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Tue, Mar 21, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 3, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 82% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT151819322
BOS18018110236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:09OTTTom PyattAssists: Cody Ceci, Mike Hoffman · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:57BOSDavid KrejciPPAssists: Ryan Spooner, Torey Krug · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:34OTTKyle TurrisPPAssists: Erik Karlsson, Mike Hoffman · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:17BOSTorey KrugPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:04OTTKyle TurrisGWGAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Chris Wideman · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 6:28BOSDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 7:51OTTRyan Dzingel: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:04BOSDrew Stafford: Charging2 min
  4. P1 17:01OTTViktor Stalberg: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 1:02BOSAdam McQuaid: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 3:09BOSBrandon Carlo: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 8:03OTTTom Pyatt: Holding2 min
  8. P2 19:17BOSFrank Vatrano: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 19:17OTTCody Ceci: Roughing2 min · PPG
  10. P2 0:00OTTDion Phaneuf: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 1:28BOSDominic Moore: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 13:53OTTMark Borowiecki: Holding2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
44% to win56% to win
← OTT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Moore
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
22Shots on goal36
1.4Expected goals3.3
36Shot attempts63
31Faceoffs won36
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
31Hits19
15Blocked shots7
9Giveaways15
14Takeaways10

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Hoffman – Pageau8:43

    xG 0.45–0.09 (83%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Ryan – Turris – Smith7:11

    xG 0.16–0.11 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Stalberg – Wingels2:19

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Stalberg – Brassard4:31

    xG 0.15–0.16 (49%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Ceci3:09

    xG 0.24–0.11 (68%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Phaneuf – Wideman2:47

    xG 0.14–0.04 (76%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Methot – Karlsson13:28

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestStafford – Spooner – Vatrano4:22

    xG 0.41–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Nash – Acciari7:37

    xG 0.17–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Backes – Marchand6:25

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Krejci – Beleskey – Pastrnak7:43

    xG 0.15–0.19 (43%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug11:18

    xG 0.55–0.24 (69%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Miller9:00

    xG 0.39–0.17 (70%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Carlo10:17

    xG 0.26–0.25 (51%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

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 3.3 xGOTT 1.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #565 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 82% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

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

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