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Sat, Oct 30, 2010·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Boston Bruins 4, Ottawa Senators 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 56% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1621217425
OTT01201205029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:32BOSDavid KrejciGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:55BOSTyler SeguinPPAssists: Mark Recchi, Dennis Seidenberg · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:24BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci, Andrew Ference · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P3 9:03BOSJordan CaronAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:53BOSGregory Campbell: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 12:00OTTMike Fisher: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:06BOSBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 0:37OTTNick Foligno: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 12:26OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:54BOSNathan Horton: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 17:53BOSDennis Seidenberg: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 17:53OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 17:53OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← BOS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Campbell won the faceoff against Kelly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSOTT
25Shots on goal29
2.6Expected goals2.3
48Shot attempts70
27Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
13Hits26
27Blocked shots10
10Giveaways10
6Takeaways8

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRecchi – Bergeron – Caron6:19

    xG 0.65–0.12 (85%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Horton – Krejci – Lucic10:45

    xG 0.37–0.15 (72%)attempts 8–10goals 2–0

  3. Bergeron – Wheeler – Caron2:16

    xG 0.01–0.02 (30%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Marchand13:53

    xG 0.39–0.44 (47%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Ference13:06

    xG 0.80–0.20 (80%)attempts 11–8goals 3–0

  2. Seidenberg – Stuart4:42

    xG 0.27–0.12 (69%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Chara – McQuaid2:10

    xG 0.10–0.04 (73%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Kovalev – Spezza – Regin12:09

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly11:48

    xG 0.32–0.33 (50%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Shannon – Smith – Winchester2:50

    xG 0.01–0.10 (12%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Fisher – Foligno8:51

    xG 0.17–0.43 (28%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Karlsson4:47

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Phillips8:05

    xG 0.26–0.24 (51%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  3. Carkner – Hale5:03

    xG 0.02–0.03 (41%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

OTT 2.3 xGBOS 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1125 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50OTT 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 56% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

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

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