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Sat, Apr 1, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 2, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 66% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA03210013226
BOS11321026529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:03BOSNoel AcciariUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:38FLAThomas VanekAssists: Colton Sceviour, Nick Bjugstad · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:56BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Zdeno Chara, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:53FLAJaromir JagrPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Jonathan Marchessault · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:30BOSDavid KrejciGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:16BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: Ryan Spooner, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:48BOSPatrice BergeronENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.69 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:08FLAJussi Jokinen: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 10:16BOSNoel Acciari: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:16FLAColton Sceviour: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:31BOSBrandon Carlo: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:26BOSBrad Marchand: Holding2 min
  6. P2 17:01FLAAlexander Petrovic: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 1:06BOSKevan Miller: Interference2 min
  8. P3 17:53FLAThomas Vanek: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
26Shots on goal29
2.7Expected goals3.6
59Shot attempts49
31Faceoffs won23
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
21Hits16
6Blocked shots12
16Giveaways10
12Takeaways7

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. bestJagr – Trocheck – Huberdeau13:12

    xG 0.75–0.61 (55%)attempts 18–6goals 0–2

  2. Jokinen – Smith – Marchessault6:41

    xG 0.25–0.20 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Vanek – Sceviour – Bjugstad7:29

    xG 0.28–0.30 (48%)attempts 3–7goals 1–0

  4. Thornton – MacKenzie – Sgarbossa5:00

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson16:12

    xG 0.43–0.17 (72%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Kindl – Demers10:35

    xG 0.65–0.55 (54%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  3. Yandle – Petrovic14:12

    xG 0.42–1.24 (25%)attempts 12–20goals 0–2

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak2:13

    xG 0.48–0.05 (90%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Stafford – Krejci – Pastrnak5:56

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Backes – Marchand9:24

    xG 0.45–0.22 (67%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Beleskey – Spooner2:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Miller11:53

    xG 0.29–0.16 (65%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Carlo12:48

    xG 0.72–0.61 (54%)attempts 9–16goals 2–0

  3. McQuaid – Miller2:10

    xG 0.11–0.04 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 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 3.6 xGFLA 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 58/100 · #477 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 66% 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).