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Tue, Jan 11, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 0, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 74% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0901309031
BOS210317112639

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:33BOSPatrice BergeronGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:47BOSBlake WheelerAssists: Tyler Seguin, David Krejci · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:50BOSPatrice BergeronUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:07BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Dennis Seidenberg · Tip-in, 0.16 xG0–4
  5. P2 15:26BOSTyler SeguinAssists: David Krejci, Zdeno Chara · Snap, 0.02 xG0–5
  6. P3 5:04BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.04 xG0–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 17:40BOSTyler Seguin: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:46BOSAdam McQuaid: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:23BOSNathan Horton: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 3:23OTTJesse Winchester: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:46BOSAndrew Ference: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 10:26OTTMatt Carkner: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 10:26BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 6:58OTTJarkko Ruutu: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:50OTTMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 14:50OTTMatt Carkner: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 14:50BOSDaniel Paille: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 16:52OTTMike Fisher: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
31Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals3.3
47Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
21Penalty minutes21
20Hits14
9Blocked shots7
7Giveaways5
3Takeaways4

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRegin – Foligno – O'Brien3:22

    xG 0.31–0.05 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Michalek – Shannon5:46

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. O'Brien – Smith – Winchester4:01

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  4. Shannon – Smith – Winchester4:01

    xG 0.07–0.11 (40%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Carkner6:53

    xG 0.33–0.05 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Campoli12:02

    xG 0.71–0.69 (51%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. Kuba – Campoli4:31

    xG 0.23–0.24 (50%)attempts 2–3goals 0–3

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSavard – Ryder – Horton12:47

    xG 0.93–0.60 (61%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Krejci – Seguin8:31

    xG 0.44–0.23 (65%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

  3. Recchi – Bergeron – Marchand7:54

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 9–8goals 3–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille6:51

    xG 0.14–0.28 (33%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Kampfer11:41

    xG 0.77–0.21 (78%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Ference – McQuaid12:46

    xG 0.63–0.40 (61%)attempts 7–15goals 3–0

  3. Ference – Kampfer2:19

    xG 0.13–0.01 (91%)attempts 1–1goals 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 3.3 xGOTT 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1202 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 74% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).