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Tue, Apr 2, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 81% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT119013115247
BOS222012116350

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:48OTTColin GreeningAssists: Zack Smith, Marc Methot · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:28BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Zdeno Chara, Milan Lucic · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 4:29BOSTyler SeguinAssists: Brad Marchand · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:55OTTAndre BenoitAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Mika Zibanejad · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:21BOSNathan HortonGWGAssists: Milan Lucic, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:05OTTJim O'Brien: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:50BOSAndrew Ference: Closing hand on puck2 min
  3. P2 2:13OTTJim O'Brien: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:43BOSRich Peverley: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 2:32OTTMike Hoffman: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P3 19:26BOSJohnny Boychuk: Interference2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hoffman won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
47Shots on goal50
2.2Expected goals4.2
72Shot attempts72
26Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
26Hits33
8Blocked shots17
10Giveaways5
8Takeaways4

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Kassian – Condra – O'Brien4:00

    xG 0.05–0.07 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Alfredsson – Turris – Silfverberg2:22

    xG 0.02–0.10 (15%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Greening – Smith11:31

    xG 0.80–0.95 (46%)attempts 25–12goals 1–0

  4. Alfredsson – Turris – Hoffman8:23

    xG 0.33–0.51 (39%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gonchar – Wiercioch3:39

    xG 0.06–0.05 (56%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Benoit – Methot3:28

    xG 0.29–0.46 (39%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

  3. Phillips – Benoit3:12

    xG 0.09–0.30 (24%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic12:47

    xG 0.84–0.45 (65%)attempts 14–16goals 2–1

  2. Peverley – Marchand – Seguin5:23

    xG 0.47–0.11 (81%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin4:40

    xG 0.61–0.31 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Pandolfo – Peverley – Caron4:00

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Hamilton13:13

    xG 0.92–0.31 (75%)attempts 23–12goals 1–0

  2. Seidenberg – Bartkowski4:09

    xG 0.44–0.10 (82%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Seidenberg9:52

    xG 0.68–0.49 (58%)attempts 10–21goals 1–2

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 4.2 xGOTT 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #307 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 81% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

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

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