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Tue, Nov 1, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 2, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 64% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1311409226
FLA01307114134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:53BOSBrad MarchandUnassisted · Backhand, 0.31 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:16BOSDominic MooreSHGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 15:25FLADenis MalginAssists: Keith Yandle, Mark Pysyk · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 3:53FLAReilly Smith: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  2. P1 4:39BOSTim Schaller: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:06BOSZdeno Chara: Holding2 min
  4. P1 15:13FLADenis Malgin: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 5:35BOSTim Schaller: Holding2 min
  6. P2 8:32BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 12:28BOSJimmy Hayes: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 12:28FLADerek MacKenzie: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 14:32FLADerek MacKenzie: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 14:32BOSJimmy Hayes: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 14:54BOSBrad Marchand: Interference2 min
  12. P3 2:18BOSTorey Krug: Interference2 min
  13. P3 6:23FLAKyle Rau: High sticking double minor4 min
  14. P3 16:40BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 16:40FLAShane Harper: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 16:40BOSAdam McQuaid: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 0:00FLAAaron Ekblad: Slashing2 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
44% to win56% to win
← BOS attackFLA 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.

BOSFLA
26Shots on goal34
1.8Expected goals2.4
38Shot attempts72
38Faceoffs won31
3Power plays7
26Penalty minutes20
16Hits14
20Blocked shots9
4Giveaways9
11Takeaways13

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. bestKrejci – Spooner – Czarnik9:09

    xG 0.44–0.14 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Nash – Hayes4:10

    xG 0.19–0.21 (47%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Schaller – Acciari8:12

    xG 0.21–0.24 (47%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Heinen7:35

    xG 0.07–0.74 (9%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Liles – Miller6:07

    xG 0.19–0.35 (35%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Carlo12:03

    xG 0.39–0.56 (41%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. McQuaid – Krug11:41

    xG 0.13–0.38 (25%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – Smith – Trocheck8:30

    xG 0.40–0.05 (89%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Marchessault – Barkov9:25

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Harper – McKegg5:53

    xG 0.36–0.19 (66%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Rau – McCann – Malgin7:48

    xG 0.29–0.44 (40%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Demers8:49

    xG 0.62–0.09 (87%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Petrovic – Pysyk13:46

    xG 0.53–0.49 (52%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Yandle – Ekblad2:13

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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.

FLA 2.4 xGBOS 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #937 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 64% 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).