Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes
Recap
written from the game dataThe Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 3-0. The Hurricanes scored first and never trailed. The Hurricanes led 2-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Tony DeAngelo's goal at 15:16 of the first period, which took the Hurricanes' chances from 54% to 68%. Expected goals favored the Hurricanes, 3.8 to 3.4; shots on goal were BOS 33, CAR 24. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Bruins win a replay of these chances 64% of the time. Jeremy Swayman stopped 21 of 23 (.913), 0.5 goals saved above expected; Frederik Andersen stopped 33 of 33 (1.000), 3.4 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Frederik Andersen (33 saves, 1.000), 2. Tony DeAngelo (1 G), 3. Nino Niederreiter (1 G).
Three stars
- ★F. Andersen33 saves, 1.000

- ★★T. DeAngelo1 G

- ★★★N. Niederreiter1 G

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
3 goals1st period
0-115:16
2nd period
0-213:35
3rd period
0-319:35
Penalties
2nd
- 0:42
Brad Marchand · Cross checkingdrawn by Nino Niederreiter2 min
- 0:42
Nino Niederreiter · Roughingdrawn by Brad Marchand2 min
- 5:36
Mike Reilly · Roughingdrawn by Nino Niederreiter2 min
- 13:17
Tomas Nosek · Trippingdrawn by Sebastian Aho2 min
- 14:35
Jordan Staal · Interferencedrawn by Patrice Bergeron2 min
- 16:16
Jordan Martinook · Cross checkingdrawn by Charlie Coyle2 min
- 16:49
Patrice Bergeron · Trippingdrawn by Sebastian Aho2 min
3rd
- 1:59
Charlie McAvoy · Trippingdrawn by Martin Necas2 min
- 5:59
Ian Cole · Interferencedrawn by Karson Kuhlman2 min
- 6:58
Sebastian Aho · Trippingdrawn by Taylor Hall2 min
- 10:35
Jordan Staal · Boardingdrawn by Charlie McAvoy2 min
- 12:29
served by T. Hall · Too many men on the ice2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Tony DeAngelo, 1st 15:16 — 54% → 68%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 3.40 G
- All situations
- 2 G3.8
- 2.40 G
- Even strength
- 1 G1.8
- 1.00 G
- Power play
- 1 G0.7
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 92 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 3.30 – 2.50
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 33
- Shots on goal
- 24
- 44%
- Faceoffs
- 56%
- 0/5
- Power play
- 1/5
- 12
- Penalty minutes
- 12
- 46
- Hits
- 29
- 9
- Blocked shots
- 11
- 13
- Giveaways
- 15
- 6
- Takeaways
- 0
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
