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Mon, Jan 25, 2016·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 78% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS2160619331
PHI08115113236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:04BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Ryan Spooner, David Krejci · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:27BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: Zdeno Chara, Colin Miller · Snap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:45PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Brayden Schenn, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.40 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:08PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Jakub Voracek, Michael Del Zotto · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:06BOSBrett ConnollyGWGAssists: Zdeno Chara, Kevan Miller · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:04PHIMichael Raffl: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:47PHIMichael Del Zotto: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 0:02BOSBrad Marchand: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:38BOSDennis Seidenberg: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:00BOSZach Trotman: Interference2 min
  6. P2 10:57BOSJimmy Hayes: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:36PHIMark Streit: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 18:22PHIWayne Simmonds: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 18:57BOSTorey Krug: Tripping2 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 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
31Shots on goal36
1.7Expected goals3.4
63Shot attempts74
27Faceoffs won37
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
34Hits28
26Blocked shots19
3Giveaways13
4Takeaways3

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. bestBergeron – Marchand – Connolly12:29

    xG 0.38–0.22 (63%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Talbot – Hayes – Rinaldo7:44

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Krejci – Spooner11:08

    xG 0.10–0.28 (26%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Beleskey – Pastrnak – Kemppainen9:21

    xG 0.27–1.10 (20%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug11:23

    xG 0.53–0.16 (77%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Seidenberg – Miller9:59

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Seidenberg – Miller3:58

    xG 0.09–0.33 (22%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Simmonds15:00

    xG 1.09–0.21 (84%)attempts 25–9goals 1–1

  2. Umberger – Weal – Laughton6:35

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. VandeVelde – White – Bellemare9:26

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  4. Schenn – Read – Raffl9:36

    xG 0.15–0.26 (37%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Gudas17:52

    xG 0.90–0.54 (62%)attempts 27–21goals 0–1

  2. Streit – Schultz10:13

    xG 0.34–0.09 (79%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Manning – Gostisbehere12:17

    xG 0.22–0.34 (39%)attempts 6–13goals 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 3.4 xGBOS 1.7 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 74/100 · #293 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 78% 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).