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Tue, Mar 29, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 59% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR31131407632
BOS11019211430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:09TORColin BlackwellAssists: Jason Spezza · Tip-in, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:59BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Charlie McAvoy · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:43TORMorgan RiellyAssists: William Nylander, John Tavares · Snap, 0.27 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:44TORAlexander KerfootUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–1
  5. P2 8:28TORMitch MarnerAssists: Auston Matthews, Michael Bunting · Snap, 0.13 xG4–1
  6. P2 16:00TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: John Tavares, Mitch Marner · Snap, 0.35 xG5–1
  7. P2 16:47TORDavid KampfAssists: Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.05 xG6–1
  8. P2 18:19BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Brad Marchand · Deflected, 0.09 xG6–2
  9. P3 13:02BOSCurtis LazarAssists: Connor Clifton, Tomas Nosek · Tip-in, 0.06 xG6–3
  10. P3 17:38BOSTaylor HallAssists: David Pastrnak, Derek Forbort · Wrist, 0.68 xG6–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 5:47TORMichael Bunting: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:34BOSCraig Smith: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 8:34TORMichael Bunting: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P1 16:09BOSDavid Pastrnak: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 6:00TORIlya Lyubushkin: Interference2 min
  6. P2 13:12TORJustin Holl: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 13:12BOSCharlie Coyle: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P2 15:18BOSTaylor Hall: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 18:44BOSCharlie McAvoy: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P2 18:44TORMichael Bunting: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P2 0:00BOSBrad Marchand: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 6:29TORMitch Marner: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 8:20BOSErik Haula: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Coyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
32Shots on goal30
3.3Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
12Penalty minutes22
27Hits35
8Blocked shots5
6Giveaways12
8Takeaways2

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 – Kerfoot – Mikheyev7:12

    xG 0.56–0.10 (84%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Clifford – Blackwell6:54

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  3. Bunting – Marner – Matthews8:08

    xG 0.21–0.18 (53%)attempts 4–6goals 1–1

  4. Nylander – Engvall – Kampf7:57

    xG 0.16–0.29 (36%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Liljegren13:03

    xG 0.72–0.20 (78%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Rielly – Lyubushkin7:45

    xG 0.45–0.43 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Holl10:31

    xG 0.25–0.30 (45%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Hall – Pastrnak9:24

    xG 0.95–0.51 (65%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk7:17

    xG 0.36–0.05 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Coyle – Frederic9:49

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Foligno – Lazar – Nosek7:25

    xG 0.19–0.50 (28%)attempts 5–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy9:26

    xG 0.91–0.22 (81%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy5:26

    xG 0.32–0.07 (81%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Forbort – Clifton10:02

    xG 0.44–0.31 (59%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

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 xGTOR 3.3 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 87/100 · #191 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 59% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

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

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