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Fri, Oct 30, 2015·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 3, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 71% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1729014330
FLA0717018132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:22BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: Zdeno Chara, Colin Miller · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:07BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Torey Krug, Brett Connolly · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:13BOSZdeno CharaPPAssists: David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron · Tip-in, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:32FLANick BjugstadPPAssists: Dave Bolland, Brandon Pirri · Slap, 0.44 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:57FLAReilly Smith: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:37BOSJimmy Hayes: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:28FLABrandon Pirri: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:53BOSColin Miller: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:20BOSJoe Morrow: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 11:53BOSAdam McQuaid: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 0:29FLABrandon Pirri: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 15:01BOSZdeno Chara: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 17:54BOSBrad Marchand: Boarding5 min
  10. P3 17:54BOSBrad Marchand: Game misconduct10 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
47% to win54% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Bolland
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
30Shots on goal32
4.3Expected goals3.1
46Shot attempts60
34Faceoffs won29
3Power plays6
25Penalty minutes6
41Hits34
17Blocked shots6
2Giveaways5
8Takeaways6

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. bestBeleskey – Hayes – Spooner9:25

    xG 2.39–0.18 (93%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Kelly – Rinaldo – Randell4:29

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Connolly9:42

    xG 0.20–0.19 (51%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  4. Eriksson – Krejci – Pastrnak10:49

    xG 0.22–0.27 (45%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Morrow5:07

    xG 2.41–0.21 (92%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Krug3:34

    xG 0.30–0.02 (95%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Chara – Miller7:57

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Bjugstad – Huberdeau5:05

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – MacKenzie – Brickley5:14

    xG 0.08–0.03 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Bjugstad – Huberdeau5:53

    xG 0.02–0.07 (26%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Bolland – Smith – Pirri4:55

    xG 0.10–0.18 (35%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Ekblad15:18

    xG 0.53–0.46 (54%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Petrovic10:24

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Gudbranson14:49

    xG 0.29–2.57 (10%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

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 3.1 xGBOS 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #1032 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 71% 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).