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Tue, Jan 28, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 2, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 84% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA08112110230
BOS219210212641

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:41BOSMilan LucicAssists: Jarome Iginla, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:26BOSZdeno CharaAssists: Torey Krug, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:46BOSMilan LucicGWGAssists: Jarome Iginla, Matt Bartkowski · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–3
  4. P2 14:54BOSReilly SmithPPAssists: Carl Soderberg, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P2 19:27FLABrad BoyesAssists: Nick Bjugstad · Snap, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 4:00FLADmitry KulikovPPAssists: Sean Bergenheim, Scott Gomez · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:14BOSShawn ThorntonAssists: Gregory Campbell · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:51BOSDavid KrejciUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG2–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:07FLAMike Weaver: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:31BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 14:22FLASean Bergenheim: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P3 2:35BOSShawn Thornton: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:18FLADmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 19:56FLATim Thomas: High sticking2 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 20:00Goc won the faceoff against Soderberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
30Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals4.6
51Shot attempts65
34Faceoffs won38
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
20Hits16
12Blocked shots9
8Giveaways11
7Takeaways5

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. bestFleischmann – Upshall – Bjugstad8:47

    xG 0.71–0.31 (69%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Fleischmann – Hayes – Shore3:14

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Kopecky – Hayes – Shore5:46

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

  4. Goc – Winchester – Huberdeau9:37

    xG 0.29–0.65 (31%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Campbell – Olsen2:09

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

  2. Weaver – Kulikov14:48

    xG 0.62–0.79 (44%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

  3. Jovanovski – Olsen9:53

    xG 0.33–0.54 (38%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic11:53

    xG 1.48–0.34 (82%)attempts 20–9goals 4–0

  2. Paille – Eriksson – Soderberg6:34

    xG 0.65–0.14 (82%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Thornton – Kelly – Campbell6:51

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Campbell – Paille4:03

    xG 0.04–0.06 (41%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Bartkowski17:24

    xG 1.44–0.56 (72%)attempts 24–16goals 3–1

  2. Chara – Hamilton14:26

    xG 0.76–0.45 (63%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Krug12:14

    xG 0.15–0.35 (30%)attempts 5–11goals 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.

BOS 4.6 xGFLA 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #415 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 84% 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).