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Sat, Jan 25, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 6, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS29213211633
PHI0120915126

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:30BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: Jarome Iginla, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:42BOSJarome IginlaGWGAssists: Milan Lucic, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:59BOSReilly SmithUnassisted · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:10BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.15 xG4–0
  5. P3 7:55PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Kimmo Timonen · Slap, 0.03 xG4–1
  6. P3 8:21BOSJarome IginlaPPAssists: Torey Krug, David Krejci · Slap, 0.03 xG5–1
  7. P3 9:16BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: Jarome Iginla, David Krejci · Snap, 0.19 xG6–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:07PHINicklas Grossmann: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 5:32PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:39PHIScott Hartnell: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 7:39BOSJohnny Boychuk: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 9:42PHIJay Rosehill: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 13:21PHILuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 13:21BOSGregory Campbell: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 14:59BOSDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:44BOSZdeno Chara: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 8:11PHINicklas Grossmann: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
33Shots on goal26
2.3Expected goals1.7
62Shot attempts51
40Faceoffs won27
5Power plays2
14Penalty minutes20
19Hits39
18Blocked shots19
5Giveaways8
4Takeaways1

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 – Smith8:28

    xG 0.42–0.18 (70%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Caron7:58

    xG 0.30–0.09 (77%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic11:40

    xG 0.38–0.23 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  4. Paille – Eriksson – Soderberg11:50

    xG 0.12–0.48 (20%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug7:58

    xG 0.52–0.12 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton9:26

    xG 0.42–0.17 (71%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Boychuk – Bartkowski7:48

    xG 0.20–0.18 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn8:03

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  2. Read – Couturier – Raffl9:46

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 0–2

  3. Hall – Rosehill – VandeVelde6:55

    xG 0.05–0.05 (51%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Hartnell – Simmonds2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn13:19

    xG 0.54–0.25 (69%)attempts 18–6goals 0–1

  2. Streit – Gustafsson3:48

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Gustafsson2:09

    xG 0.01–0.07 (18%)attempts 3–1goals 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 1.7 xGBOS 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1016 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 62% 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).