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Sat, Mar 23, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Boston Bruins 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 86% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS01109213233
TOR141514313

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:58TORNazem KadriAssists: Clarke MacArthur, John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:52TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Ryan Hamilton, Matt Frattin · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:34TORFrazer McLarenGWGAssists: Colton Orr, Jay McClement · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:30BOSDennis SeidenbergAssists: Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:44BOSAndrew FerenceAssists: David Krejci, Rich Peverley · Slap, 0.05 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:00TORColton Orr: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:00BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:51BOSAaron Johnson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 17:05BOSMatt Bartkowski: Interference2 min
  5. P3 7:04TORCarl Gunnarsson: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grabovski won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTOR
33Shots on goal13
2.8Expected goals0.8
80Shot attempts38
30Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
31Hits38
14Blocked shots31
8Giveaways16
3Takeaways3

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. bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic14:02

    xG 0.88–0.12 (88%)attempts 24–6goals 0–1

  2. Campbell – Paille – Peverley2:54

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille8:37

    xG 0.47–0.18 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin13:43

    xG 0.40–0.19 (68%)attempts 24–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Ference4:01

    xG 0.59–0.03 (96%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – Bartkowski12:01

    xG 0.71–0.20 (78%)attempts 14–9goals 0–2

  3. Ference – Johnson13:47

    xG 0.52–0.08 (86%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestOrr – McClement – McLaren3:32

    xG 0.12–0.04 (75%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:08

    xG 0.10–0.26 (28%)attempts 7–17goals 0–1

  3. MacArthur – Kulemin – Kadri11:44

    xG 0.09–0.43 (17%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  4. Grabovski – Hamilton – Frattin9:19

    xG 0.32–0.85 (27%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Gardiner8:04

    xG 0.21–0.06 (79%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gardiner3:21

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Fraser – Gardiner2:38

    xG 0.10–0.18 (36%)attempts 6–1goals 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.

TOR 0.8 xGBOS 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #296 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TOR 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, Boston Bruins win this game 86% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

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

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