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Sat, Oct 25, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Boston Bruins 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 51% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS111112210433
TOR0906118133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:27BOSCarl SoderbergPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:58BOSDavid KrejciGWGAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P3 2:32BOSGregory CampbellSHAssists: Daniel Paille · Snap, 0.18 xG3–0
  4. P3 4:09BOSDougie HamiltonAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–0
  5. P3 14:27TORRichard PanikAssists: Tyler Bozak, Cody Franson · Wrist, 0.42 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:22BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 1:58TORDavid Clarkson: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:41TORDavid Clarkson: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 0:37BOSAdam McQuaid: Holding2 min
  5. P3 5:32BOSGregory Campbell: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:10TORDavid Clarkson: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 11:57TORStuart Percy: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 15:48BOSDougie Hamilton: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 15:48TORJames van Riemsdyk: Cross checking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Santorelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTOR
33Shots on goal33
2.3Expected goals2.2
66Shot attempts56
41Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
24Hits39
13Blocked shots18
8Giveaways8
11Takeaways13

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 – Smith9:11

    xG 0.40–0.11 (79%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg10:14

    xG 0.18–0.08 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Lucic – Griffith7:04

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Gagne – Campbell – Paille9:10

    xG 0.06–0.18 (27%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Hamilton14:57

    xG 0.76–0.31 (71%)attempts 18–12goals 2–0

  2. Bartkowski – Trotman8:31

    xG 0.30–0.05 (86%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – McQuaid4:02

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Winnik – Kadri10:31

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Clarkson – Santorelli – Komarov7:02

    xG 0.15–0.17 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Clarkson – Holland – Panik2:12

    xG 0.03–0.14 (18%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Santorelli – Winnik – Komarov2:08

    xG 0.03–0.16 (17%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Rielly2:08

    xG 0.11–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Rielly4:27

    xG 0.11–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Gardiner4:54

    xG 0.10–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 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 2.2 xGBOS 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1018 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 51% 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).