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Sun, Mar 30, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 85% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
BOS11021306012430
PHI211016117081352

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:25PHIVincent LecavalierAssists: Adam Hall · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:43BOSAndrej MeszarosAssists: Brad Marchand, Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:18PHIKimmo TimonenAssists: Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:44BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: Jarome Iginla, David Krejci · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:05BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Reilly Smith, Matt Bartkowski · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:35PHIVincent LecavalierAssists: Jakub Voracek, Kimmo Timonen · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Vincent Lecavalier stopped
  2. 2. BOS Patrice Bergeron scored
  3. 3. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  4. 4. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  5. 5. PHI Michael Raffl stopped
  6. 6. BOS Jarome Iginla stopped
  7. 7. PHI Matt Read stopped
  8. 8. BOS David Krejci stopped
  9. 9. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  10. 10. BOS Reilly Smith scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 15:51PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 15:51BOSJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 2:13BOSKevan Miller: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:33PHIAdam Hall: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:11BOSChris Kelly: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:25PHIScott Hartnell: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:15BOSDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 3:28BOSZdeno Chara: 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
48% to win52% to win
← BOS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
30Shots on goal52
1.8Expected goals4.2
49Shot attempts71
32Faceoffs won41
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
44Hits43
10Blocked shots14
4Giveaways7
5Takeaways4

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 – Smith12:38

    xG 0.34–0.23 (60%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  2. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg12:02

    xG 0.41–0.36 (53%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Campbell – Paille7:21

    xG 0.10–0.11 (47%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Iginla – Krejci – Lucic12:09

    xG 0.14–0.53 (21%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chara – Hamilton17:12

    xG 0.74–0.69 (52%)attempts 17–17goals 1–0

  2. Boychuk – Meszaros15:33

    xG 0.27–0.33 (45%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  3. Bartkowski – Miller14:01

    xG 0.16–1.41 (10%)attempts 11–18goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Schenn – McGinn8:19

    xG 1.19–0.26 (82%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Read – Couturier – Raffl11:49

    xG 0.50–0.29 (63%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Hall – Rinaldo5:08

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  4. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:09

    xG 0.37–0.30 (55%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacDonald – Schenn15:36

    xG 1.30–0.43 (75%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Grossmann3:41

    xG 0.27–0.02 (92%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Streit – MacDonald2:12

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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 4.2 xGBOS 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #120 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 85% 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).