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Thu, Nov 14, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Boston Bruins 2, Dallas Stars 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1110618225
DAL210315213738

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:09DALMatt DucheneAssists: Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:36DALEvgenii DadonovUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:48BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Trent Frederic, Mason Lohrei · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:15DALLogan StankovenGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Thomas Harley · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:56DALOskar BäckAssists: Colin Blackwell, Esa Lindell · Poke, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P2 19:49DALEvgenii DadonovAssists: Sam Steel, Oskar Bäck · Snap, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P3 0:47DALRoope HintzAssists: Jason Robertson, Brendan Smith · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–6
  8. P3 3:35BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Morgan Geekie · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–6
  9. P3 17:19DALMason MarchmentAssists: Tyler Seguin, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.10 xG2–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:36BOSMason Lohrei: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 min
  2. P1 12:45DALJamie Benn: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 12:45BOSNikita Zadorov: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:45DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 1:21DALRoope Hintz: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 17:19BOSNikita Zadorov: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 17:19BOSNikita Zadorov: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 19:27BOSTrent Frederic: Slashing2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Zacha
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDAL
25Shots on goal38
2.9Expected goals3.6
50Shot attempts56
36Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
19Penalty minutes9
25Hits6
9Blocked shots9
21Giveaways10
7Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestPastrnak – Zacha – Geekie12:18

    xG 0.71–0.47 (60%)attempts 14–8goals 1–3

  2. Coyle – Frederic – Kastelic3:51

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 1–1

  3. Brown – Koepke – Beecher3:08

    xG 0.08–0.11 (40%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Kastelic – Beecher5:51

    xG 0.27–0.34 (44%)attempts 2–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – Wotherspoon13:20

    xG 1.10–0.66 (62%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Zadorov – McAvoy15:55

    xG 0.60–0.54 (53%)attempts 14–15goals 1–2

  3. McAvoy – Lohrei3:30

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Seguin – Marchment14:13

    xG 1.10–0.25 (82%)attempts 14–7goals 2–1

  2. Benn – Stankoven – Johnston9:38

    xG 0.53–0.26 (67%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  3. Dadonov – Hintz – Robertson11:43

    xG 0.44–0.70 (39%)attempts 7–14goals 1–0

  4. Blackwell – Steel – Bäck9:10

    xG 0.23–0.84 (21%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmith – Lundkvist10:51

    xG 0.72–0.28 (72%)attempts 14–6goals 2–0

  2. Lindell – Lyubushkin2:14

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Heiskanen – Harley5:22

    xG 0.44–0.38 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 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.

DAL 3.6 xGBOS 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

DAL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line DAL is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #772 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsBOS wins

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

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