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2021-11-28 · TD Garden

2 – 3Final

BOS beat VAN 3–2. BOS also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 2.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: David Pastrnak scored on the power play at 16:36 of the third, moving BOS’s win probability from 52% to 91%.

Shots on goal
38 – 42
Expected goals
2.6 – 2.9
xG share
BOS 53%
Home-ice start
BOS 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

VAN goalBOS goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

VANBOS

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

BOS
Anton Blidh
1 G, 0 A · 9:36 TOI
Finishing +0.86 · Penalties +0.19
+1.04
BOS
60:00 TOI
GSAx +0.96
+0.96
BOS
1 G, 1 A · 20:10 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing +0.50 · Penalties −0.19
+0.57

Rough nights

VAN
0 G, 0 A · 21:25 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.45 · Faceoffs +0.06
−0.51
BOS
0 G, 0 A · 11:50 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing −0.58 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.50
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 20:58 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.25
−0.42

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalVAN–BOSWin prob.
P1 3:33 VANTanner PearsonPP
from Brock Boeser, Nils Hoglander
1–047% → 63%
P1 5:51 BOSAnton Blidh
unassisted
1–137% → 53%
P2 12:31 VANConor Garland
unassisted
2–147% → 69%
P3 8:45 BOSBrad MarchandPP
from Nick Foligno, Patrice Bergeron
2–222% → 52%
P3 16:36 BOSDavid PastrnakPP
from Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron
2–352% → 91%

Every player

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VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Conor Garland R17:051+0.50−0.00+0.46+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Tanner Pearson L16:111+0.40−0.27+0.70−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.01
Tyler Motte C14:29+0.21+0.01−0.16−0.01−0.00+0.37+0.00
Vasily Podkolzin R11:52+0.07+0.09−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Dowling C8:19−0.02+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Elias Pettersson C13:05−0.11+0.03−0.15+0.04+0.00+0.00−0.03
Tyler Myers D24:52−0.15−0.13−0.02−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle Burroughs D11:55−0.16−0.14+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D23:47−0.19−0.01−0.02+0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00
Alex Chiasson R13:02−0.21+0.01−0.19−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Quinn Hughes D19:49−0.25−0.03−0.21+0.03−0.05+0.00+0.00
Nils Hoglander L15:371−0.27−0.13−0.17−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Tucker Poolman D15:51−0.29−0.15−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Luke Schenn D13:03−0.34−0.33+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R15:451−0.34−0.10−0.23+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jason Dickinson C11:27−0.38−0.21−0.15−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
J.T. Miller C20:58−0.42−0.14−0.25+0.02−0.02+0.00−0.02
Bo Horvat C21:25−0.51−0.08−0.45−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.06
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jaroslav Halak G57:56+0.25

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Anton Blidh L9:361+1.04−0.01+0.86−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Brad Marchand L20:1011+0.57+0.23+0.50+0.03+0.00−0.19+0.00
David Pastrnak R19:321+0.47+0.04+0.34+0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Carlo D17:10+0.25+0.08−0.05+0.00+0.02+0.19+0.00
Taylor Hall L14:13−0.00+0.04−0.09+0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Foligno L17:241−0.01+0.12−0.33−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.01
Matt Grzelcyk D19:57−0.02+0.13+0.01+0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
Mike Reilly D17:17−0.03−0.03+0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Curtis Lazar C7:05−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Charlie McAvoy D27:52−0.07+0.12−0.24+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Craig Smith C14:58−0.07+0.00−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Derek Forbort D18:46−0.11−0.10+0.01−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Patrice Bergeron C19:522−0.12+0.23−0.35−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.03
Charlie Coyle C17:26−0.15−0.15−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.11
Karson Kuhlman C11:38−0.20+0.19−0.37−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jakub Zboril D15:30−0.29+0.01−0.10−0.02−0.00−0.19+0.00
Tomas Nosek L12:00−0.31−0.03−0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.07
Trent Frederic C11:50−0.50+0.13−0.58−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Linus Ullmark G60:00+0.96

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.