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Sat, Nov 11, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

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

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR2601128425
BOS113013013139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:52TORMitch MarnerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:16TORJames van RiemsdykPPGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:18BOSFrank VatranoAssists: Torey Krug, Kevan Miller · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:52TORMorgan RiellyAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:13TORPatrick MarleauENAssists: Zach Hyman, Leo Komarov · Tip-in, 0.73 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 6:12BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 6:12TORLeo Komarov: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:53TORNazem Kadri: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 14:09BOSBrandon Carlo: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 17:10BOSBrad Marchand: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:01TORMatt Martin: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:01BOSMatt Beleskey: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 16:06BOSFrank Vatrano: Interference2 min
  9. P3 2:46TORAndreas Borgman: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 3:39TORDominic Moore: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 10:07TORTyler Bozak: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nash won the faceoff against Nylander
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
25Shots on goal39
2.2Expected goals3.0
48Shot attempts61
28Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
15Penalty minutes13
29Hits30
11Blocked shots16
7Giveaways7
16Takeaways15

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner9:31

    xG 0.23–0.04 (84%)attempts 9–4goals 2–0

  2. Marleau – Hyman – Brown7:00

    xG 0.26–0.35 (43%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Marleau – Komarov – Nylander4:25

    xG 0.04–0.18 (20%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Martin – Leivo5:43

    xG 0.19–0.42 (31%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gardiner – Carrick2:55

    xG 0.02–0.01 (79%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Borgman9:06

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

  3. Hainsey – Zaitsev2:07

    xG 0.09–0.24 (28%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak11:25

    xG 0.98–0.25 (80%)attempts 20–6goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Kuraly – Bjork7:15

    xG 0.58–0.10 (86%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Schaller – Acciari5:47

    xG 0.23–0.09 (71%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Szwarz – Heinen – Vatrano9:13

    xG 0.09–0.10 (50%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug11:22

    xG 1.03–0.10 (91%)attempts 23–6goals 1–0

  2. Chara – McAvoy14:29

    xG 0.72–0.28 (72%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Krug – Carlo4:16

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 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 3.0 xGTOR 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 32/100 · #879 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 winsTOR wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).