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Thu, Mar 8, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

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

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11611007233
BOS21007110327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:38PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Nolan Patrick, Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:14BOSRiley NashAssists: David Pastrnak, Kevan Miller · Wrap-around, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:34BOSBrian GiontaAssists: Zdeno Chara, Tommy Wingels · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:21PHIJori LehteraSHAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:38BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: David Pastrnak, Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:29BOSKevan Miller: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:05PHIJori Lehtera: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:45BOSBrad Marchand: Clipping2 min
  4. P2 0:30BOSTorey Krug: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:28PHIOskar Lindblom: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 1:30PHITravis Konecny: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 13:21BOSBrad Marchand: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Patrick won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
33Shots on goal27
2.3Expected goals3.2
61Shot attempts51
38Faceoffs won22
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
22Hits32
8Blocked shots15
9Giveaways11
10Takeaways7

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Lindblom – Patrick8:34

    xG 0.46–0.38 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Filppula – Simmonds – Raffl8:49

    xG 0.22–0.16 (59%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Lehtera – Read – Laughton4:40

    xG 0.07–0.09 (45%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny8:26

    xG 0.21–0.52 (28%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gostisbehere – Hagg2:07

    xG 0.01–0.18 (5%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  2. MacDonald – Hagg13:25

    xG 0.48–0.69 (41%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov12:08

    xG 0.42–0.75 (36%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchand – Nash – Pastrnak10:54

    xG 0.97–0.57 (63%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Nash – Krejci – DeBrusk4:04

    xG 0.34–0.03 (92%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Nash – Krejci – Heinen4:41

    xG 0.42–0.16 (73%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Wingels – DeBrusk3:40

    xG 0.09–0.02 (79%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo11:51

    xG 1.29–0.36 (78%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Miller – Grzelcyk12:12

    xG 0.40–0.40 (50%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. McQuaid – Krug11:38

    xG 0.16–0.47 (25%)attempts 5–16goals 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 3.2 xGPHI 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #636 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 winsPHI wins

Simulated goal difference (BOS − PHI), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).