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Sat, Feb 8, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 2, Boston Bruins 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 72% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0611418228
BOS211216315742

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:36BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Carl Soderberg, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:26BOSChris KellyAssists: David Warsofsky, Loui Eriksson · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 4:55BOSPatrice BergeronGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Dougie Hamilton · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:15OTTBobby RyanAssists: Kyle Turris, Cory Conacher · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:18BOSJarome IginlaAssists: David Krejci, Torey Krug · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–4
  6. P3 3:35BOSMilan LucicAssists: Jarome Iginla, David Krejci · Snap, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P3 8:26BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Reilly Smith, Patrice Bergeron · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–6
  8. P3 15:05OTTPatrick WierciochPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–6
  9. P3 16:53BOSCarl SoderbergAssists: Reilly Smith, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–7
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:26OTTErik Condra: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:18BOSKevan Miller: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:18OTTZack Smith: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 18:44BOSChris Kelly: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 0:56OTTMilan Michalek: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 5:42BOSChris Kelly: Holding2 min
  7. P2 11:15OTTCory Conacher: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 8:57OTTCory Conacher: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:06BOSGregory Campbell: Interference2 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
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Spezza
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
28Shots on goal42
2.4Expected goals3.8
43Shot attempts69
27Faceoffs won31
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
22Hits19
9Blocked shots6
13Giveaways8
7Takeaways11

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. bestNeil – Greening – Smith6:06

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Michalek – Greening4:33

    xG 0.04–0.02 (66%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Kassian – Smith2:48

    xG 0.11–0.12 (47%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  4. MacArthur – Condra – Turris5:00

    xG 0.08–0.26 (23%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Gryba12:51

    xG 0.43–0.21 (68%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Ceci3:23

    xG 0.25–0.24 (52%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Gryba – Wiercioch2:04

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith12:00

    xG 0.90–0.40 (69%)attempts 15–8goals 2–0

  2. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic10:48

    xG 0.70–0.25 (74%)attempts 18–5goals 2–0

  3. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg8:04

    xG 0.34–0.11 (75%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Marchand2:28

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Krug12:43

    xG 1.10–0.29 (79%)attempts 20–7goals 2–0

  2. Bartkowski – Hamilton13:45

    xG 0.83–0.46 (64%)attempts 19–11goals 1–1

  3. Warsofsky – Miller13:54

    xG 0.60–0.41 (60%)attempts 12–6goals 3–0

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 3.8 xGOTT 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 41/100 · #674 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 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, Boston Bruins win this game 72% 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).