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Game Recap
BOS4
FinalSat, Dec 11, 2021Every game that night
CGY2

BOS beat CGY 4-2 despite fewer good chances: 2.05 expected goals to 5.28. CGY outshot BOS 42 to 27. B. Marchand led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). L. Ullmark stopped 40 of 42.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
BOS1214
CGY0112
  1. 1st 17:43BOSC. Clifton0.01 xG
  2. 2nd 5:52BOSB. Marchand0.08 xG
  3. 2nd 6:48BOSC. McAvoy0.06 xG
  4. 2nd 12:19CGYM. TkachukPP0.21 xG
  5. 3rd 2:57BOSC. Lazar0.08 xG
  6. 3rd 18:24CGYS. Monahan0.13 xG

Team Stats

BOSCGY
27Shots on goal42
2.05Expected goals5.28
38Shot attempts83
255v5 shots on goal27
0/2Power play1/5
26Hits22
21Blocked shots7
10Penalty minutes4
9Giveaways11
5Takeaways6

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

BOS 2.05 xGCGY 5.28 xGGoal

0123451st2nd3rdBOS goal, 17:43BOS goal, 5:52BOS goal, 6:48CGY goal, 12:19BOS goal, 2:57CGY goal, 18:24

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

BOS26 on goal, 4 scored
CGY42 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. MarchandLW112500+2418:411:04
P. BergeronC022411+2018:390:58
T. FredericC022220+209:060:00
D. PastrnakRW011200+2017:500:58
C. LazarC101131+1014:090:00
A. BlidhLW011131+129:420:00
C. CoyleC000100-1018:341:08
N. FolignoLW0001100013:490:52
T. HallLW0003020213:381:08
C. SmithC0001220012:521:02
E. HaulaLW0000200012:350:12
J. DeBruskLW0000000011:510:12
C. McAvoyD101223+1026:471:16
C. CliftonD1011520018:550:00
M. GrzelcykD011003+3217:091:02
J. MooreD0001130019:300:18
D. ForbortD000132+1018:390:18
M. ReillyD000111+1018:271:02
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Ullmark42402.95260:00Win
J. Swayman000–0:00

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
J. GaudreauLW011400-1021:534:38
M. TkachukLW101310-2020:554:30
S. MonahanC101111-1414:444:25
M. LucicLW011220-1011:512:47
A. MangiapaneLW0005300021:392:55
E. LindholmC000300-1021:054:38
M. BacklundC000100-1017:582:47
B. ColemanLW000640-1016:240:00
D. DubeC000120-1011:270:00
T. LewisC000320009:020:00
A. RuzickaC000100008:040:00
B. RichardsonRW000000007:220:00
R. AnderssonD022200-1024:414:47
N. HanifinD000200-1021:222:38
O. KylingtonD000403-2019:243:00
E. GudbransonD000430-1016:410:00
C. TanevD000002-1016:260:00
N. ZadorovD0000410016:080:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Markstrom27234.85258:54Loss
D. Vladar000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.