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Tue, Jan 13, 2026·TD Garden, Boston

Detroit Red Wings 0, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 73% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET01001202024
BOS013112216341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:59BOSPavel ZachaGWGAssists: Mason Lohrei, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 3:49BOSFraser MintenAssists: Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:01BOSMark KastelicENAssists: Tanner Jeannot, Sean Kuraly · Backhand, 0.77 xG0–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:59BOSElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:35DETBen Chiarot: Interference2 min
  3. P3 11:49DETAxel Sandin-Pellikka: Holding2 min
  4. P3 12:39BOSCharlie McAvoy: Holding2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
47% to win53% to win
← DET attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Copp won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETBOS
24Shots on goal41
2.9Expected goals4.5
58Shot attempts71
28Faceoffs won43
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
14Hits18
16Blocked shots10
17Giveaways18
5Takeaways3

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Copp – DeBrincat12:52

    xG 1.13–0.43 (72%)attempts 15–12goals 0–1

  2. Larkin – Kasper – Finnie9:09

    xG 0.21–0.18 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Appleton – Rasmussen – Soderblom11:25

    xG 0.40–0.43 (49%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Compher – Raymond10:42

    xG 0.15–1.05 (13%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeider – Edvinsson20:22

    xG 1.28–0.56 (69%)attempts 23–15goals 0–0

  2. Bernard-Docker – Johansson10:44

    xG 0.05–0.38 (12%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Johansson2:46

    xG 0.04–0.39 (10%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestArvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt10:09

    xG 1.30–0.08 (94%)attempts 19–6goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie2:03

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic9:42

    xG 0.09–0.15 (37%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Geekie – Steeves – Minten7:59

    xG 0.44–0.74 (37%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Jokiharju15:29

    xG 0.71–0.21 (78%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Peeke – Lohrei14:07

    xG 1.20–0.91 (57%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. McAvoy – Aspirot17:20

    xG 0.78–0.84 (48%)attempts 19–16goals 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.

BOS 4.5 xGDET 2.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 7/100 · #1258 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 73% of the time.

BOS winsDET wins

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

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