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Tue, Oct 22, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 82% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01021208230
BOS112113214439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:15BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:23TORKasperi KapanenAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Justin Holl · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:09BOSBrad MarchandAssists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:54TORAlexander KerfootPPAssists: Kasperi Kapanen, William Nylander · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:35BOSBrett RitchieGWGAssists: Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:57BOSPar LindholmAssists: Sean Kuraly · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:03BOSTorey Krug: Interference2 min
  2. P1 16:26TORAndreas Johnsson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:18TORAndreas Johnsson: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 1:18TORJake Muzzin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:40BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:54TORMorgan Rielly: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 15:48BOSSean Kuraly: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 18:05BOSBrad Marchand: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
30Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals3.9
43Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won38
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
16Hits32
9Blocked shots8
8Giveaways10
5Takeaways16

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. Kerfoot – Nylander – Mikheyev10:11

    xG 0.09–0.25 (25%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Johnsson – Marner – Matthews10:34

    xG 0.26–0.57 (31%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  3. Shore – Petan – Timashov6:46

    xG 0.14–0.46 (23%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Gauthier – Kapanen – Moore9:02

    xG 0.13–0.54 (19%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Barrie – Rielly2:21

    xG 0.05–0.08 (38%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Holl – Gravel9:49

    xG 0.24–0.31 (43%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Rielly – Ceci13:53

    xG 0.28–0.57 (33%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak11:23

    xG 1.05–0.25 (81%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Coyle – Ritchie – DeBrusk9:53

    xG 0.40–0.21 (66%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Wagner – Kuraly – Bjork10:33

    xG 0.28–0.11 (71%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Heinen – Lindholm6:00

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy14:36

    xG 0.87–0.12 (88%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Carlo2:20

    xG 0.74–0.22 (77%)attempts 5–5goals 1–1

  3. Grzelcyk – Clifton9:52

    xG 0.38–0.17 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 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.

BOS 3.9 xGTOR 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #602 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 82% 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).