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Thu, Oct 17, 2013·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 3, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 63% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS215011114340
FLA0818113229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45BOSDaniel PailleAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, Matt Bartkowski · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:47BOSDougie HamiltonPPAssists: David Krejci, Zdeno Chara · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:32FLAKris VersteegAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Tom Gilbert · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:00FLAJesse WinchesterAssists: Nick Bjugstad · Tip-in, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:01BOSReilly SmithGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Torey Krug · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 11:16FLAShawn Matthias: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 18:24BOSReilly Smith: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 6:24FLADmitry Kulikov: High sticking double minor4 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
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
40Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals2.1
63Shot attempts38
31Faceoffs won26
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
31Hits27
3Blocked shots14
3Giveaways7
6Takeaways12

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. bestEriksson – Bergeron – Smith12:59

    xG 1.25–0.23 (84%)attempts 24–5goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:13

    xG 0.61–0.15 (80%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic13:28

    xG 0.39–0.36 (53%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Marchand – Caron10:19

    xG 0.02–0.80 (2%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Hamilton16:05

    xG 0.88–0.47 (65%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Krug13:09

    xG 0.63–0.37 (63%)attempts 19–8goals 1–0

  3. Seidenberg – Bartkowski15:21

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestGoc – Matthias – Winchester2:19

    xG 0.18–0.02 (91%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Goc – Upshall – Winchester3:04

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Kopecky – Upshall – Bjugstad3:18

    xG 0.13–0.10 (56%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Kopecky – Goc – Huberdeau3:39

    xG 0.03–0.07 (30%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilroy – Gudbranson11:45

    xG 0.78–0.62 (56%)attempts 9–10goals 1–1

  2. Weaver – Kulikov13:39

    xG 0.44–0.49 (47%)attempts 10–16goals 0–1

  3. Campbell – Gilbert16:09

    xG 0.46–0.99 (32%)attempts 10–20goals 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 2.1 xGBOS 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 66/100 · #344 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 63% 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).