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Thu, Jan 25, 2018·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Boston Bruins 3, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS020110214344
OTT170917223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:00OTTThomas ChabotAssists: Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:35BOSDanton HeinenPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:58BOSTim SchallerSHAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:18OTTRyan DzingelPPAssists: Matt Duchene, Dion Phaneuf · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:41BOSJake DeBruskGWGAssists: Ryan Spooner, Kevan Miller · Snap, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:43BOSFrank Vatrano: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:46BOSAnders Bjork: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 11:19OTTErik Karlsson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 1:37BOSFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 15:25BOSDavid Krejci: 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
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSOTT
44Shots on goal23
2.9Expected goals1.7
71Shot attempts46
31Faceoffs won32
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
25Hits38
13Blocked shots15
13Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

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. bestKrejci – Spooner – DeBrusk13:02

    xG 0.62–0.04 (94%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  2. Bergeron – Pastrnak – Heinen5:25

    xG 0.44–0.05 (90%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Kuraly – Schaller – Vatrano6:39

    xG 0.43–0.14 (75%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Nash – Heinen5:39

    xG 0.34–0.11 (75%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Grzelcyk14:12

    xG 0.96–0.16 (86%)attempts 19–6goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Carlo15:21

    xG 0.74–0.14 (84%)attempts 23–9goals 0–0

  3. McQuaid – Krug15:38

    xG 0.78–0.30 (73%)attempts 23–15goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Burrows – Ryan – Duchene2:02

    xG 0.06–0.06 (47%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Burrows – DiDomenico – Dumont5:05

    xG 0.10–0.46 (19%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Ryan – Hoffman – Duchene6:31

    xG 0.08–0.49 (14%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Smith – White12:31

    xG 0.09–0.58 (13%)attempts 5–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Borowiecki – Claesson7:03

    xG 0.11–0.15 (42%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Claesson4:39

    xG 0.08–0.19 (30%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Karlsson3:38

    xG 0.04–0.20 (16%)attempts 3–8goals 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.

OTT 1.7 xGBOS 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #576 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 22% (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, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

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

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