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Thu, Nov 24, 2016·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Boston Bruins 1, Ottawa Senators 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 76% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS160707120
OTT01014212326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:49BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Matt Beleskey, Brad Marchand · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:23OTTMark StoneAssists: Mike Hoffman, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:28OTTChris WidemanGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:16OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:55BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:56OTTChris Neil: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:42BOSBrad Marchand: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 8:42OTTChris Wideman: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 2:09BOSRyan Spooner: Slashing2 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
44% to win56% to win
← BOS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSOTT
20Shots on goal26
0.8Expected goals2.0
46Shot attempts45
23Faceoffs won34
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
36Hits36
13Blocked shots18
9Giveaways13
3Takeaways8

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. Moore – Hayes – Schaller8:39

    xG 0.12–0.27 (30%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak11:36

    xG 0.03–0.22 (12%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Spooner – Czarnik7:35

    xG 0.07–0.29 (20%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Krejci – Beleskey12:40

    xG 0.15–0.42 (26%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Liles – McQuaid2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Carlo3:12

    xG 0.06–0.09 (41%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. McQuaid – Morrow2:23

    xG 0.03–0.06 (33%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Hoffman – Stone10:38

    xG 0.28–0.14 (66%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  2. Neil – Kelly – Lazar5:52

    xG 0.14–0.04 (79%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Pyatt – Smith – Pageau13:09

    xG 0.19–0.10 (66%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Turris – Dzingel8:46

    xG 0.21–0.12 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhaneuf – Ceci12:02

    xG 0.28–0.09 (75%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Methot – Karlsson16:59

    xG 0.36–0.21 (64%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  3. Borowiecki – Wideman8:40

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 7–5goals 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 2.0 xGBOS 0.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #950 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 76% 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).