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Thu, Apr 3, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Boston Bruins 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS1110921701338
TOR2101110515431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:00TORPaul RangerAssists: Jerry D'Amigo, Morgan Rielly · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:56BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:48TORTyler BozakAssists: Phil Kessel, Cody Franson · Snap, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:52TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:03BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci, Matt Bartkowski · Snap, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:51BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, Kevan Miller · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:51TORNazem KadriPPGWGAssists: Cody Franson, Jake Gardiner · Wrist, 0.41 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:48BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 11:13BOSMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 11:13TORDavid Clarkson: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 11:13BOSKevan Miller: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:22TORPaul Ranger: Interference2 min
  6. P3 18:46TORNikolay Kulemin: Holding2 min
  7. OT 1:52BOSTorey Krug: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Bolland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTOR
38Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals2.9
80Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
30Hits29
7Blocked shots21
9Giveaways12
6Takeaways3

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. bestEriksson – Bergeron – Marchand8:05

    xG 0.90–0.05 (95%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic14:14

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 22–8goals 1–1

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith4:20

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  4. Kelly – Caron – Smith6:10

    xG 0.07–0.03 (68%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug16:27

    xG 1.06–0.36 (75%)attempts 25–10goals 2–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk2:05

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Hamilton15:23

    xG 0.23–0.24 (49%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – Kadri – D'Amigo2:33

    xG 0.17–0.03 (84%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak10:46

    xG 0.42–0.42 (50%)attempts 6–12goals 2–0

  3. McClement – Bodie – Kulemin13:33

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  4. Clarkson – Bolland – Raymond6:57

    xG 0.00–0.70 (0%)attempts 0–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGleason – Ranger5:21

    xG 0.28–0.14 (67%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Ranger – Rielly2:42

    xG 0.05–0.05 (53%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson7:57

    xG 0.17–0.19 (47%)attempts 4–11goals 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 2.9 xGBOS 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #99 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.23 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 56% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

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

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