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Sat, Apr 9, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

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

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11009013132
BOS1918112329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:53BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Gregory Campbell, Shawn Thornton · Snap, 0.38 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:27OTTBobby ButlerAssists: Milan Michalek, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:08BOSNathan HortonPPGWGAssists: Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:52BOSRich PeverleyUnassisted · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 14:39BOSNathan Horton: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 1:02OTTRyan Shannon: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:02OTTRyan Shannon: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 1:08BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:24OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 9:24BOSNathan Horton: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:44BOSMilan Lucic: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 17:41OTTRyan Shannon: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 3:10OTTJason Spezza: Interference2 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 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
32Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals2.2
47Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won29
2Power plays3
13Penalty minutes11
12Hits15
20Blocked shots10
8Giveaways9
8Takeaways5

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. bestShannon – Greening – Condra4:31

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Michalek – Butler6:03

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 5–15goals 1–1

  3. Neil – Foligno – Da Costa8:15

    xG 0.27–0.14 (66%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Michalek – Shannon – Condra4:48

    xG 0.11–0.09 (55%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Lee16:40

    xG 0.70–0.22 (76%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  2. Kuba – Benoit12:56

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Benoit – Smith2:42

    xG 0.02–0.09 (18%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRyder – Kelly – Peverley10:21

    xG 0.37–0.08 (82%)attempts 19–4goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille11:59

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 5–14goals 1–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic10:12

    xG 0.15–0.30 (34%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Recchi – Marchand – Seguin8:54

    xG 0.15–0.63 (19%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk14:29

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Kaberle – McQuaid15:36

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Hnidy – Ference12:38

    xG 0.14–1.00 (12%)attempts 8–19goals 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 2.2 xGOTT 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #947 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

BOS winsOTT wins

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

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