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Mon, Mar 11, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Boston Bruins 3, Ottawa Senators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 58% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
BOS1161709032335
OTT2150806031232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:55OTTGuillaume LatendresseAssists: Sergei Gonchar, Chris Phillips · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:18OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Chris Phillips · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:16BOSShawn ThorntonAssists: Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:53BOSDaniel PailleAssists: David Krejci, Adam McQuaid · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  2. 2. BOS Tyler Seguin stopped
  3. 3. OTT Kyle Turris scored
  4. 4. BOS Patrice Bergeron scored
  5. 5. OTT Daniel Alfredsson stopped
  6. 6. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  7. 7. OTT Kaspars Daugavins stopped
  8. 8. BOS David Krejci scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:21OTTZack Smith: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 11:41BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:41OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Instigator face shield2 min
  4. P1 11:41OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Instigator2 min
  5. P1 11:41OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 11:41OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Misconduct10 min
  7. P1 11:41BOSAdam McQuaid: Boarding2 min
  8. P2 6:15BOSDavid Krejci: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 15:42OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 6:27BOSDougie Hamilton: Cross checking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSOTT
35Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals2.6
64Shot attempts49
31Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes23
25Hits38
11Blocked shots12
11Giveaways10
9Takeaways9

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. Thornton – Campbell – Paille8:43

    xG 0.46–0.46 (50%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Krejci – Peverley – Caron2:16

    xG 0.02–0.05 (32%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Horton – Krejci – Lucic12:03

    xG 0.27–0.48 (37%)attempts 14–5goals 0–2

  4. Kelly – Peverley – Caron2:38

    xG 0.02–0.35 (6%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk9:09

    xG 0.34–0.10 (77%)attempts 10–2goals 0–1

  2. Chara – McQuaid4:59

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 3–1goals 1–1

  3. Seidenberg – Hamilton10:42

    xG 0.15–0.18 (45%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGreening – Turris – Silfverberg10:40

    xG 1.14–0.50 (69%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

  2. Neil – Daugavins – Zibanejad9:03

    xG 0.43–0.15 (74%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Alfredsson – Latendresse – Smith13:13

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

  4. Condra – O'Brien – Stone8:08

    xG 0.10–0.15 (41%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Benoit3:32

    xG 0.60–0.05 (92%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Gonchar – Methot17:51

    xG 1.08–0.60 (64%)attempts 15–20goals 0–1

  3. Gonchar – Phillips2:06

    xG 0.27–0.02 (92%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

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 2.6 xGBOS 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 67/100 · #248 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 58% 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).