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Sat, Oct 19, 2019·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Boston Bruins 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 63% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS11801521201346
TOR215031912429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:55TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Mitch Marner, Andreas Johnsson · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:44TORDmytro TimashovAssists: Frederik Gauthier · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:39BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Charlie Coyle, Chris Wagner · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:36BOSDanton HeinenPPAssists: Brett Ritchie, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:37TORAlexander KerfootAssists: Jake Muzzin, Ilya Mikheyev · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:34BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:54TORMorgan RiellyGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 1:56TORIlya Mikheyev: Holding2 min
  2. P2 7:52TORNicholas Shore: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 16:41TORMartin Marincin: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 16:41BOSDavid Backes: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 19:37TORMartin Marincin: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTOR
46Shots on goal29
3.9Expected goals3.0
73Shot attempts52
23Faceoffs won26
3Power plays0
2Penalty minutes8
34Hits36
9Blocked shots14
16Giveaways17
10Takeaways16

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 – Pastrnak10:25

    xG 0.69–0.36 (66%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Backes – Wagner – Kuraly3:37

    xG 0.35–0.13 (72%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Coyle – Wagner – DeBrusk2:25

    xG 0.15–0.01 (94%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  4. Ritchie – Heinen – Lindholm3:37

    xG 0.21–0.13 (63%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Clifton7:13

    xG 0.37–0.08 (83%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Chara – Carlo3:13

    xG 0.31–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo3:15

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Marner – Mikheyev2:11

    xG 0.47–0.08 (86%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Kapanen – Timashov3:27

    xG 0.35–0.13 (72%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Johnsson – Marner – Matthews6:11

    xG 0.33–0.21 (61%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Kapanen – Moore4:19

    xG 0.31–0.26 (55%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMuzzin – Rielly2:38

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Muzzin – Ceci2:09

    xG 0.10–0.04 (70%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Marincin – Holl6:21

    xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

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 3.0 xGBOS 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 · #123 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.21 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 63% 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).