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Sun, Apr 8, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 4, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA2111916426
BOS1809126243

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:22FLAHenrik BorgstromAssists: Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:18BOSDavid BackesAssists: Kevan Miller, David Krejci · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:46FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Jared McCann, Jamie McGinn · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:33FLAMaxim MaminGWGAssists: Denis Malgin, Keith Yandle · Snap, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:54BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Ryan Donato · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:11FLAEvgenii DadonovAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Jared McCann · Backhand, 0.15 xG4–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:24BOSZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:39FLAAaron Ekblad: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:27BOSDavid Pastrnak: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:40FLAVincent Trocheck: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 4:20BOSCharlie McAvoy: Elbowing2 min
  6. P3 8:22FLAJonathan Huberdeau: High sticking double minor4 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
46% 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
26Shots on goal43
2.5Expected goals3.6
40Shot attempts73
23Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
15Hits20
20Blocked shots7
9Giveaways11
20Takeaways7

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. bestSceviour – Trocheck – Huberdeau10:22

    xG 0.81–0.40 (67%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Brickley – Malgin – Mamin4:04

    xG 0.27–0.03 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. McGinn – Vatrano – Borgstrom5:29

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

  4. Dadonov – Bjugstad – Trocheck2:07

    xG 0.04–0.05 (45%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Weegar – McCoshen10:47

    xG 0.16–0.25 (40%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad15:08

    xG 1.07–1.17 (48%)attempts 13–27goals 2–1

  3. Pysyk – Matheson15:16

    xG 0.26–0.75 (25%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak13:46

    xG 0.91–0.77 (54%)attempts 19–9goals 0–1

  2. Backes – Krejci – DeBrusk8:16

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  3. Wingels – Schaller – Acciari7:19

    xG 0.35–0.22 (62%)attempts 6–4goals 0–2

  4. Gionta – Donato – Heinen7:22

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy13:38

    xG 0.72–0.32 (69%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  2. Chara – Miller3:07

    xG 0.27–0.04 (88%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  3. Krug – McAvoy3:08

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 6–3goals 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 3.6 xGFLA 2.5 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 46/100 · #682 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.37 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 70% 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).