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Sat, Jan 9, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Boston Bruins 1, Ottawa Senators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 68% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS01011101102134
OTT116090916240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:28OTTMika ZibanejadAssists: Erik Karlsson, Milan Michalek · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:41BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Zdeno Chara, Patrice Bergeron · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:22OTTMark StoneGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Kyle Turris · Wrist, 0.44 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:08BOSTorey Krug: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 1:35BOSJimmy Hayes: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 14:34OTTFredrik Claesson: Interference2 min
  4. P3 8:10BOSMatt Beleskey: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 8:10OTTErik Karlsson: Roughing2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← BOS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSOTT
34Shots on goal40
2.0Expected goals3.0
64Shot attempts74
30Faceoffs won35
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
28Hits36
23Blocked shots19
11Giveaways12
10Takeaways11

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 – Beleskey – Spooner10:38

    xG 0.45–0.11 (80%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Talbot – Ferraro – Randell5:58

    xG 0.07–0.13 (36%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak13:25

    xG 0.47–0.55 (46%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  4. Hayes – Vatrano – Kemppainen12:00

    xG 0.17–0.73 (19%)attempts 10–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Trotman13:18

    xG 0.43–0.17 (71%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Krug16:52

    xG 0.47–0.53 (47%)attempts 19–18goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Miller2:45

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Turris – Stone13:38

    xG 0.67–0.24 (74%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Neil – Smith – Prince7:46

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. McCormick – Pageau – Lazar9:55

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Michalek – Hoffman – Zibanejad12:08

    xG 0.24–0.35 (40%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKarlsson – Wiercioch3:12

    xG 0.63–0.04 (94%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Claesson17:15

    xG 0.59–0.38 (61%)attempts 24–17goals 0–1

  3. Methot – Karlsson4:11

    xG 0.22–0.06 (77%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

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.

OTT 3.0 xGBOS 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 30/100 · #903 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 68% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

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

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