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Thu, Oct 28, 2010·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 62% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR080408020
BOS111110011232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:19BOSPatrice BergeronPPGWGAssists: Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:26BOSTyler SeguinAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, Michael Ryder · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:03BOSMark Stuart: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:48BOSBrad Marchand: Throwing equipment2 min
  3. P1 11:57TORMike Zigomanis: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:37TORBrett Lebda: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 2:40TORColton Orr: Interference2 min
  6. P2 5:13BOSBrad Marchand: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 10:58TORDion Phaneuf: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 10:58BOSNathan Horton: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 10:58BOSNathan Horton: Misconduct10 min
  10. P2 12:51BOSDennis Seidenberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 16:04BOSAdam McQuaid: Hooking2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
20Shots on goal32
1.5Expected goals2.1
48Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won24
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes25
30Hits30
11Blocked shots13
4Giveaways9
6Takeaways10

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – Kulemin – Bozak6:38

    xG 0.22–0.15 (59%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  2. Sjostrom – Brent – Caputi5:03

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. MacArthur – Kessel – Bozak6:54

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Zigomanis – Orr – Brown3:45

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Komisarek – Lebda7:29

    xG 0.20–0.22 (48%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  2. Kaberle – Phaneuf4:08

    xG 0.05–0.07 (39%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Schenn2:53

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRecchi – Ryder – Seguin8:44

    xG 0.46–0.02 (96%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Wheeler – Caron7:13

    xG 0.43–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic8:59

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Marchand5:56

    xG 0.20–0.35 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – McQuaid7:45

    xG 0.40–0.04 (92%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Ference12:05

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Stuart2:42

    xG 0.24–0.14 (64%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

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 2.1 xGTOR 1.5 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1084 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 62% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

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

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