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Wed, Jan 13, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 51% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS08212012232
PHI150927321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:28PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:38BOSKevan MillerAssists: Max Talbot · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:26BOSLoui ErikssonPPAssists: Ryan Spooner, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:10PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:32PHIMark StreitGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:13BOSKevan Miller: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:13PHIBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:43BOSBrett Connolly: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:20BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:24BOSZach Trotman: Holding2 min
  6. P2 16:01PHIEvgeny Medvedev: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:27PHIBrandon Manning: Delaying game2 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 SOG0PHI
47% to win54% to win
← BOS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
32Shots on goal21
3.7Expected goals3.8
55Shot attempts58
25Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
28Hits25
20Blocked shots11
8Giveaways13
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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestConnolly – Vatrano – Kemppainen8:37

    xG 0.88–0.66 (57%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Hayes12:12

    xG 0.32–0.12 (73%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Beleskey – Spooner11:45

    xG 0.57–0.37 (60%)attempts 15–11goals 0–1

  4. Talbot – Rinaldo – Ferraro8:40

    xG 0.24–0.70 (26%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Miller9:42

    xG 1.01–0.12 (89%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Miller4:13

    xG 0.47–0.10 (83%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Krug2:48

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Simmonds12:11

    xG 1.44–0.29 (83%)attempts 24–10goals 3–1

  2. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare9:07

    xG 0.28–0.01 (95%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Couturier – Raffl8:42

    xG 0.13–0.74 (15%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Umberger – Read – Laughton9:43

    xG 0.19–0.94 (17%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Medvedev2:24

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Schultz10:55

    xG 0.29–0.23 (55%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  3. Del Zotto – Gudas17:40

    xG 0.32–0.76 (30%)attempts 15–15goals 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.

PHI 3.8 xGBOS 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #420 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 51% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

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

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