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Sat, Oct 26, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Boston Bruins 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 58% of the time.

BOS winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
TOR052111601323
BOS01031201012434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:35TORMatthew KniesAssists: Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:57BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Pavel Zacha · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:44TORMorgan RiellyAssists: Mitch Marner, Chris Tanev · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:38BOSJustin BrazeauAssists: Trent Frederic, Matthew Poitras · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:14BOSMark KastelicAssists: John Beecher, Cole Koepke · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:43TORAuston MatthewsAssists: Mitch Marner, John Tavares · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:26BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: David Pastrnak · Backhand, 0.33 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:40TORRyan Reaves: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:34BOSMorgan Geekie: Interference2 min
  3. P1 12:03BOSJohn Beecher: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:31TORJake McCabe: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:11TOROliver Ekman-Larsson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 7:11BOSCharlie Coyle: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 8:24TORWilliam Nylander: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P2 19:47BOSTrent Frederic: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 9:58TORNick Robertson: 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
43% to win57% to win
← TOR attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Matthews
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORBOS
23Shots on goal34
3.0Expected goals3.5
59Shot attempts65
35Faceoffs won23
3Power plays5
12Penalty minutes8
27Hits20
18Blocked shots19
12Giveaways11
7Takeaways6

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. bestPacioretty – Tavares – Robertson3:35

    xG 0.53–0.14 (79%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Marner – Matthews – Knies10:44

    xG 0.70–0.37 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Reaves – Lorentz – Kampf5:26

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Domi – Nylander – McMann4:44

    xG 0.05–0.09 (34%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – McCabe10:44

    xG 0.60–0.33 (64%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Rielly2:00

    xG 0.23–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Benoit2:25

    xG 0.04–0.05 (44%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKastelic – Koepke – Beecher7:38

    xG 0.32–0.06 (84%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Marchand – Coyle – Brazeau2:08

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Frederic – Brazeau – Poitras2:19

    xG 0.43–0.26 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Frederic – Brazeau – Geekie4:05

    xG 0.12–0.04 (76%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Peeke11:43

    xG 0.66–0.07 (90%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy3:58

    xG 0.01–0.06 (9%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Carlo9:13

    xG 0.36–0.43 (46%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

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 3.5 xGTOR 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 90/100 · #126 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.42 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 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 58% 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).