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Tue, Feb 2, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Boston Bruins 3 (OT)

Expected result

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

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR0911321013435
BOS1901521602342

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:37BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Jimmy Hayes, Matt Beleskey · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:56TORDaniel WinnikAssists: Roman Polak, Shawn Matthias · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:55BOSBrad MarchandAssists: David Krejci, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:21BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Torey Krug, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:02TORLeo KomarovAssists: Morgan Rielly, Roman Polak · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 11:31TORNazem KadriAssists: Matt Hunwick, Leo Komarov · Tip-in, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:06TORPA ParenteauPPGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner, Nazem Kadri · Backhand, 0.30 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:21TORJake Gardiner: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:02BOSColin Miller: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:21BOSZach Trotman: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:21TORRich Clune: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 17:50TORPA Parenteau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 12:28BOSJimmy Hayes: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:54TORDion Phaneuf: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 5:23TORFrank Corrado: Hooking2 min
  9. OT 1:48BOSDavid Krejci: Holding2 min · PPG

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 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
35Shots on goal42
2.8Expected goals2.3
73Shot attempts65
27Faceoffs won40
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
29Hits20
15Blocked shots18
12Giveaways9
11Takeaways11

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. bestKomarov – Grabner – Kadri3:51

    xG 0.35–0.01 (97%)attempts 11–2goals 2–0

  2. Lupul – Clune – Froese6:31

    xG 0.36–0.29 (56%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Winnik – Matthias – Spaling6:57

    xG 0.20–0.20 (50%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Winnik – Matthias – Bozak4:30

    xG 0.01–0.06 (15%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Rielly14:05

    xG 0.72–0.49 (59%)attempts 18–15goals 1–1

  2. Phaneuf – Gardiner2:11

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Gardiner10:20

    xG 0.14–0.27 (34%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestTalbot – Rinaldo – Ferraro6:28

    xG 0.29–0.17 (63%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Hayes – Spooner11:09

    xG 0.25–0.24 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Krejci – Pastrnak10:56

    xG 0.49–0.52 (49%)attempts 14–14goals 1–1

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Connolly10:55

    xG 0.08–0.79 (9%)attempts 5–18goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug9:48

    xG 0.77–0.20 (79%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  2. Seidenberg – Miller3:49

    xG 0.11–0.05 (69%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Miller10:50

    xG 0.29–0.41 (41%)attempts 9–15goals 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.

BOS 2.3 xGTOR 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 90/100 · #119 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.26 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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.

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).