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Wed, Oct 8, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI070716120
BOS11406113233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:39BOSReilly SmithPPAssists: Carl Soderberg, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:19PHISean CouturierAssists: Jakub Voracek, Matt Read · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:09BOSChris KellyGWGAssists: Adam McQuaid, Carl Soderberg · Wrist, 0.51 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:44PHIZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:02BOSDennis Seidenberg: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:52PHILuke Schenn: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 10:52BOSBobby Robins: Charging2 min
  5. P2 10:52PHILuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:52BOSBobby Robins: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 12:39BOSLoui Eriksson: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 7:11BOSPatrice Bergeron: Holding2 min
  9. P3 13:59PHIZac Rinaldo: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 0:00BOSBrad 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% 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
20Shots on goal33
1.2Expected goals2.0
44Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won36
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes15
26Hits23
15Blocked shots15
8Giveaways6
9Takeaways7

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. Simmonds – Read – Couturier11:16

    xG 0.21–0.18 (53%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Lecavalier – Umberger – Raffl11:11

    xG 0.11–0.16 (41%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Rinaldo – Akeson – Bellemare7:25

    xG 0.13–0.20 (39%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – Schenn12:45

    xG 0.05–0.90 (5%)attempts 4–20goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Coburn – MacDonald14:00

    xG 0.25–0.22 (54%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Grossmann13:15

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Del Zotto12:27

    xG 0.06–0.72 (8%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – Eriksson – Soderberg12:23

    xG 0.81–0.16 (84%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith12:10

    xG 0.42–0.06 (87%)attempts 19–6goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Fraser – Spooner8:08

    xG 0.20–0.02 (90%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Paille – Robins – Cunningham6:01

    xG 0.06–0.03 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug12:30

    xG 0.31–0.08 (79%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McQuaid4:46

    xG 0.17–0.02 (89%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – McQuaid11:18

    xG 0.25–0.11 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 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 2.0 xGPHI 1.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #701 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +45 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 68% 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).