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Tue, Nov 1, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 3, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 84% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT2907110326
BOS11721628541

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:19OTTNick FolignoAssists: Stephane Da Costa, Bobby Butler · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:12BOSMilan LucicPPAssists: Zdeno Chara, Dennis Seidenberg · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 7:28OTTStephane Da CostaAssists: Nick Foligno, Chris Neil · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:21BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Tyler Seguin, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:00BOSChris KellyAssists: Rich Peverley, Zdeno Chara · Slap, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:04OTTJared CowenAssists: Chris Neil, Nick Foligno · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 6:41BOSJohnny BoychukGWGAssists: Chris Kelly, Rich Peverley · Slap, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P3 7:18BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Shawn Thornton, Gregory Campbell · Snap, 0.18 xG3–5
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 1:46OTTSergei Gonchar: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:23OTTZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 5:23BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 5:31OTTSergei Gonchar: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 7:40BOSGregory Campbell: Boarding2 min
  6. P1 7:40BOSGregory Campbell: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P1 7:40OTTZack Smith: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 6:30OTTJason Spezza: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 11:32BOSNathan Horton: Boarding2 min
  10. P2 14:49OTTChris Neil: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  11. P2 19:14OTTChris Neil: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 12:03BOSBrad Marchand: Holding the stick2 min
  13. P3 17:18BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  14. P3 17:18OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 19:47OTTJason Spezza: Holding2 min
  16. P3 19:47OTTChris Neil: Boarding2 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
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Campbell won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
26Shots on goal41
1.4Expected goals3.4
43Shot attempts65
31Faceoffs won34
3Power plays7
26Penalty minutes18
16Hits15
16Blocked shots10
5Giveaways7
5Takeaways9

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. bestCondra – Smith – Butler3:03

    xG 0.23–0.07 (77%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Foligno – Da Costa4:19

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)attempts 5–1goals 2–1

  3. Neil – Condra – Smith5:34

    xG 0.02–0.13 (14%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Butler – Da Costa4:15

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 2–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Karlsson3:05

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Rundblad3:54

    xG 0.35–0.21 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Kuba – Karlsson13:34

    xG 0.51–0.44 (54%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin11:46

    xG 0.83–0.07 (92%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Kelly – Peverley – Caron5:41

    xG 0.65–0.37 (64%)attempts 12–6goals 2–2

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille4:50

    xG 0.26–0.21 (55%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  4. Horton – Krejci – Lucic10:46

    xG 0.22–0.22 (51%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk11:27

    xG 0.64–0.09 (87%)attempts 15–4goals 1–0

  2. Ference – McQuaid9:36

    xG 0.71–0.43 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  3. Seidenberg – Boychuk2:08

    xG 0.11–0.02 (85%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

BOS 3.4 xGOTT 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 85/100 · #154 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 84% 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).