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Fri, Nov 10, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Boston Bruins 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 54% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS0811511101235
TOR0101141811333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:38BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, Torey Krug · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:44TORJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.50 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:30BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Jordan Szwarz, Anders Bjork · Wrist, 0.38 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:00TORJames van RiemsdykAssists: Mitch Marner, Nikita Zaitsev · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:07TORPatrick MarleauGWGAssists: Jake Gardiner, Mitch Marner · Tip-in, 0.02 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:29BOSZdeno Chara: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 4:01BOSBrandon Carlo: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 11:59BOSBrandon Carlo: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 16:18TORJake Gardiner: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 19:06BOSRiley Nash: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 7:52TORJames van Riemsdyk: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 10:16BOSZdeno Chara: Interference2 min
  8. P3 12:31TORJosh Leivo: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 15:32TORJake Gardiner: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Nylander
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTOR
35Shots on goal33
4.4Expected goals4.6
60Shot attempts66
33Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
23Hits25
17Blocked shots15
17Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

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. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak11:34

    xG 0.93–0.43 (68%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Beleskey – Kuraly – DeBrusk7:06

    xG 0.53–0.34 (61%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Szwarz – Heinen – Bjork5:04

    xG 0.32–0.21 (61%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Nash – Schaller – Acciari9:14

    xG 0.14–0.25 (37%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy15:40

    xG 1.06–0.87 (55%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Carlo2:09

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Krug – Carlo12:34

    xG 0.43–0.36 (54%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner9:13

    xG 0.21–0.20 (51%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Hyman – Nylander2:33

    xG 0.07–0.07 (48%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Komarov – Kadri – Nylander6:51

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Hyman – Brown6:27

    xG 0.17–0.28 (37%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Rielly14:09

    xG 1.44–1.10 (57%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  2. Gardiner – Zaitsev11:50

    xG 0.32–0.36 (47%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Borgman9:30

    xG 0.18–0.74 (19%)attempts 7–13goals 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.

TOR 4.6 xGBOS 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

TOR's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line TOR is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #148 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.46 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 54% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

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

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