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Sat, Nov 10, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR020110011141
BOS16216212534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:12BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: David Pastrnak · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:46BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Matt Grzelcyk · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:34BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:30TORJohn TavaresAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Snap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:04BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Torey Krug · Snap, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:30BOSJoakim NordstromAssists: David Krejci · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:48BOSSteven Kampfer: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:41TORZach Hyman: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 9:09TORMartin Marincin: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:28BOSBrandon Carlo: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 11:28TORKasperi Kapanen: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:29BOSSteven Kampfer: 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
41Shots on goal34
3.2Expected goals3.2
64Shot attempts57
32Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits22
12Blocked shots12
8Giveaways16
15Takeaways9

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. bestTavares – Hyman – Kapanen2:03

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Kadri – Kapanen7:13

    xG 0.31–0.34 (48%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Ennis – Leivo – Gauthier7:25

    xG 0.12–0.32 (27%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Tavares – Hyman – Marner9:51

    xG 0.16–0.38 (29%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev11:40

    xG 0.27–0.18 (60%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Gardiner – Dermott2:07

    xG 0.12–0.14 (45%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Gardiner – Rielly4:05

    xG 0.19–0.30 (39%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:28

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Heinen – Bjork – Forsbacka Karlsson10:05

    xG 0.32–0.06 (85%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Wagner – Kuraly8:57

    xG 0.43–0.31 (58%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Nordstrom – DeBrusk8:40

    xG 0.44–0.39 (53%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Grzelcyk10:42

    xG 0.47–0.20 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  2. Moore – Carlo7:21

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Krug – Carlo5:42

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 6–5goals 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 3.2 xGTOR 3.2 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 24/100 · #947 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 51% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

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

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