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Sat, Apr 4, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Boston Bruins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 85% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
TOR0611108030128
BOS019112016031250

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:19BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:31TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Morgan Rielly, Jake Gardiner · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Tyler Bozak stopped
  2. 2. BOS David Krejci stopped
  3. 3. TOR James van Riemsdyk stopped
  4. 4. BOS Patrice Bergeron scored
  5. 5. TOR Nazem Kadri stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:29TORAndrew MacWilliam: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:37TORNazem Kadri: Interference2 min
  3. P2 10:58BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 min
  4. P3 7:54TORAndrew MacWilliam: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 9:47BOSReilly Smith: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
28Shots on goal50
1.4Expected goals3.6
43Shot attempts79
29Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
31Hits29
22Blocked shots11
12Giveaways11
5Takeaways5

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. Sill – Panik – Bailey2:29

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Lupul – Booth – Komarov4:14

    xG 0.25–0.38 (39%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Lindstrom – Kadri – Panik7:39

    xG 0.05–0.67 (7%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – van Riemsdyk – Bozak13:44

    xG 0.35–1.20 (22%)attempts 13–21goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Phaneuf – Gardiner2:05

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. MacWilliam – Erixon9:29

    xG 0.05–0.18 (22%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Rielly16:05

    xG 0.32–0.92 (26%)attempts 7–19goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Krejci – Marchand12:38

    xG 0.82–0.23 (78%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Lucic – Spooner – Pastrnak11:32

    xG 0.84–0.38 (69%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Soderberg – Smith8:13

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  4. Eriksson – Soderberg – Connolly2:31

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Trotman14:25

    xG 0.91–0.13 (88%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. McQuaid – Bartkowski10:43

    xG 0.81–0.15 (85%)attempts 15–2goals 0–1

  3. Chara – McQuaid4:22

    xG 0.56–0.06 (91%)attempts 10–2goals 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.

BOS 3.6 xGTOR 1.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 38/100 · #711 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 85% 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).