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Thu, Nov 7, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 1, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

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

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA080917124
BOS0719314430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:17BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Zdeno Chara, Dougie Hamilton · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:09BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P3 8:57BOSTorey KrugAssists: Chris Kelly, Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P3 14:25FLAJesse WinchesterAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Jonathan Huberdeau · Backhand, 0.29 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:13BOSReilly SmithUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:20BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:20FLAJesse Winchester: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:08BOSDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:27BOSCarl Soderberg: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 0:29BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 2:39FLAScottie Upshall: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 13:49FLAKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 13:49BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 10:39BOSBrad Marchand: Elbowing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Goc
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
24Shots on goal30
1.9Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won36
4Power plays1
12Penalty minutes18
16Hits24
12Blocked shots20
9Giveaways8
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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestWinchester – Bjugstad – Huberdeau7:34

    xG 0.47–0.34 (58%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  2. Gomez – Barch – Kopecky2:45

    xG 0.04–0.04 (54%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Goc – Fleischmann – Matthias11:33

    xG 0.32–0.44 (42%)attempts 10–7goals 0–2

  4. Upshall – Versteeg – Barkov13:37

    xG 0.17–0.64 (21%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gilbert16:32

    xG 0.78–0.56 (58%)attempts 17–15goals 1–0

  2. Gilroy – Gudbranson10:53

    xG 0.44–0.31 (59%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Kulikov – Gudbranson2:54

    xG 0.06–0.06 (47%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic13:11

    xG 0.92–0.52 (64%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille5:12

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Soderberg – Smith9:24

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–13goals 2–0

  4. Eriksson – Bergeron – Marchand11:05

    xG 0.35–0.51 (41%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug10:58

    xG 0.61–0.28 (69%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Seidenberg – Hamilton9:13

    xG 0.67–0.38 (64%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Hamilton5:49

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

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 2.4 xGFLA 1.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #899 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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.

BOS winsFLA wins

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

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