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Wed, Oct 21, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Boston Bruins 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI21501021111537
BOS2122110601430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:28PHIPierre-Edouard BellemareAssists: Chris VandeVelde, Ryan White · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:28BOSBrett ConnollyAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:04PHISam GagnerAssists: Scott Laughton, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:24BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Loui Eriksson, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:31BOSChris KellySHAssists: Loui Eriksson, Zdeno Chara · Tip-in, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P2 8:49BOSJimmy HayesAssists: David Krejci · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:48PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P3 10:24PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: R.J. Umberger, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–4
  9. OT 2:09PHIClaude GirouxPPGWGAssists: Mark Streit, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.09 xG5–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 16:38PHIClaude Giroux: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P1 0:00PHIClaude Giroux: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 0:00BOSZac Rinaldo: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P1 0:00BOSZac Rinaldo: Charging5 min
  5. P1 0:00BOSZdeno Chara: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 11:39PHIWayne Simmonds: Hooking2 min
  7. OT 1:36BOSRyan Spooner: Hooking2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
47% to win54% to win
← PHI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
37Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals1.8
53Shot attempts54
33Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes19
38Hits28
17Blocked shots6
4Giveaways13
6Takeaways11

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. bestVandeVelde – White – Bellemare8:10

    xG 0.60–0.18 (77%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Umberger – Gagner – Laughton5:25

    xG 0.36–0.10 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl10:59

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Raffl2:06

    xG 0.18–0.02 (90%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Medvedev12:03

    xG 0.74–0.17 (81%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Schultz13:44

    xG 0.53–0.18 (74%)attempts 10–8goals 2–1

  3. Del Zotto – Gudas16:36

    xG 0.64–0.45 (59%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Krejci – Pastrnak10:52

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  2. Eriksson – Randell – Kemppainen2:09

    xG 0.09–0.06 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Hayes – Spooner9:13

    xG 0.04–0.38 (10%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  4. Rinaldo – Randell – Kemppainen2:13

    xG 0.07–0.41 (14%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. McQuaid – Krug9:29

    xG 0.16–0.13 (54%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Krug5:41

    xG 0.17–0.21 (44%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Miller10:09

    xG 0.27–0.34 (45%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

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 1.8 xGPHI 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 96/100 · #45 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.40 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 60% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

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

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