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Sat, Mar 17, 2012·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Boston Bruins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI0718112022229
BOS21108013013333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:23BOSChris KellyAssists: Benoit Pouliot, Brian Rolston · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:07BOSTyler SeguinAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:16PHIMatt ReadPPAssists: Daniel Brière, Matt Carle · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:43PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Braydon Coburn, Matt Read · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS David Krejci scored
  2. 2. PHI Matt Read scored
  3. 3. BOS Tyler Seguin scored
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  5. 5. BOS Patrice Bergeron scored
  6. 6. PHI Daniel Brière stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:55BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:55PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:37BOSJordan Caron: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 11:58PHIJaromir Jagr: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 14:24BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 1:49PHIZac Rinaldo: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 4:08BOSJohnny Boychuk: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 4:08PHIMax Talbot: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 7:17BOSTyler Seguin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 11:04BOSShawn Thornton: Interference goalkeeper2 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 20:00Lucic won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
29Shots on goal33
1.8Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts64
20Faceoffs won35
4Power plays2
14Penalty minutes18
17Hits28
18Blocked shots16
5Giveaways6
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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Hartnell – Giroux12:25

    xG 0.45–0.29 (61%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Voracek – Wellwood2:41

    xG 0.05–0.06 (46%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Rinaldo – Wellwood – Couturier3:06

    xG 0.04–0.17 (18%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Schenn – Read5:10

    xG 0.06–0.37 (13%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrossmann – Gustafsson3:30

    xG 0.27–0.04 (86%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Gustafsson3:13

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Timonen – Gustafsson3:39

    xG 0.06–0.05 (57%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin13:25

    xG 0.71–0.33 (68%)attempts 18–11goals 1–1

  2. Rolston – Kelly – Pouliot9:46

    xG 0.34–0.13 (72%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille6:35

    xG 0.07–0.19 (27%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Lucic – Caron12:25

    xG 0.28–0.48 (37%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZanon – McQuaid11:54

    xG 0.73–0.17 (81%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Ference – Boychuk13:00

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  3. Chara – Seidenberg18:43

    xG 0.38–0.52 (43%)attempts 20–14goals 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 2.5 xGPHI 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 68/100 · #363 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 66% 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).