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Sat, Dec 3, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 65% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR0711104122
BOS01029211430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:20BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Nathan Horton, Milan Lucic · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:08TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Jake Gardiner, Joey Crabb · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:11BOSChris KellyGWGAssists: Rich Peverley, Andrew Ference · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:06BOSJohnny BoychukAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:26BOSNathan HortonAssists: David Krejci, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 17:49BOSMilan Lucic: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:11TORClarke MacArthur: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 8:11BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:33BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 min
  5. P3 6:28BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 14:45BOSJoe Corvo: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 14:45TORJoey Crabb: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 15:44TORClarke MacArthur: Tripping2 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
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Connolly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
22Shots on goal30
1.6Expected goals2.3
42Shot attempts55
20Faceoffs won42
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
28Hits23
15Blocked shots13
8Giveaways6
5Takeaways5

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. Steckel – Dupuis – Colborne4:53

    xG 0.08–0.06 (57%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Crabb – Grabovski – Kulemin7:16

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Connolly – MacArthur – Frattin6:38

    xG 0.06–0.22 (22%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Lupul – Kessel – Bozak11:51

    xG 0.31–0.49 (38%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gardiner5:06

    xG 0.24–0.04 (87%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Franson11:07

    xG 0.11–0.08 (59%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Gardiner2:02

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 0–8goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic13:36

    xG 0.77–0.31 (71%)attempts 19–7goals 2–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin10:56

    xG 0.59–0.14 (80%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Kelly – Peverley – Pouliot8:01

    xG 0.44–0.08 (84%)attempts 8–2goals 1–1

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:47

    xG 0.05–0.21 (20%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Ference2:49

    xG 0.66–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk12:57

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 15–7goals 3–0

  3. Ference – McQuaid11:13

    xG 0.25–0.05 (83%)attempts 8–9goals 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 2.3 xGTOR 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 32/100 · #811 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 65% 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).