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Tue, Apr 23, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 2, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 81% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS113011117241
PHI1821329530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:40PHIScott HartnellUnassisted · Snap, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:54BOSWade ReddenAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Carl Soderberg · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:24PHIMatt ReadAssists: Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:31PHIOliver LauridsenGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:33PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 8:20BOSDavid KrejciUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:33PHISimon GagneAssists: Claude Giroux, Luke Schenn · Snap, 0.14 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:47BOSDougie Hamilton: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 4:41BOSDavid Krejci: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:40BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 9:40PHIJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 11:47BOSCarl Soderberg: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 12:54PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 16:05PHIDaniel Brière: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 18:01PHISimon Gagne: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
41Shots on goal30
4.9Expected goals2.7
70Shot attempts53
34Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
30Hits26
13Blocked shots20
16Giveaways12
5Takeaways6

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. bestKrejci – Lucic – Seguin4:27

    xG 1.04–0.16 (86%)attempts 12–1goals 1–1

  2. Jagr – Kelly – Soderberg6:12

    xG 0.61–0.23 (72%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille8:06

    xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Peverley – Lucic7:13

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – McQuaid11:38

    xG 1.50–0.53 (74%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Redden – Seidenberg13:29

    xG 1.50–0.82 (65%)attempts 17–14goals 2–2

  3. Chara – Hamilton12:33

    xG 0.63–0.35 (64%)attempts 15–5goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagne – Giroux – Voracek11:58

    xG 0.68–0.59 (54%)attempts 10–9goals 2–1

  2. Brière – Hartnell – Couturier10:46

    xG 0.43–0.40 (52%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Fedotenko – Rosehill7:53

    xG 0.01–0.68 (2%)attempts 1–14goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Schenn – Read10:58

    xG 0.78–2.29 (25%)attempts 11–24goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Lauridsen15:52

    xG 0.92–0.75 (55%)attempts 18–19goals 3–0

  2. Lilja – Gustafsson16:00

    xG 0.37–0.92 (29%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  3. Foster – Manning12:43

    xG 0.49–2.38 (17%)attempts 8–23goals 2–2

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.

PHI 2.7 xGBOS 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #339 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 81% 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).