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Thu, Apr 14, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 3, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 55% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT0831509332
BOS21608018242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:36BOSMarc McLaughlinAssists: Nick Foligno, Curtis Lazar · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:01BOSJesper FrodenAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Taylor Hall · Tip-in, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:47OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Tim Stützle · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:30OTTJosh NorrisPPAssists: Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:27OTTTim StützlePPGWGAssists: Brady Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:15OTTBrady Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 15:20OTTTravis Hamonic: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 1:22BOSMarc McLaughlin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 8:39BOSMike Reilly: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:46BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:45OTTDrake Batherson: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 17:56BOSBrad Marchand: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 5:24OTTColin White: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 9:15BOSCurtis Lazar: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 13:52OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 min
  11. P3 15:27BOSTomas Nosek: Too many men on the ice2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← OTT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against White
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
32Shots on goal42
3.2Expected goals2.9
51Shot attempts62
20Faceoffs won43
6Power plays5
10Penalty minutes12
30Hits30
6Blocked shots10
7Giveaways10
10Takeaways7

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. bestFormenton – Batherson – Stützle6:20

    xG 0.53–0.10 (84%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Tierney – Brown – White3:04

    xG 0.23–0.05 (83%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  3. Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle2:44

    xG 0.23–0.15 (62%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Watson – Gaudette – Gambrell4:29

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrannstrom – Zub13:15

    xG 0.67–0.46 (59%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  2. Del Zotto – Hamonic11:09

    xG 0.82–0.65 (56%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

  3. Holden – Zaitsev11:39

    xG 0.09–0.72 (11%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Lazar – McLaughlin6:48

    xG 0.67–0.12 (85%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk8:33

    xG 0.67–0.56 (54%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  3. Haula – Hall – Froden10:32

    xG 0.15–0.33 (31%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  4. Smith – Coyle – Nosek5:08

    xG 0.10–0.41 (20%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – McAvoy10:31

    xG 0.92–0.52 (64%)attempts 21–7goals 1–1

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy2:42

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Brown9:41

    xG 0.50–0.42 (55%)attempts 11–8goals 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.

BOS 2.9 xGOTT 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 67/100 · #499 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 55% 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).