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Wed, Nov 12, 2014·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Boston Bruins 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 60% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0817011126
TOR11241516633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:46TORPhil KesselAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Cody Franson · Snap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:18TORPhil KesselGWGAssists: Tyler Bozak, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:34TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Peter Holland · Snap, 0.22 xG0–3
  4. P2 3:32TORTyler BozakPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Cody Franson · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–4
  5. P2 9:51TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Tyler Bozak, Jake Gardiner · Slap, 0.20 xG0–5
  6. P2 14:16BOSDennis SeidenbergAssists: Milan Lucic, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–5
  7. P3 7:21TORPeter HollandPPAssists: Leo Komarov, Mike Santorelli · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 2:20BOSSeth Griffith: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:32BOSDougie Hamilton: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:54TORCody Franson: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 6:33BOSDaniel Paille: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:04TORDavid Clarkson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 11:36TORCody Franson: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 15:28BOSPatrice 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
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Holland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTOR
26Shots on goal33
2.0Expected goals2.5
68Shot attempts55
23Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
36Hits34
9Blocked shots27
8Giveaways11
6Takeaways19

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 – Soderberg – Smith3:49

    xG 0.14–0.06 (70%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Gagne – Bergeron – Lucic3:45

    xG 0.09–0.03 (77%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith6:47

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

  4. Gagne – Campbell – Paille5:12

    xG 0.09–0.10 (46%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Morrow13:33

    xG 0.80–0.32 (71%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. Trotman – Krug11:33

    xG 0.53–0.54 (50%)attempts 18–11goals 0–2

  3. Seidenberg – Hamilton15:22

    xG 0.37–0.66 (36%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Panik – Leivo8:59

    xG 0.60–0.16 (79%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Santorelli – Komarov – Holland9:34

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  3. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak12:23

    xG 0.36–0.67 (35%)attempts 11–18goals 2–0

  4. Clarkson – Winnik – Kadri11:42

    xG 0.08–0.49 (14%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Rielly10:30

    xG 0.72–0.20 (78%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Franson12:20

    xG 0.30–0.17 (63%)attempts 11–18goals 2–1

  3. Phaneuf – Polak2:35

    xG 0.05–0.06 (45%)attempts 2–2goals 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 2.5 xGBOS 2.0 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 · #1051 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 60% 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).