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Thu, Dec 22, 2016·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 3, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 53% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS0821619333
FLA01205113130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:09BOSFrank VatranoAssists: Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:13BOSPatrice BergeronPPGWGAssists: Torey Krug, Ryan Spooner · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:20FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Mike Matheson · Slap, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:37BOSDavid BackesENAssists: Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.68 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:22BOSDavid Pastrnak: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:21FLAVincent Trocheck: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 3:36FLASeth Griffith: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:29BOSJimmy Hayes: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:43FLAJason Demers: Holding2 min
  6. P3 5:37BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 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 Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
33Shots on goal30
3.2Expected goals3.0
58Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits21
13Blocked shots15
6Giveaways12
8Takeaways8

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. bestMoore – Hayes – Blidh6:56

    xG 0.82–0.06 (93%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Krejci – Spooner10:56

    xG 0.45–0.20 (70%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Vatrano – Czarnik8:05

    xG 0.22–0.40 (35%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:39

    xG 0.35–1.06 (25%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Miller2:25

    xG 0.63–0.10 (86%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. McQuaid – Krug8:53

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Miller7:44

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Trocheck – Marchessault14:54

    xG 0.76–0.29 (73%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  2. Jagr – Griffith – Barkov13:12

    xG 0.86–0.50 (63%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Jokinen – Sceviour – Bjugstad2:32

    xG 0.03–0.02 (60%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Bjugstad – Malgin4:15

    xG 0.08–0.19 (29%)attempts 1–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Demers3:42

    xG 0.59–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad14:40

    xG 0.37–0.21 (63%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  3. Pysyk – Matheson14:37

    xG 0.65–0.59 (53%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

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 3.0 xGBOS 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #979 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 4 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, Boston Bruins win this game 53% 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).