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Sat, Nov 21, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 0, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 77% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR070906022
BOS014010213237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 16:17BOSZdeno CharaGWGAssists: Zach Trotman, Matt Beleskey · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:53BOSBrad MarchandENAssists: Loui Eriksson, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.58 xG0–2
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 15:46BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  2. P3 0:30TORNazem Kadri: High sticking2 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
47% to win54% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
22Shots on goal37
1.8Expected goals3.3
60Shot attempts67
29Faceoffs won35
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
29Hits23
15Blocked shots20
16Giveaways10
8Takeaways6

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. bestBoyes – Grabner – Holland6:11

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Lupul – Winnik – Froese11:56

    xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – van Riemsdyk – Kadri13:49

    xG 0.21–0.70 (23%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

  4. Parenteau – Matthias – Bozak14:00

    xG 0.43–1.10 (28%)attempts 16–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Polak – Rielly2:32

    xG 0.01–0.05 (17%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Harrington8:59

    xG 0.11–0.18 (38%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Gardiner2:48

    xG 0.14–0.35 (29%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Hayes14:36

    xG 1.04–0.29 (78%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Spooner – Connolly – Kemppainen10:24

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Krejci – Beleskey15:10

    xG 0.55–0.63 (47%)attempts 18–22goals 1–0

  4. Talbot – Rinaldo – Randell4:58

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Trotman15:36

    xG 0.96–0.36 (73%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. McQuaid – Krug15:42

    xG 0.71–0.51 (58%)attempts 19–20goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Miller12:25

    xG 0.39–0.25 (60%)attempts 15–8goals 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 3.3 xGTOR 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1159 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 77% 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).