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Sat, Jan 10, 2015·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1100424318
PHI080819125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:23BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Torey Krug, Zdeno Chara · Backhand, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P3 4:58BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: David Krejci, Adam McQuaid · Snap, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 9:51BOSChris KellySHAssists: Loui Eriksson, Zdeno Chara · Snap, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 14:13PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Mark Streit, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:07BOSAdam McQuaid: Instigator2 min
  2. P1 0:07BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 0:07BOSAdam McQuaid: Misconduct10 min
  4. P1 0:07PHINick Schultz: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 1:27PHIVincent Lecavalier: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 10:21PHIJakub Voracek: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P1 15:10BOSGregory Campbell: Slashing2 min
  8. P1 19:00PHIAndrew MacDonald: Holding2 min
  9. P2 8:33PHIMark Streit: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 10:18BOSDavid Pastrnak: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P3 8:56BOSAdam McQuaid: Holding2 min
  12. P3 11:57BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 14:04BOSAdam McQuaid: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
18Shots on goal25
1.1Expected goals1.7
40Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won29
4Power plays6
27Penalty minutes13
39Hits35
14Blocked shots13
3Giveaways4
2Takeaways3

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. Eriksson – Soderberg – Smith6:27

    xG 0.14–0.13 (51%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg2:58

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Campbell – Cunningham4:31

    xG 0.06–0.08 (46%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak8:03

    xG 0.21–0.27 (44%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Miller – Krug7:17

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – McQuaid8:01

    xG 0.21–0.22 (48%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Miller2:17

    xG 0.02–0.06 (28%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestUmberger – Read – Couturier8:32

    xG 0.37–0.09 (81%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Schenn9:55

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – VandeVelde – Bellemare4:05

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Laughton – Raffl5:19

    xG 0.01–0.04 (29%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Coburn10:38

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  2. Streit – MacDonald13:01

    xG 0.23–0.07 (76%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Del Zotto10:37

    xG 0.16–0.31 (34%)attempts 8–15goals 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 1.1 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #999 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% 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).