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Sat, Dec 12, 2015·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 1, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 64% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0607114127
BOS11011015325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:35BOSRyan SpoonerAssists: Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:00BOSRyan SpoonerPPGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:56FLAReilly SmithAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Brandon Pirri · Snap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:37BOSBrad MarchandENAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.53 xG1–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 6:24FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:24BOSZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 6:24FLAAaron Ekblad: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 15:19BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:15BOSZac Rinaldo: Charging2 min
  6. P3 6:15FLAShawn Thornton: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:15FLAShawn Thornton: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:15BOSZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
27Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals2.2
47Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won32
1Power plays1
8Penalty minutes8
25Hits25
13Blocked shots11
18Giveaways7
4Takeaways4

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Smith – Trocheck2:33

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov8:27

    xG 0.29–0.12 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Shaw – Huberdeau – Barkov2:56

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Jokinen – Trocheck4:05

    xG 0.10–0.08 (56%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMitchell – Campbell13:36

    xG 0.53–0.16 (77%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. Campbell – Ekblad2:00

    xG 0.19–0.06 (77%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Olsen – Gudbranson10:35

    xG 0.16–0.07 (70%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Krejci – Beleskey12:52

    xG 0.69–0.12 (85%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Talbot – Rinaldo – Ferraro9:09

    xG 0.10–0.04 (70%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Hayes – Spooner – Vatrano8:22

    xG 0.24–0.37 (39%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Connolly14:46

    xG 0.15–0.80 (16%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Miller13:30

    xG 0.46–0.06 (88%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Krug15:48

    xG 0.33–0.37 (47%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Krug2:10

    xG 0.04–0.08 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

BOS 2.2 xGFLA 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1038 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 64% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

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

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