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Tue, Feb 15, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 75% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1121729428
BOS114111110335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:04BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Mark Stuart, Gregory Campbell · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:22TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Joffrey Lupul · Snap, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:35TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Mike Komisarek, Carl Gunnarsson · Backhand, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:34BOSGregory CampbellPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Michael Ryder · Tip-in, 0.41 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:08BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Adam McQuaid, Mark Recchi · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:27TORPhil KesselPPAssists: Joffrey Lupul, Tomas Kaberle · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:59TORMikhail GrabovskiGWGAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:18BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:17BOSZdeno Chara: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:37TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:26TORKeith Aulie: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:44TORMikhail Grabovski: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 13:09BOSDennis Seidenberg: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 14:14TORKeith Aulie: 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 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
28Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals3.4
49Shot attempts70
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits19
16Blocked shots13
3Giveaways10
6Takeaways2

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. bestCrabb – Brent – Rosehill4:49

    xG 0.09–0.02 (80%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin12:10

    xG 0.59–0.54 (52%)attempts 18–10goals 2–0

  3. Sjostrom – Boyce – Hanson9:22

    xG 0.03–0.20 (13%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak12:11

    xG 0.29–1.05 (22%)attempts 8–20goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestAulie – Schenn3:20

    xG 0.21–0.03 (88%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Komisarek – Gunnarsson8:12

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Kaberle – Schenn16:15

    xG 0.24–0.70 (25%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic10:22

    xG 0.85–0.14 (86%)attempts 22–6goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Wheeler – Seguin2:08

    xG 0.14–0.02 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Recchi – Bergeron – Marchand9:41

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  4. Ryder – Wheeler – Seguin8:53

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Seidenberg12:34

    xG 0.88–0.26 (77%)attempts 20–7goals 0–1

  2. Chara – McQuaid3:10

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Kampfer13:57

    xG 0.76–0.51 (60%)attempts 14–19goals 0–1

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 3.4 xGTOR 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 90/100 · #106 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.41 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 75% 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).