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Tue, Jan 14, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 61% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR2711316426
BOS215011115341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:38BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Reilly Smith, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:52TORTyler BozakAssists: Carl Gunnarsson, Phil Kessel · Snap, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:48BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Zdeno Chara, Brad Marchand · Wrap-around, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P1 12:47TORTyler BozakPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:09TORJake GardinerPPAssists: Phil Kessel, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:00TORJames van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak, Joffrey Lupul · Snap, 0.04 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:35BOSGregory CampbellAssists: Daniel Paille · Backhand, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:03BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:03TORFrazer McLaren: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:57BOSCarl Soderberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:37TORJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 5:50BOSAdam McQuaid: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 8:07TORTim Gleason: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 13:29BOSRyan Spooner: Holding2 min
  8. P3 4:00BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 min
  9. P3 6:29TORCarl Gunnarsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 12:07BOSMatt Bartkowski: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Bozak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
26Shots on goal41
3.6Expected goals3.0
40Shot attempts76
34Faceoffs won37
5Power plays3
11Penalty minutes15
22Hits27
19Blocked shots10
10Giveaways6
3Takeaways5

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. Raymond – Kessel – Kadri5:37

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak5:17

    xG 0.51–0.51 (50%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  3. Clarkson – Kulemin – Holland9:44

    xG 0.32–0.33 (49%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

  4. McClement – McLaren – Ashton2:30

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Franson13:53

    xG 0.79–0.27 (75%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Rielly10:31

    xG 0.02–0.27 (8%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson14:25

    xG 0.52–1.36 (27%)attempts 5–30goals 1–2

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith12:19

    xG 1.17–0.02 (99%)attempts 24–1goals 2–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille3:07

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  3. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic13:00

    xG 0.44–0.43 (51%)attempts 19–7goals 0–1

  4. Eriksson – Soderberg – Spooner7:47

    xG 0.20–0.25 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Boychuk13:56

    xG 0.88–0.49 (64%)attempts 19–7goals 2–1

  2. McQuaid – Bartkowski7:41

    xG 0.33–0.08 (82%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Bartkowski4:01

    xG 0.24–0.07 (78%)attempts 11–1goals 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.

BOS 3.0 xGTOR 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #453 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 61% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

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

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