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Thu, Mar 15, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 0, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

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

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS014012020046
FLA21011008328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:25FLAAaron EkbladGWGAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Evgenii Dadonov · Slap, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:06FLANick BjugstadAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Mike Matheson · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:07FLAVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:27FLAFrank Vatrano: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 17:56FLAMike Matheson: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 17:56BOSDavid Backes: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  4. P1 17:56FLAMike Matheson: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:56BOSDavid Backes: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:56FLAMike Matheson: Instigator misconduct10 min
  7. P2 12:41BOSRick Nash: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  8. P2 15:43FLAColton Sceviour: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 2:01FLAKeith Yandle: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 11:37FLANick Bjugstad: Elbowing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Nash
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
46Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals2.1
73Shot attempts43
32Faceoffs won36
4Power plays2
17Penalty minutes25
24Hits23
10Blocked shots18
8Giveaways26
9Takeaways17

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. bestNash – Krejci – Heinen9:18

    xG 0.65–0.11 (85%)attempts 17–3goals 0–0

  2. Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari3:09

    xG 0.29–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Wingels – Schaller – Acciari3:59

    xG 0.10–0.01 (90%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Backes – Wingels2:45

    xG 0.06–0.08 (44%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Krug13:45

    xG 1.19–0.54 (69%)attempts 24–13goals 0–0

  2. Krug – Carlo2:05

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo13:34

    xG 0.39–0.26 (60%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestDadonov – Bjugstad – Barkov9:25

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 8–9goals 2–0

  2. McGinn – McCann – Malgin7:20

    xG 0.15–0.20 (43%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Mamin6:01

    xG 0.01–0.38 (3%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  4. Trocheck – Huberdeau – Vatrano11:35

    xG 0.29–1.21 (19%)attempts 9–21goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pysyk – Matheson9:41

    xG 0.39–0.34 (53%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad15:34

    xG 0.55–0.51 (52%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

  3. Weegar – McCoshen10:00

    xG 0.09–0.80 (10%)attempts 5–13goals 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.

FLA 2.1 xGBOS 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1229 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

FLA winsBOS wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).