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Mon, Dec 27, 2010·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 3, Florida Panthers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 77% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
BOS012114112041342
FLA010211012010234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:02FLADavid BoothAssists: Michael Frolik · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:05BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Michael Ryder, Zdeno Chara · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:51FLAMike SantorelliAssists: Michael Frolik, Bryan Allen · Tip-in, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:35BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Blake Wheeler, Michael Ryder · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. FLA Mike Santorelli stopped
  2. 2. BOS Tyler Seguin stopped
  3. 3. FLA Stephen Weiss stopped
  4. 4. BOS Blake Wheeler scored
  5. 5. FLA Evgenii Dadonov stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:23FLABill Thomas: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 18:05FLAMarty Reasoner: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:05BOSZdeno Chara: Diving2 min
  4. P2 16:39BOSTim Thomas: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  5. P3 6:14BOSMarc Savard: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Reinprecht won the faceoff against Campbell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
42Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals1.8
68Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won27
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
34Hits34
17Blocked shots11
3Giveaways7
5Takeaways6

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. bestRyder – Wheeler – Krejci11:22

    xG 1.38–0.39 (78%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  2. Savard – Horton – Lucic12:25

    xG 0.42–0.42 (50%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Recchi – Bergeron – Seguin10:29

    xG 0.41–0.46 (47%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille9:34

    xG 0.20–0.26 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Boychuk6:25

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Boychuk8:23

    xG 0.27–0.05 (84%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Kampfer8:21

    xG 0.34–0.23 (60%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Reinprecht – Hordichuk – Thomas3:12

    xG 0.06–0.01 (81%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Booth – Santorelli – Frolik9:54

    xG 0.32–0.34 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

  3. Reasoner – Bernier – Matthias11:16

    xG 0.21–0.34 (38%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Higgins – Dadonov13:41

    xG 0.23–0.67 (26%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Weaver2:49

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Weaver – Garrison15:53

    xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 15–17goals 1–0

  3. McCabe – Kulikov16:51

    xG 0.47–0.71 (39%)attempts 15–15goals 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.

FLA 1.8 xGBOS 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #522 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 77% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).