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Sat, Nov 2, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 2, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 54% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT16115011232
BOS111110311532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:17BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:04OTTAnthony DuclairAssists: Logan Brown, Mark Borowiecki · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:51BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:04OTTConnor BrownAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Mark Borowiecki · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:43BOSDanton HeinenGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:50BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.24 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:16BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Danton Heinen · Slap, 0.11 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:46OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:40BOSCharlie Coyle: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:03BOSPeter Cehlarik: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 6:08BOSBrad Marchand: Spearing double minor4 min
  5. P2 6:08BOSBrad Marchand: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:53OTTMark Borowiecki: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 17:20OTTMark Borowiecki: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:11OTTMark Borowiecki: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
45% to win55% to win
← OTT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
32Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals2.7
57Shot attempts51
32Faceoffs won30
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
26Hits17
10Blocked shots16
11Giveaways9
9Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPageau – Brown – Paul7:46

    xG 0.39–0.17 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Duclair – Brown – Tkachuk2:32

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Tierney – Duclair – Tkachuk2:28

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Duclair – Beaudin – Tkachuk2:16

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – DeMelo12:28

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 13–7goals 2–0

  2. Hainsey – Brannstrom8:42

    xG 0.13–0.42 (24%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Zaitsev15:37

    xG 0.30–0.78 (28%)attempts 13–17goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Heinen – DeBrusk7:10

    xG 0.37–0.15 (72%)attempts 3–8goals 1–0

  2. Coyle – Cehlarik – Bjork3:50

    xG 0.08–0.12 (39%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak10:04

    xG 0.35–0.44 (44%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

  4. Wagner – Kuraly – Bjork3:34

    xG 0.04–0.24 (15%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKampfer – Grzelcyk10:56

    xG 0.81–0.15 (85%)attempts 9–8goals 2–0

  2. Chara – McAvoy13:33

    xG 0.52–0.33 (61%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  3. Krug – Carlo13:22

    xG 0.21–0.72 (23%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

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 2.7 xGOTT 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 55/100 · #504 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 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 54% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

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

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