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Sat, Mar 30, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 1, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

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

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS012012110134
PHI171718322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:19PHIMike KnublePPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:18PHIMatt ReadGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Bruno Gervais · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:00BOSNathan HortonAssists: Milan Lucic, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:01PHIRuslan FedotenkoENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:56PHIOliver Lauridsen: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:50BOSZdeno Chara: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:16PHIClaude Giroux: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:16PHILuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 19:16BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 19:16BOSPatrice Bergeron: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 4:26PHISimon Gagne: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
34Shots on goal22
2.7Expected goals3.2
67Shot attempts43
22Faceoffs won28
2Power plays1
6Penalty minutes8
24Hits33
13Blocked shots20
11Giveaways10
8Takeaways9

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. bestHorton – Krejci – Lucic14:40

    xG 1.48–0.13 (92%)attempts 22–6goals 1–0

  2. Pandolfo – Peverley – Caron8:01

    xG 0.50–0.30 (63%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille8:09

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Seguin13:55

    xG 0.31–0.37 (45%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Seidenberg16:29

    xG 1.39–0.42 (77%)attempts 23–11goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Seidenberg2:37

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Boychuk4:11

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTalbot – Rinaldo – Couturier8:34

    xG 0.29–0.23 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Read11:54

    xG 0.35–0.42 (45%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  3. Knuble – Gagne – Fedotenko8:04

    xG 0.06–0.17 (27%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Simmonds – Schenn13:12

    xG 0.16–0.64 (20%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Gustafsson2:09

    xG 0.08–0.03 (73%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Timonen – Schenn2:36

    xG 0.01–0.03 (30%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Gervais15:13

    xG 0.25–0.38 (40%)attempts 10–17goals 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.

PHI 3.2 xGBOS 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #588 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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.

PHI winsBOS wins

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

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