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Thu, Apr 5, 2012·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Boston Bruins 3, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 79% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1711218327
OTT017117011145

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:36BOSBenoit PouliotAssists: Brian Rolston, Jordan Caron · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:51BOSGreg ZanonGWGUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:56OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Erik Karlsson, Filip Kuba · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:27BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci, Torey Krug · Snap, 0.11 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:25BOSBrian Rolston: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 11:04BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 min
  3. P2 14:14OTTKyle Turris: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:40BOSShawn Thornton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 11:11OTTKyle Turris: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 16:23OTTMatt Carkner: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 16:23BOSAndrew Ference: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 18:59OTTJesse Winchester: Abuse of officials2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Peverley won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSOTT
27Shots on goal45
1.7Expected goals3.4
40Shot attempts85
31Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits32
22Blocked shots8
4Giveaways8
9Takeaways10

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Lucic – Seguin10:18

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Rolston – Pouliot – Caron7:42

    xG 0.37–0.22 (62%)attempts 7–13goals 1–1

  3. Kelly – Peverley – Marchand10:36

    xG 0.13–0.17 (45%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:25

    xG 0.21–0.79 (21%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug4:28

    xG 0.23–0.10 (70%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Corvo – Zanon10:14

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 11–19goals 3–0

  3. Seidenberg – Krug3:01

    xG 0.10–0.04 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCondra – Klinkhammer – Winchester6:03

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Foligno – Turris9:16

    xG 0.55–0.53 (51%)attempts 17–8goals 0–1

  3. Spezza – Michalek – Greening12:43

    xG 0.25–0.26 (48%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  4. Neil – O'Brien – Smith7:22

    xG 0.12–0.26 (31%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Cowen13:52

    xG 0.81–0.49 (62%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Karlsson15:20

    xG 0.64–0.57 (53%)attempts 21–12goals 1–3

  3. Phillips – Carkner12:46

    xG 0.12–0.18 (41%)attempts 13–8goals 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.

OTT 3.4 xGBOS 1.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 21/100 · #941 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 79% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

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

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