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Sun, Feb 24, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 4, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS21111318432
FLA11107017135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:57BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci · Snap, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:52BOSZdeno CharaGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Tyler Seguin · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:38FLATomas KopeckyAssists: Drew Shore, Tomas Fleischmann · Slap, 0.29 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:30BOSChris KellyPPAssists: Daniel Paille, Chris Bourque · Slap, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:23BOSDaniel PailleENAssists: Adam McQuaid · Slap, 0.75 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:04BOSChris Kelly: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:39FLABrian Campbell: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 17:42BOSMilan Lucic: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 17:42BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:53BOSMilan Lucic: Misconduct10 min
  6. P3 16:36BOSZdeno Chara: 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Weiss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
32Shots on goal35
3.1Expected goals2.5
53Shot attempts70
30Faceoffs won26
1Power plays4
18Penalty minutes2
26Hits22
18Blocked shots10
2Giveaways7
9Takeaways5

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. bestBergeron – Marchand – Seguin12:51

    xG 0.74–0.21 (77%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Horton – Krejci – Lucic8:36

    xG 0.31–0.26 (54%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Kelly – Bourque – Peverley9:15

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:15

    xG 0.30–0.58 (34%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Boychuk5:51

    xG 0.43–0.11 (79%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – McQuaid2:36

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Boychuk10:55

    xG 0.37–0.27 (58%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestKopecky – Fleischmann – Shore6:38

    xG 0.51–0.18 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Mueller – Shore – Huberdeau5:18

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Parros – Smithson – Santorelli4:08

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Goc – Skille – Matthias3:45

    xG 0.06–0.04 (61%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrachan – Robak11:31

    xG 0.73–0.48 (60%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Kulikov2:12

    xG 0.11–0.06 (64%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Strachan2:47

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)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.

FLA 2.5 xGBOS 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 32/100 · #516 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 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, Boston Bruins win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

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

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