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Sun, Dec 8, 2013·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Boston Bruins 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 57% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS010317212539
TOR11009113232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:20TORPeter HollandAssists: David Clarkson, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:14BOSCarl SoderbergPPAssists: Reilly Smith, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:47BOSTorey KrugPPAssists: David Krejci, Milan Lucic · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:58BOSKevan MillerGWGAssists: Carl Soderberg · Slap, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 0:37TORJay McClementAssists: Peter Holland, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.33 xG3–2
  6. P3 16:00BOSJarome IginlaAssists: Milan Lucic · Tip-in, 0.17 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:49BOSPatrice BergeronENAssists: Gregory Campbell, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.66 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:17BOSDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:26TORDavid Clarkson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 6:26BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 13:49TORNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 4:50TORCarter Ashton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P2 5:34TORCarl Gunnarsson: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 2:43BOSDennis Seidenberg: Illegal check to head2 min
  8. P3 6:09BOSKevan Miller: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 17:43BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTOR
39Shots on goal32
3.4Expected goals3.9
68Shot attempts75
33Faceoffs won39
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
29Hits36
23Blocked shots15
9Giveaways12
8Takeaways6

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. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith11:25

    xG 0.65–0.14 (82%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Soderberg – Fraser – Spooner6:41

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  3. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic11:30

    xG 0.70–1.04 (40%)attempts 23–17goals 1–0

  4. Campbell – Paille – Caron9:24

    xG 0.40–1.02 (28%)attempts 8–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Miller3:31

    xG 0.13–0.03 (83%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Krug2:22

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Bartkowski – Krug2:19

    xG 0.10–0.03 (80%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Kulemin – Ashton3:29

    xG 0.64–0.12 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. McClement – Kulemin – Holland5:07

    xG 0.43–0.25 (63%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Kadri15:51

    xG 1.05–0.93 (53%)attempts 20–20goals 0–1

  4. Clarkson – Raymond – Smith13:04

    xG 0.53–0.46 (54%)attempts 16–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Gunnarsson11:22

    xG 0.87–0.53 (62%)attempts 14–18goals 0–1

  2. Franson – Gardiner16:25

    xG 1.29–0.98 (57%)attempts 22–21goals 2–0

  3. Ranger – Gunnarsson2:01

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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 3.9 xGBOS 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #505 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 57% 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).