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Thu, Mar 24, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 4, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

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

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA05215216436
BOS015110010135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:42BOSRyan SpoonerAssists: Frank Vatrano, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:51FLAReilly SmithAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Jussi Jokinen · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:46FLAVincent TrocheckSHGWGAssists: Alexander Petrovic · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:56FLAJussi JokinenAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Steven Kampfer · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:39FLAJonathan HuberdeauENAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Aleksander Barkov · Backhand, 0.77 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:35FLADmitry Kulikov: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:25FLADmitry Kulikov: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:46BOSZdeno Chara: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 0:26FLABrian Campbell: Holding2 min
  5. P2 4:39BOSBrett Connolly: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 17:45FLAJiri Hudler: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 2:04BOSKevan Miller: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:49BOSFrank Vatrano: Too many men on the ice2 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 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Trocheck
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
36Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals1.5
55Shot attempts57
41Faceoffs won37
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
19Hits19
15Blocked shots11
1Giveaways15
5Takeaways6

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 – Trocheck11:09

    xG 0.67–0.10 (87%)attempts 14–6goals 2–0

  2. Hudler – Purcell – Bjugstad8:51

    xG 0.29–0.17 (63%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Thornton – Wilson – McKegg5:39

    xG 0.08–0.14 (37%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Huberdeau – Barkov9:27

    xG 0.12–0.29 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKampfer – Kulikov11:34

    xG 0.58–0.15 (80%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  2. Kindl – Petrovic11:02

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Campbell – Ekblad14:33

    xG 0.33–0.30 (52%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHayes – Connolly – Acciari3:59

    xG 0.15–0.03 (85%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Spooner – Vatrano4:48

    xG 0.14–0.10 (60%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Eriksson – Krejci – Beleskey4:11

    xG 0.13–0.15 (47%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Hayes – Spooner – Vatrano3:38

    xG 0.04–0.08 (37%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Seidenberg7:09

    xG 0.31–0.19 (61%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Krug4:34

    xG 0.04–0.11 (25%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Seidenberg2:16

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 1–4goals 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 1.5 xGFLA 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #635 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.49 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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.

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).