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Thu, Apr 9, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 2, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 59% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS01217117236
FLA0711439430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:02BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Loui Eriksson, Torey Krug · Tip-in, 0.33 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:40FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:02FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Brian Campbell · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:03FLABrad BoyesGWGAssists: Dave Bolland, Willie Mitchell · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:15BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Dennis Seidenberg, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:14FLAJimmy HayesAssists: Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:02FLAAleksander Barkov: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:18BOSBrett Connolly: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 8:18BOSBrett Connolly: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 8:18FLABrad Boyes: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 19:25BOSZdeno Chara: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 19:25FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 4:17FLABrad Boyes: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 14:37BOSAdam McQuaid: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 14:37FLAAlexander Petrovic: Fighting5 min · PPG
  10. P2 14:37BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min · PPG
  11. P2 14:37FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Cross checking2 min
  12. P2 14:54FLAWillie Mitchell: Interference2 min
  13. P2 17:44BOSBrett Connolly: High sticking2 min
  14. P3 17:23BOSReilly Smith: Too many men on the ice2 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 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
36Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals2.2
62Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
17Penalty minutes17
29Hits24
16Blocked shots13
4Giveaways8
6Takeaways4

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. bestTalbot – Krejci – Connolly6:37

    xG 0.61–0.05 (93%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Spooner – Connolly2:58

    xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Eriksson – Soderberg10:19

    xG 0.36–0.26 (58%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  4. Lucic – Spooner – Pastrnak8:08

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Trotman17:48

    xG 0.87–0.37 (70%)attempts 22–15goals 0–1

  2. McQuaid – Bartkowski7:35

    xG 0.18–0.07 (72%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Krug11:17

    xG 0.34–0.38 (47%)attempts 6–13goals 1–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – MacKenzie – Upshall10:27

    xG 0.25–0.15 (62%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov11:52

    xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Pirri – Trocheck10:05

    xG 0.23–0.36 (39%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Boyes – Jokinen – Bolland9:00

    xG 0.27–0.94 (22%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Campbell3:16

    xG 0.26–0.06 (81%)attempts 7–1goals 1–1

  2. Campbell – Kulikov2:44

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Petrovic2:34

    xG 0.14–0.07 (69%)attempts 4–5goals 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 2.2 xGBOS 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 46/100 · #617 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 59% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

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

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