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Tue, Nov 5, 2024·Scotiabank Arena, Toronto

Boston Bruins 0, Toronto Maple Leafs 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Toronto Maple Leafs win this game 66% of the time.

TOR winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS07012010029
TOR0721129427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:44TORMorgan RiellyPPGWGAssists: Mitch Marner, Matthew Knies · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:58TORWilliam NylanderPPAssists: Mitch Marner, Morgan Rielly · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 14:13TORMatthew KniesPPAssists: William Nylander, Morgan Rielly · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P3 15:58TORSteven LorentzENAssists: Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.54 xG0–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 2:27TORRyan Reaves: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 3:04BOSCharlie McAvoy: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:33BOSCharlie Coyle: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:41TORChris Tanev: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 16:41BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 16:41TORChris Tanev: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 2:27TORJake McCabe: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 8:29BOSNikita Zadorov: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 9:34BOSDavid Pastrnak: High sticking2 min · PPG
  10. P2 10:43BOSCharlie McAvoy: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 15:08TORPontus Holmberg: Slashing2 min
  12. P2 19:00TORMax Domi: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 0:43BOSBrad Marchand: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 5:03TORMatthew Knies: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 13:40BOSMark Kastelic: Roughing2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Domi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSTOR
29Shots on goal27
2.3Expected goals3.1
57Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won34
6Power plays7
16Penalty minutes14
32Hits19
10Blocked shots12
14Giveaways9
5Takeaways4

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. bestCoyle – Zacha – Brazeau4:58

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  2. Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher5:29

    xG 0.13–0.03 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak7:24

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Johnson – Frederic – Poitras5:29

    xG 0.12–0.12 (51%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wotherspoon – McAvoy2:00

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

  2. Lindholm – Wotherspoon2:06

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

  3. Wotherspoon – Peeke3:33

    xG 0.10–0.08 (58%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestPacioretty – Tavares – Nylander9:20

    xG 0.57–0.25 (70%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Domi – Marner – Knies6:31

    xG 0.34–0.11 (76%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Holmberg – Robertson – McMann6:15

    xG 0.15–0.24 (37%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Reaves – Lorentz – Kampf6:23

    xG 0.01–0.13 (10%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Rielly9:42

    xG 0.58–0.22 (73%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – McCabe9:09

    xG 0.34–0.10 (78%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Timmins2:38

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

TOR 3.1 xGBOS 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 10/100 · #1177 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 66% 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).