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Thu, Jan 13, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Boston Bruins 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 64% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI112212211535
BOS112110515737

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:34PHIScott HartnellAssists: Ville Leino, Daniel Brière · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:16BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: Marc Savard, David Krejci · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:45BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Steven Kampfer, Mark Recchi · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:25PHINikolay ZherdevAssists: Andreas Nodl · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:24PHIJeff CarterAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Kimmo Timonen · Snap, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:38BOSMark RecchiAssists: Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–3
  7. P3 1:48BOSMichael RyderAssists: Adam McQuaid, Nathan Horton · Tip-in, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 6:48PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Braydon Coburn, Ville Leino · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–4
  9. P3 7:41PHISean O'DonnellAssists: Mike Richards, Nikolay Zherdev · Snap, 0.07 xG5–4
  10. P3 11:26BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Gregory Campbell, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–5
  11. P3 18:46BOSSteven KampferGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG5–6
  12. P3 19:53BOSGregory CampbellAssists: Blake Wheeler, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.16 xG5–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:35PHIJody Shelley: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:35BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:53BOSTyler Seguin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 13:24PHIMike Richards: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 16:46PHIScott Hartnell: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P1 17:42PHIBraydon Coburn: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 8:56PHIDaniel Brière: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 15:26PHIMike Richards: High sticking2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brière won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
35Shots on goal37
3.2Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts63
30Faceoffs won42
1Power plays5
15Penalty minutes7
24Hits17
16Blocked shots9
6Giveaways3
6Takeaways4

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestZherdev – Richards – Nodl10:20

    xG 1.36–0.16 (89%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Brière – Hartnell – Leino11:41

    xG 1.05–0.44 (70%)attempts 16–13goals 2–2

  3. Carter – Giroux – van Riemsdyk10:10

    xG 0.38–0.33 (53%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  4. Shelley – Betts – Powe3:58

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn15:23

    xG 1.84–0.35 (84%)attempts 18–16goals 4–1

  2. Carle – Meszaros2:48

    xG 0.15–0.01 (93%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. O'Donnell – Meszaros11:33

    xG 0.69–0.56 (55%)attempts 12–7goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestRecchi – Bergeron – Marchand10:57

    xG 0.64–0.52 (55%)attempts 12–10goals 3–1

  2. Wheeler – Krejci – Seguin11:40

    xG 0.24–0.44 (35%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille5:21

    xG 0.14–0.39 (26%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  4. Savard – Ryder – Horton11:19

    xG 0.28–1.36 (17%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chara – Kampfer12:02

    xG 0.60–0.55 (52%)attempts 13–11goals 3–2

  2. Ference – McQuaid7:39

    xG 0.20–0.22 (47%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Boychuk17:49

    xG 0.39–0.48 (45%)attempts 16–14goals 1–2

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 2.4 xGPHI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #9 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.57 · 12 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 64% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

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

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