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Sun, Apr 28, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 4, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 56% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT191924422
BOS01311617236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:59OTTErik CondraAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Cory Conacher · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:33OTTJared CowenAssists: Kyle Turris, Sergei Gonchar · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:56BOSRich PeverleyPPAssists: Wade Redden, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:14BOSDennis SeidenbergAssists: Milan Lucic, Kaspars Daugavins · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:26OTTJean-Gabriel PageauGWGAssists: Marc Methot, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:23OTTKyle TurrisENAssists: Erik Karlsson, Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.71 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:53OTTPatrick Wiercioch: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:25BOSCarl Soderberg: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:36OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:36BOSMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 0:00BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 2:20BOSShawn Thornton: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 2:20OTTErik Condra: Interference2 min
  8. P2 18:00OTTCory Conacher: Holding2 min · PPG

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 20:00Smith won the faceoff against Campbell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
22Shots on goal36
2.0Expected goals2.3
45Shot attempts63
21Faceoffs won36
2Power plays2
11Penalty minutes11
31Hits24
11Blocked shots14
10Giveaways10
2Takeaways11

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. bestCondra – Conacher – Pageau9:44

    xG 0.53–0.15 (78%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  2. Alfredsson – Michalek – Turris7:47

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

  3. Latendresse – Silfverberg – Zibanejad9:48

    xG 0.09–0.23 (29%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Greening – Smith10:43

    xG 0.16–0.30 (35%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Wiercioch3:01

    xG 0.27–0.08 (78%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Cowen10:47

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  3. Gonchar – Wiercioch5:56

    xG 0.06–0.05 (56%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Campbell – Paille9:12

    xG 0.50–0.04 (93%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Lucic – Daugavins8:58

    xG 0.30–0.05 (86%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin10:11

    xG 0.34–0.16 (69%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Soderberg – Peverley6:58

    xG 0.14–0.52 (21%)attempts 4–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Seidenberg16:33

    xG 0.88–0.24 (79%)attempts 21–9goals 1–1

  2. Redden – McQuaid11:32

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Ference – Boychuk17:59

    xG 0.41–0.53 (44%)attempts 20–18goals 0–1

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 2.3 xGOTT 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 72/100 · #215 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 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 56% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).