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Thu, Mar 7, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 60% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01011215227
BOS1926110425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:07BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Tyler Seguin, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:32TORNazem KadriAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Carl Gunnarsson · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:11BOSTyler SeguinAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:03BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: Andrew Ference, Milan Lucic · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:52TORJay McClementAssists: Mikhail Grabovski, Carl Gunnarsson · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:45BOSTyler SeguinENAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.73 xG2–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:23BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:23TORMark Fraser: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:25BOSChris Kelly: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 12:03BOSDaniel Paille: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 1:22BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 1:22TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 3:16TORNikolay Kulemin: Interference2 min
  8. P2 18:12BOSTyler Seguin: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 0:32TORDion Phaneuf: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 3:28TORColton Orr: Roughing2 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
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kelly won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
27Shots on goal25
2.2Expected goals2.6
50Shot attempts48
23Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
39Hits26
12Blocked shots11
2Giveaways8
9Takeaways1

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. bestMcClement – Grabovski – Kulemin11:23

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. MacArthur – Komarov – Kadri10:33

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Orr – Steckel – McLaren5:25

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak9:10

    xG 0.57–0.79 (42%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Kostka14:03

    xG 0.43–0.25 (63%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  2. Phaneuf – Holzer11:36

    xG 0.84–0.79 (51%)attempts 16–14goals 0–2

  3. Phaneuf – Franson2:56

    xG 0.05–0.07 (40%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin10:09

    xG 0.81–0.09 (90%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. Pandolfo – Kelly – Peverley9:35

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic11:24

    xG 0.25–0.16 (61%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille6:29

    xG 0.29–0.48 (38%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – McQuaid10:37

    xG 0.60–0.13 (82%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Boychuk2:20

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Hamilton4:31

    xG 0.06–0.03 (68%)attempts 3–4goals 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 2.6 xGTOR 2.2 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 45/100 · #398 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (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 60% 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).