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Sat, Apr 5, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 83% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI092908226
BOS18112322542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:56BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Loui Eriksson, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:36PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Mark Streit, Claude Giroux · Backhand, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:55BOSMilan LucicAssists: David Krejci, Loui Eriksson · Slap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:21PHIJay RosehillAssists: Michael Raffl, Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:54BOSJohnny BoychukGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:25BOSMilan LucicAssists: Torey Krug, Loui Eriksson · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:39BOSChris KellyENAssists: Loui Eriksson, Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.66 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:51BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 10:46BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:46PHIJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 4:11BOSPatrice Bergeron: Interference2 min
  5. P2 12:43BOSTorey Krug: Broken stick2 min · PPG
  6. P3 15:24PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackBOS 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.

PHIBOS
26Shots on goal42
2.3Expected goals4.6
47Shot attempts71
21Faceoffs won31
3Power plays1
7Penalty minutes11
27Hits29
15Blocked shots11
10Giveaways7
8Takeaways8

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Rosehill – Raffl5:02

    xG 0.13–0.07 (65%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Rinaldo – Read – Couturier8:34

    xG 0.35–0.35 (50%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

  3. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn10:21

    xG 0.43–0.96 (31%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

  4. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:37

    xG 0.43–1.27 (25%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn12:39

    xG 0.61–0.31 (67%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Streit – MacDonald2:21

    xG 0.02–0.05 (24%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann3:44

    xG 0.04–0.20 (17%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Krejci – Lucic13:38

    xG 1.62–0.97 (63%)attempts 24–12goals 3–1

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille8:18

    xG 0.56–0.06 (90%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Soderberg – Caron8:47

    xG 0.48–0.03 (94%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith10:27

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoychuk – Bartkowski15:50

    xG 1.55–0.55 (74%)attempts 27–10goals 1–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton15:51

    xG 1.19–0.45 (72%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Boychuk2:00

    xG 0.08–0.02 (82%)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.

BOS 4.6 xGPHI 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #465 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 83% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

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

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