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Tue, Dec 10, 2024·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Boston Bruins 1, Winnipeg Jets 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 54% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS081808124
WPG21418513835

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:09WPGVladislav NamestnikovPPAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:01WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Kyle Connor, Gabriel Vilardi · Snap, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:02WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:13BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Brad Marchand · Slap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:15WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:33WPGGabriel VilardiAssists: Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–5
  7. P3 7:19WPGAlex IafalloPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Nikita Chibrikov · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–6
  8. P3 16:16WPGMason AppletonAssists: Haydn Fleury, Adam Lowry · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–7
  9. P3 16:26WPGNikita ChibrikovAssists: Cole Perfetti · Slap, 0.09 xG1–8
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 0:25BOSTrent Frederic: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:30BOSBrandon Carlo: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:49WPGNino Niederreiter: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 5:38BOSDavid Pastrnak: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:26WPGNeal Pionk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:45BOSCharlie McAvoy: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:27WPGLogan Stanley: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 7:27WPGDavid Gustafsson: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 7:27BOSTrent Frederic: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 7:27BOSMark Kastelic: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 7:27BOSMark Kastelic: Game misconduct10 min
  12. P3 7:27WPGLogan Stanley: Game misconduct10 min
  13. P3 7:29WPGAdam Lowry: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 7:29BOSNikita Zadorov: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 8:41BOSCharlie McAvoy: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Namestnikov won the faceoff against Frederic
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSWPG
24Shots on goal35
3.0Expected goals3.2
62Shot attempts59
35Faceoffs won32
2Power plays6
37Penalty minutes29
56Hits35
8Blocked shots16
22Giveaways24
4Takeaways4

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. bestMarchand – Lindholm – Brazeau6:06

    xG 1.07–0.11 (90%)attempts 15–3goals 0–1

  2. Koepke – Beecher – McLaughlin7:26

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Coyle – Frederic – Kastelic7:50

    xG 0.26–0.26 (50%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie9:47

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – McAvoy13:31

    xG 1.12–0.64 (64%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  2. Zadorov – McAvoy3:03

    xG 0.37–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

  3. Peeke – Lohrei14:23

    xG 0.49–0.46 (51%)attempts 17–13goals 0–3

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Connor – Vilardi12:38

    xG 0.71–0.24 (75%)attempts 14–11goals 3–0

  2. Namestnikov – Perfetti – Chibrikov9:16

    xG 0.38–0.34 (52%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Iafallo – Barron – Gustafsson5:54

    xG 0.05–0.45 (10%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  4. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton9:43

    xG 0.13–1.14 (10%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStanley – Heinola9:39

    xG 0.47–0.04 (93%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  2. DeMelo – Fleury2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (81%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Pionk – Heinola2:33

    xG 0.10–0.16 (38%)attempts 4–5goals 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.

WPG 3.2 xGBOS 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #997 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +12 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 54% of the time.

WPG winsBOS wins

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

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