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Sat, Jan 16, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 67% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR1131808229
BOS118113114345

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:45BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Torey Krug, Kevan Miller · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:31TORLeo KomarovAssists: Nazem Kadri, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:39BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Zdeno Chara, Zach Trotman · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:16TORShawn MatthiasAssists: Tyler Bozak · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:13BOSBrad MarchandGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:09BOSBrad Marchand: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 3:09TORJake Gardiner: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 9:25TORRich Clune: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:25BOSZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 10:36BOSDennis Seidenberg: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 17:20BOSBrad Marchand: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 10:41BOSZach Trotman: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 19:29BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 min
  9. P3 7:19TORMatt Hunwick: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 12:37BOSJimmy Hayes: Elbowing2 min
  11. P3 0:00TORPA Parenteau: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 20:00Bozak won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
29Shots on goal45
2.5Expected goals3.5
56Shot attempts73
40Faceoffs won30
5Power plays1
11Penalty minutes17
30Hits36
10Blocked shots14
11Giveaways7
9Takeaways11

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. Boyes – Lupul – Holland7:12

    xG 0.18–0.17 (52%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  2. Clune – Froese – Leivo5:31

    xG 0.06–0.33 (15%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Grabner – Kadri9:40

    xG 0.31–0.64 (32%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

  4. Parenteau – Matthias – Bozak10:38

    xG 0.16–0.67 (19%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Polak – Gardiner2:12

    xG 0.04–0.07 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Hunwick2:45

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Rielly3:07

    xG 0.03–0.08 (31%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Connolly11:25

    xG 0.83–0.15 (85%)attempts 23–5goals 3–1

  2. Eriksson – Beleskey – Spooner11:39

    xG 0.79–0.33 (71%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Vatrano – Kemppainen7:48

    xG 0.21–0.03 (89%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  4. Talbot – Rinaldo – Ferraro5:52

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Morrow10:31

    xG 0.87–0.09 (91%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Krug10:56

    xG 0.73–0.08 (90%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Trotman12:27

    xG 0.48–0.34 (59%)attempts 15–10goals 2–1

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 3.5 xGTOR 2.5 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 69/100 · #360 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 67% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).