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Sat, Jan 23, 2010·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 2, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 53% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1141702223
BOS09111013133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:54OTTDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Nick Foligno, Matt Carkner · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:26BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Dennis Wideman · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:39OTTJason SpezzaGWGAssists: Alex Kovalev · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 13:01BOSMiroslav Satan: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:55OTTFilip Kuba: Interference2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Recchi won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
23Shots on goal33
1.6Expected goals1.7
38Shot attempts52
22Faceoffs won26
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
19Hits25
9Blocked shots10
2Giveaways6
2Takeaways2

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 1.7 xGOTT 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #963 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 53% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

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

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