
35Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
30Hits27
13Blocked shots18
11Giveaways17
11Takeaways7

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dellandrea – Johnston11:57

    xG 0.89–0.62 (59%)attempts 25–8goals 1–0

  2. Seguin – Marchment – Steel9:37

    xG 0.32–0.49 (40%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  3. Smith – Faksa – Johnston2:00

    xG 0.00–0.32 (1%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson14:35

    xG 0.48–0.88 (35%)attempts 17–16goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Hanley11:00

    xG 0.94–0.15 (87%)attempts 21–4goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Harley13:58

    xG 0.86–0.42 (67%)attempts 23–12goals 0–0

  3. Hanley – Harley2:43

    xG 0.05–0.07 (39%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRichard – Brazeau – Boqvist3:27

    xG 0.58–0.15 (80%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  2. Frederic – Brazeau – Boqvist6:27

    xG 0.57–0.14 (80%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Frederic – Geekie2:34

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Marchand – Coyle – Heinen4:35

    xG 0.18–0.32 (36%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo12:26

    xG 0.59–0.21 (73%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Grzelcyk3:07

    xG 0.48–0.23 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – McAvoy4:46

    xG 0.17–0.27 (39%)attempts 4–10goals 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 3.7 xGDAL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #172 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.45 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 56% of the time.

BOS winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).