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Tue, Apr 9, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Carolina Hurricanes 4, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 87% of the time.

BOS winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0421527426
BOS0416013123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:55CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin · Cradle, 0.44 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:05CARTeuvo TeravainenGWGAssists: Andrei Svechnikov, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:56BOSCharlie McAvoyAssists: Jakub Lauko · Slap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:14CARJake GuentzelUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:22CARSeth JarvisSHAssists: Brady Skjei, Jordan Staal · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:51BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 14:51CARJake Guentzel: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 0:35BOSMorgan Geekie: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 2:22BOSBrad Marchand: Kneeing2 min
  5. P2 14:22CARBrady Skjei: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 13:12CARJake Guentzel: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:23CARJesper Fast: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARBOS
26Shots on goal23
4.0Expected goals1.5
53Shot attempts37
26Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
33Hits40
10Blocked shots10
5Giveaways18
4Takeaways6

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. bestStaal – Martinook – Svechnikov9:44

    xG 1.14–0.02 (98%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Guentzel – Aho – Jarvis11:46

    xG 1.04–0.19 (84%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Fast – Noesen – Drury8:11

    xG 0.18–0.17 (52%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Kuznetsov – Teravainen – Necas8:06

    xG 0.05–0.37 (13%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – Chatfield14:41

    xG 1.46–0.01 (100%)attempts 15–2goals 1–0

  2. Burns – Slavin14:11

    xG 0.75–0.34 (69%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  3. Skjei – Pesce14:36

    xG 0.44–0.50 (47%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. DeBrusk – Frederic – Boqvist5:57

    xG 0.38–0.62 (38%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Marchand – Coyle – Geekie9:51

    xG 0.02–0.45 (5%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  3. Pastrnak – Heinen – Zacha9:21

    xG 0.12–0.57 (17%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Lauko – Beecher6:14

    xG 0.01–1.09 (1%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy5:35

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Carlo4:59

    xG 0.02–0.13 (14%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo8:01

    xG 0.43–0.73 (37%)attempts 8–6goals 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 1.5 xGCAR 4.0 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 29/100 · #965 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 87% 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).