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Sat, Nov 23, 2024·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Boston Bruins 2, Detroit Red Wings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 57% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS15011113229
DET180705120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:33BOSJustin BrazeauPPAssists: Tyler Johnson, Mason Lohrei · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:02DETLucas RaymondAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:30BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Andrew Peeke, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:40DETMarco Kasper: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:56BOSTyler Johnson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 1:35BOSTyler Johnson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:39DETLucas Raymond: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:15BOSParker Wotherspoon: Interference2 min
  6. P3 18:38BOSBrad Marchand: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against Zacha
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSDET
29Shots on goal20
2.3Expected goals1.9
51Shot attempts51
33Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
23Hits9
16Blocked shots7
16Giveaways26
6Takeaways3

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestPastrnak – Zacha – Geekie10:16

    xG 0.89–0.04 (95%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher6:28

    xG 0.29–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Coyle – Frederic7:17

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Marchand – Lindholm – Brazeau8:00

    xG 0.10–0.38 (21%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcAvoy – Lohrei16:32

    xG 0.69–0.28 (71%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Carlo – Wotherspoon9:05

    xG 0.38–0.15 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Zadorov – Peeke12:59

    xG 0.33–0.13 (71%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Copp – Fischer – Rasmussen8:37

    xG 0.19–0.16 (55%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Motte – Compher – Berggren7:45

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  3. Tarasenko – Larkin – Raymond12:11

    xG 0.26–0.56 (31%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  4. Kane – DeBrincat – Kasper8:18

    xG 0.11–0.67 (14%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Chiarot15:11

    xG 0.31–0.23 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Holl – Gustafsson10:32

    xG 0.19–0.25 (44%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Seider – Edvinsson14:41

    xG 0.29–0.66 (31%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

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.

DET 1.9 xGBOS 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #823 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 57% of the time.

DET winsBOS wins

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

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