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Mon, Nov 18, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Columbus Blue Jackets 5, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 64% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ31104213528
BOS01111008129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:17CBJDmitri VoronkovAssists: Sean Monahan, Dante Fabbro · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:39CBJMathieu OlivierSHGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.25 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:28CBJJames van RiemsdykAssists: Zach Werenski, Adam Fantilli · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:30BOSCharlie CoylePPAssists: Justin Brazeau, Mason Lohrei · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:19CBJJustin DanforthSHAssists: Cole Sillinger · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 14:10CBJEgor ChinakhovAssists: Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.12 xG5–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:12CBJMathieu Olivier: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:12BOSJeffrey Viel: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:41CBJZach Werenski: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 12:53BOSJeffrey Viel: Boarding2 min
  5. P1 12:53CBJMathieu Olivier: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  6. P2 0:08BOSCharlie McAvoy: Interference2 min
  7. P2 1:33CBJKirill Marchenko: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 6:51CBJDante Fabbro: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 13:06CBJIvan Provorov: Interference2 min · PPG
  10. P2 18:36CBJDmitri Voronkov: High sticking2 min
  11. P2 19:45BOSCharlie McAvoy: Holding2 min
  12. P3 6:58CBJMathieu Olivier: Interference2 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJBOS
28Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.9
45Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won29
2Power plays6
19Penalty minutes11
22Hits13
21Blocked shots10
16Giveaways19
1Takeaways7

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestvan Riemsdyk – Labanc – Fantilli8:33

    xG 0.48–0.19 (72%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Monahan – Marchenko – Voronkov9:30

    xG 0.20–0.25 (44%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Olivier – Chinakhov – Sillinger7:11

    xG 0.06–0.25 (21%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Danforth – Aston-Reese8:48

    xG 0.36–0.61 (38%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestProvorov – Fabbro13:50

    xG 0.75–0.28 (72%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Christiansen – Jiricek6:02

    xG 0.05–0.33 (14%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Werenski14:45

    xG 0.42–0.89 (32%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestCoyle – Frederic – Merkulov7:31

    xG 0.56–0.06 (91%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Marchand – Lindholm – Brazeau7:34

    xG 0.15–0.14 (52%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Viel – Beecher6:18

    xG 0.04–0.37 (10%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie5:56

    xG 0.04–0.47 (8%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Peeke13:39

    xG 0.67–0.24 (73%)attempts 22–6goals 0–0

  2. Oesterle – Carlo4:13

    xG 0.34–0.17 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Oesterle – McAvoy10:09

    xG 0.23–0.20 (53%)attempts 13–8goals 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 2.9 xGCBJ 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #955 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 64% of the time.

BOS winsCBJ wins

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

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