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Thu, Apr 6, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 2, Boston Bruins 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 65% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
OTT0101707021226
BOS1150703040129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:37BOSDrew StaffordPPAssists: Zdeno Chara · Wrap-around, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:37OTTAlexandre BurrowsUnassisted · Slap, 0.10 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Drew Stafford stopped
  2. 2. OTT Kyle Turris scored
  3. 3. BOS Ryan Spooner stopped
  4. 4. OTT Derick Brassard stopped
  5. 5. BOS David Pastrnak stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:19OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 9:33BOSDominic Moore: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 9:33OTTTommy Wingels: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 1:07BOSDavid Krejci: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 7:05BOSZdeno Chara: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 14:27OTTRyan Dzingel: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 14:27BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 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 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
26Shots on goal29
2.1Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts52
20Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
6Penalty minutes8
28Hits22
8Blocked shots13
14Giveaways6
10Takeaways10

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. bestKelly – MacArthur – Wingels3:48

    xG 0.27–0.16 (63%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Pyatt – Dzingel – Pageau2:21

    xG 0.17–0.07 (71%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Turris – Hoffman – Stone3:36

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Stalberg – Brassard8:22

    xG 0.29–0.52 (36%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Ceci5:24

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Borowiecki – Harpur7:46

    xG 0.25–0.21 (55%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Harpur6:23

    xG 0.18–0.22 (46%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Backes – Vatrano7:22

    xG 0.89–0.23 (79%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Spooner – Kuraly5:26

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Bergeron – Backes2:19

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Kuraly – Acciari2:57

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Miller2:25

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Liles – McQuaid5:34

    xG 0.33–0.08 (80%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Carlo14:00

    xG 0.64–0.45 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

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 2.9 xGOTT 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 36/100 · #742 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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 65% 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).