Sat, Jan 25, 2025·TD Garden, Boston
Colorado Avalanche 1, Boston Bruins 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 012 | 17 | 09 | 128 |
| BOS | 05 | 03 | 37 | 315 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 1:30COLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Juuso Parssinen, Casey Mittelstadt · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
- P3 0:25BOSMorgan GeekieAssists: David Pastrnak, Andrew Peeke · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
- P3 5:44BOSMorgan GeekieGWGAssists: David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha · Snap, 0.30 xG1–2
- P3 19:57BOSDavid PastrnakENAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.69 xG1–3
Penalties (2)
- P2 18:09BOSDavid Pastrnak: Tripping2 min
- P3 1:47BOSVinni Lettieri: High sticking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Zacha
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Colorado Avalanche
Forward lines
- bestMacKinnon – Drouin – Necas16:59
xG 1.15–0.16 (88%)attempts 34–9goals 0–1
- Lehkonen – Mittelstadt – Parssinen10:39
xG 0.39–0.05 (89%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0
- Wagner – Kelly – Kiviranta4:56
xG 0.04–0.13 (24%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0
- Colton – Drury – O'Connor11:59
xG 0.16–0.41 (27%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestToews – Makar19:18
xG 1.07–0.18 (85%)attempts 37–12goals 0–1
- Girard – Malinski3:00
xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0
- Manson – Girard13:29
xG 0.07–0.08 (47%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0
Boston Bruins
Forward lines
- bestJones – Brazeau – Beecher5:59
xG 0.15–0.03 (82%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0
- Lindholm – Frederic – Lettieri9:31
xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0
- Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie14:35
xG 0.44–0.54 (45%)attempts 8–19goals 2–0
- Marchand – Coyle – Lindholm2:15
xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestWotherspoon – Lohrei15:25
xG 0.32–0.17 (65%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0
- Zadorov – Peeke14:51
xG 0.29–0.59 (33%)attempts 13–22goals 1–0
- Carlo – Callahan14:40
xG 0.40–0.79 (34%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BOS − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).