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Thu, Mar 31, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Boston Bruins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 58% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR1101718061431
BOS0931807040338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:06TORLuke SchennAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Joffrey Lupul · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:09BOSBrad MarchandSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:08BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Milan Lucic, Nathan Horton · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:06TORJoffrey LupulPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:31BOSAndrew FerenceAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:53TORJoffrey LupulAssists: Phil Kessel, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Tyler Seguin stopped
  2. 2. TOR Phil Kessel stopped
  3. 3. BOS Michael Ryder stopped
  4. 4. TOR Nazem Kadri scored
  5. 5. BOS Rich Peverley stopped
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 11:47BOSTyler Seguin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:03BOSSteven Kampfer: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:00TORPhil Kessel: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:00BOSAndrew Ference: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 16:00TORPhil Kessel: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 18:05TORNikolay Kulemin: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 0:40BOSZdeno Chara: Holding2 min
  8. P2 6:38BOSGregory Campbell: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 9:00TORJay Rosehill: Interference2 min
  10. P2 11:06TORJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 11:06BOSMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 12:59TORDion Phaneuf: Tripping2 min
  13. P2 18:28BOSAndrew Ference: Hooking2 min
  14. OT 3:55TORJoffrey Lupul: Slashing2 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 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
31Shots on goal38
2.6Expected goals2.2
61Shot attempts75
36Faceoffs won29
5Power plays5
17Penalty minutes17
23Hits16
23Blocked shots16
13Giveaways7
7Takeaways10

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. bestLupul – Kessel – Bozak10:03

    xG 0.28–0.17 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 2–1

  2. Crabb – Boyce – Kadri6:59

    xG 0.18–0.21 (47%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Brent – Brown – Kadri2:30

    xG 0.02–0.07 (21%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin12:38

    xG 0.22–0.43 (33%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson2:57

    xG 0.12–0.03 (78%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Komisarek – Lashoff5:21

    xG 0.21–0.14 (61%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Lashoff – Schenn3:11

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRyder – Campbell – Paille7:16

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Horton – Krejci – Lucic11:44

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  3. Kelly – Peverley – Seguin6:15

    xG 0.15–0.16 (49%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Recchi – Bergeron – Marchand10:12

    xG 0.23–0.31 (43%)attempts 10–10goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Kampfer2:10

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Chara – McQuaid13:07

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Kampfer9:12

    xG 0.17–0.07 (70%)attempts 14–3goals 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 2.2 xGTOR 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #188 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.23 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 58% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

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

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