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Mon, Dec 5, 2016·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 3, Boston Bruins 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 72% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA0811121100330
BOS1151111812436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:32BOSTim SchallerAssists: David Krejci · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:44FLAJaromir JagrAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Mark Pysyk · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:37BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Snap, 0.42 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:54FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:08BOSDavid BackesAssists: Ryan Spooner · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:31FLAJason DemersAssists: Mike Matheson, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:23BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: David Krejci, Brandon Carlo · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:24FLAJaromir Jagr: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:55BOSJimmy Hayes: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 8:51FLAMike Matheson: Holding2 min
  4. P2 13:40BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:15FLAJason Demers: Interference2 min
  6. P3 9:49BOSTim Schaller: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
44% to win56% to win
← FLA attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
30Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals3.9
54Shot attempts65
23Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
31Hits19
13Blocked shots14
13Giveaways10
11Takeaways7

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. bestThornton – MacKenzie – Thompson4:23

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Barkov – Malgin5:53

    xG 0.20–0.15 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Bjugstad – Thompson – Malgin2:44

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Smith – Bjugstad – Rau4:33

    xG 0.17–0.37 (31%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Ekblad2:43

    xG 0.19–0.02 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Kindl – Matheson2:16

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Ekblad5:03

    xG 0.29–0.19 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:07

    xG 1.17–0.36 (76%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  2. Nash – Spooner – Czarnik6:02

    xG 0.27–0.06 (82%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Krejci – Schaller10:59

    xG 0.55–0.47 (54%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  4. Moore – Hayes – Blidh4:12

    xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Krug2:02

    xG 0.58–0.01 (98%)attempts 4–1goals 2–0

  2. Chara – Carlo16:51

    xG 0.75–0.41 (65%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  3. McQuaid – Krug14:24

    xG 0.67–0.55 (55%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

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 3.9 xGFLA 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 95/100 · #50 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.88 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 72% 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).