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Thu, Nov 13, 2025·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Boston Bruins 3, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0411027321
OTT2100438522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:28OTTClaude GirouxPPAssists: Tim Stützle, Dylan Cozens · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:03OTTDylan CozensAssists: Fabian Zetterlund, Ridly Greig · Snap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:49BOSMorgan GeekieAssists: David Pastrnak, Marat Khusnutdinov · Slap, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:06OTTShane PintoAssists: Michael Amadio, Jake Sanderson · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:49BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Morgan Geekie, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:15BOSMark KastelicAssists: Tanner Jeannot · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:17OTTTim StützleGWGAssists: Drake Batherson, Artem Zub · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:42OTTTim StützleENAssists: Claude Giroux, Nikolas Matinpalo · Wrist, 0.81 xG3–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:40BOSJeffrey Viel: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:56BOSMason Lohrei: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 3:46OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:40OTTKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 14:40BOSTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 2:11OTTArtem Zub: Interference2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← BOS attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Stützle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSOTT
21Shots on goal22
2.1Expected goals2.9
51Shot attempts50
19Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
30Hits26
18Blocked shots19
23Giveaways16
6Takeaways7

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. bestKuraly – Eyssimont – Viel8:00

    xG 0.48–0.21 (70%)attempts 11–7goals 0–2

  2. Jeannot – Kastelic – Minten10:56

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Pastrnak – Geekie – Khusnutdinov10:49

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  4. Arvidsson – Zacha – Steeves10:08

    xG 0.20–0.22 (47%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Peeke14:33

    xG 0.37–0.13 (73%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  2. Zadorov – McAvoy15:30

    xG 0.33–0.26 (55%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Zadorov – Peeke2:05

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Batherson – Stützle11:04

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Zetterlund – Cozens – Greig9:45

    xG 0.32–0.30 (52%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Eller – Cousins – MacDermid3:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Eller – Cousins – Zetterlund2:14

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub13:52

    xG 0.32–0.03 (91%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Spence – Kleven9:29

    xG 0.24–0.03 (91%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  3. Spence – Sanderson2:56

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 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.

OTT 2.9 xGBOS 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #310 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 67% of the time.

OTT winsBOS wins

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

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