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Mon, Mar 7, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 5, Florida Panthers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 76% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS416050714532
FLA11621811106451

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:34BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, Lee Stempniak · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:00BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Matt Beleskey, Dennis Seidenberg · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:22BOSBrett ConnollyAssists: Noel Acciari · Snap, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P1 16:48FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P1 17:25BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Lee Stempniak, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P2 3:15FLAJiri HudlerAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Erik Gudbranson · Slap, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P2 6:08FLAJussi JokinenPPAssists: Reilly Smith, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–3
  8. P3 15:17FLAJiri HudlerAssists: Alexander Petrovic, Nick Bjugstad · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:00BOSLee StempniakGWGAssists: Ryan Spooner, John-Michael Liles · Snap, 0.08 xG5–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 9:50FLAJussi Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:20BOSAdam McQuaid: Interference2 min
  3. P2 1:20BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:20FLAShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 1:20FLAShawn Thornton: Instigator2 min
  6. P2 1:20FLAShawn Thornton: Misconduct10 min
  7. P2 5:59BOSDavid Pastrnak: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 6:29BOSBrett Connolly: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 14:57BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 14:57FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 19:00BOSDavid Krejci: High sticking double minor4 min
  12. P3 4:15FLAShawn Thornton: Interference2 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 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
32Shots on goal51
1.9Expected goals3.6
50Shot attempts78
34Faceoffs won48
2Power plays4
17Penalty minutes23
22Hits19
16Blocked shots10
7Giveaways9
5Takeaways11

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. bestFerraro – Connolly – Acciari2:37

    xG 0.37–0.07 (85%)attempts 4–2goals 1–1

  2. Bergeron – Stempniak – Marchand11:47

    xG 0.20–0.13 (60%)attempts 6–8goals 2–0

  3. Krejci – Beleskey – Connolly7:53

    xG 0.15–0.30 (34%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Beleskey – Pastrnak5:24

    xG 0.14–0.36 (28%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McQuaid11:42

    xG 0.31–0.05 (85%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. McQuaid – Krug2:32

    xG 0.15–0.07 (69%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Trotman – Krug6:55

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 7–7goals 2–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Smith – Trocheck15:07

    xG 0.67–0.29 (70%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  2. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov10:44

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Hudler – Bjugstad – Rau9:14

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  4. Thornton – Howden – Shaw4:09

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gudbranson18:29

    xG 0.68–0.25 (73%)attempts 21–13goals 1–1

  2. Kindl – Petrovic9:42

    xG 0.68–0.62 (52%)attempts 14–9goals 2–1

  3. Kulikov – Ekblad15:55

    xG 0.26–0.30 (46%)attempts 10–9goals 0–2

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 3.6 xGBOS 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 96/100 · #39 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 76% 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).