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Sat, Mar 21, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 1, Florida Panthers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 65% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
BOS0121708000127
FLA190806021225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:41FLAJimmy HayesAssists: Dave Bolland, Jussi Jokinen · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:52BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Ryan Spooner, Dougie Hamilton · Slap, 0.09 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Patrice Bergeron stopped
  2. 2. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  3. 3. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  4. 4. FLA Brandon Pirri scored
  5. 5. BOS Ryan Spooner stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:37BOSDennis Seidenberg: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 10:14FLAAlexander Petrovic: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 19:13BOSZdeno Chara: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 1:52FLADave Bolland: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:30BOSDennis Seidenberg: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:22FLAErik Gudbranson: Boarding2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
27Shots on goal25
2.2Expected goals1.4
52Shot attempts48
41Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
33Hits49
11Blocked shots9
0Giveaways4
1Takeaways10

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. bestPaille – Bergeron – Marchand7:00

    xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak4:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Talbot – Ferlin6:24

    xG 0.07–0.09 (46%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Spooner – Pastrnak8:01

    xG 0.33–0.46 (42%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McQuaid6:36

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. McQuaid – Bartkowski7:18

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – McQuaid2:34

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Bolland – Hayes8:44

    xG 0.48–0.02 (96%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – MacKenzie – Upshall6:46

    xG 0.35–0.04 (89%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Boyes – Pirri – Bjugstad7:50

    xG 0.04–0.22 (17%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov13:19

    xG 0.10–0.73 (12%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad13:35

    xG 0.32–0.13 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Gudbranson14:48

    xG 0.28–0.37 (43%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Petrovic15:12

    xG 0.42–0.61 (41%)attempts 10–18goals 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.

FLA 1.4 xGBOS 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #791 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 65% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).