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Mon, Feb 20, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Ottawa Senators 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 72% of the time.

BOS winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT11301008131
BOS11011418332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:09BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy · Snap, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:30OTTClaude GirouxAssists: Dylan Gambrell · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:06BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: Charlie McAvoy, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:10BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Charlie McAvoy · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:52OTTJacob Larsson: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:16BOSCraig Smith: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:27BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 10:15BOSHampus Lindholm: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 10:15OTTClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 11:54OTTThomas Chabot: Interference2 min
  7. P1 16:27BOSDavid Krejci: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 0:33OTTTim Stützle: Holding2 min
  9. P3 7:30OTTThomas Chabot: 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
49% to win51% to win
← OTT attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTBOS
31Shots on goal32
1.7Expected goals2.9
48Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won37
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
34Hits30
18Blocked shots14
6Giveaways8
12Takeaways6

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. DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto10:26

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  2. Watson – Joseph – Gambrell5:21

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Gauthier – Kelly – Greig6:24

    xG 0.11–0.44 (19%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle10:55

    xG 0.29–0.71 (29%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Chabot11:00

    xG 0.36–0.16 (69%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Larsson3:05

    xG 0.13–0.06 (68%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Zub5:04

    xG 0.10–0.06 (63%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk9:02

    xG 0.67–0.12 (85%)attempts 11–3goals 1–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha10:43

    xG 0.72–0.19 (79%)attempts 15–12goals 2–0

  3. Foligno – Coyle – Frederic2:22

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Coyle – Hall4:42

    xG 0.06–0.02 (77%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy9:26

    xG 0.92–0.44 (68%)attempts 14–9goals 2–1

  2. Grzelcyk – Carlo3:08

    xG 0.15–0.09 (63%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Carlo3:28

    xG 0.07–0.01 (83%)attempts 4–1goals 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 2.9 xGOTT 1.7 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 37/100 · #904 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 72% 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).