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Thu, Oct 6, 2011·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 61% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI21301204229
BOS1606011123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:42BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Joe Corvo · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:10PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Chris Pronger · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:57PHIJakub VoracekGWGAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 9:00PHIZac Rinaldo: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:43BOSNathan Horton: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:26BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 7:26PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:11BOSDennis Seidenberg: Holding2 min
  6. P2 15:29PHIDaniel Brière: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:41PHIWayne Simmonds: Holding2 min
  8. P3 7:24PHIBraydon Coburn: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 10:13PHIWayne Simmonds: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 15:39BOSJohnny Boychuk: Holding2 min
  11. P3 19:40BOSBrad Marchand: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 19:57PHIClaude Giroux: Interference2 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
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Brière
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
29Shots on goal23
2.3Expected goals1.7
47Shot attempts52
16Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
14Penalty minutes10
17Hits19
17Blocked shots9
5Giveaways11
2Takeaways8

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. bestJagr – Giroux – van Riemsdyk9:58

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Read – Couturier6:48

    xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Nodl – Rinaldo5:40

    xG 0.17–0.07 (70%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Brière – Voracek – Simmonds10:33

    xG 0.24–0.39 (38%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn11:00

    xG 0.30–0.13 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Carle2:12

    xG 0.19–0.06 (76%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Lilja – Meszaros7:24

    xG 0.35–0.26 (58%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Caron – Seguin9:34

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille8:40

    xG 0.18–0.26 (41%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Peverley – Marchand8:55

    xG 0.24–0.34 (42%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Horton – Krejci – Lucic9:42

    xG 0.24–0.49 (33%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCorvo – Seidenberg9:36

    xG 0.28–0.18 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Bartkowski6:29

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Boychuk2:53

    xG 0.01–0.04 (20%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

BOS 1.7 xGPHI 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 34/100 · #780 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 61% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

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

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