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Thu, Apr 6, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 1, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 55% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR0711501000132
BOS0110111813233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:34TORSam LaffertyAssists: Zachary Aston-Reese · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 11:32BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Brandon Carlo · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:30BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: Dmitry Orlov, Charlie Coyle · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 11:33BOSCharlie McAvoy: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:33BOSA.J. Greer: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 14:33TORSam Lafferty: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:33BOSA.J. Greer: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 14:33BOSA.J. Greer: Misconduct10 min
  6. P2 4:43TORAlexander Kerfoot: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 12:32TORLuke Schenn: Kneeing2 min
  8. P3 4:52BOSBrad Marchand: Interference2 min
  9. P3 8:16TORJake McCabe: Tripping2 min
  10. OT 0:24TORMorgan Rielly: Hooking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nosek won the faceoff against Kampf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
32Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts55
23Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes21
28Hits39
13Blocked shots13
6Giveaways12
7Takeaways8

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. bestJarnkrok – Bunting – Matthews9:28

    xG 0.65–0.29 (69%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Tavares – Nylander – Marner5:29

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. O'Reilly – Kerfoot – Acciari7:07

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Lafferty – Aston-Reese – Kampf10:23

    xG 0.26–0.40 (40%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – McCabe13:39

    xG 0.97–0.58 (63%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Holl – McCabe2:14

    xG 0.34–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Holl10:50

    xG 0.37–0.05 (88%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestNosek – Greer – Steen3:22

    xG 0.23–0.03 (88%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Coyle – Hathaway – Frederic6:04

    xG 0.29–0.20 (58%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Coyle – Frederic – Steen2:25

    xG 0.09–0.01 (88%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Pastrnak – Zacha7:48

    xG 0.30–0.22 (57%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrlov – McAvoy8:26

    xG 0.42–0.25 (62%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Orlov – Lindholm2:48

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – Clifton5:47

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)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.

BOS 2.5 xGTOR 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 49/100 · #769 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 55% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).