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Sat, Nov 5, 2022·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Boston Bruins 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 61% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS071707121
TOR11111502228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:19TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Michael Bunting, Mitch Marner · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:59BOSBrad MarchandUnassisted · Backhand, 0.28 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:07TORAuston MatthewsPPGWGAssists: William Nylander, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 4:39TORJohn Tavares: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 4:59TORTJ Brodie: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  3. P2 13:40BOSJake DeBrusk: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:53BOSConnor Clifton: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 3:15BOSPavel Zacha: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:44TORJohn Tavares: Interference2 min
  7. P3 11:30TORRasmus Sandin: Boarding2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nosek won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTOR
21Shots on goal28
1.5Expected goals2.0
48Shot attempts47
20Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
47Hits21
9Blocked shots15
6Giveaways11
6Takeaways11

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. bestKrejci – Hall – Pastrnak6:35

    xG 0.22–0.04 (84%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak2:39

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Nosek – Greer4:35

    xG 0.06–0.08 (42%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk6:05

    xG 0.09–0.11 (43%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lindholm – Carlo2:57

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

  2. Grzelcyk – Clifton4:14

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo9:41

    xG 0.21–0.38 (35%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestTavares – Kerfoot – Nylander7:49

    xG 0.62–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Jarnkrok – Engvall5:17

    xG 0.10–0.08 (56%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Bunting – Marner – Matthews12:38

    xG 0.17–0.24 (42%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  4. Malgin – Aston-Reese – Kampf6:58

    xG 0.07–0.23 (22%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRielly – Liljegren12:24

    xG 0.45–0.08 (85%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Sandin9:15

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Rielly2:31

    xG 0.14–0.15 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

TOR 2.0 xGBOS 1.5 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #994 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TOR 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, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 61% 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).