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Sat, Mar 31, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 1, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 54% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1709015131
BOS21231209533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:59FLAJamie McGinnAssists: Keith Yandle, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:15BOSNick HoldenAssists: David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:06BOSJake DeBruskGWGAssists: Ryan Donato, David Krejci · Snap, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:32BOSRyan DonatoAssists: David Krejci · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P2 13:40BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: David Backes, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–4
  6. P2 16:32BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Kevan Miller, Matt Grzelcyk · Snap, 0.39 xG1–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 1:57FLAMicheal Haley: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 1:57BOSAdam McQuaid: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 10:29FLAVincent Trocheck: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 10:29BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 10:29BOSBrad Marchand: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 12:50FLAMicheal Haley: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 3:53BOSMatt Grzelcyk: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 12:38FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 12:38BOSNoel Acciari: Fighting5 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.

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
31Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals2.5
54Shot attempts52
38Faceoffs won37
2Power plays1
14Penalty minutes16
29Hits15
8Blocked shots6
13Giveaways6
12Takeaways8

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. bestMcGinn – Trocheck – Huberdeau10:50

    xG 1.22–0.15 (89%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  2. McCann – Borgstrom – Mamin7:23

    xG 0.26–0.33 (44%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  3. MacKenzie – Sceviour – Haley8:33

    xG 0.13–0.30 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Dadonov – Bjugstad – Barkov15:15

    xG 0.52–0.87 (37%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson13:38

    xG 0.73–0.21 (78%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Petrovic – Weegar13:24

    xG 0.65–0.66 (49%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

  3. Yandle – Ekblad20:47

    xG 0.93–1.22 (43%)attempts 15–24goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:53

    xG 0.49–0.43 (53%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Backes – Wingels – Heinen2:07

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Donato – DeBrusk11:25

    xG 1.03–1.05 (49%)attempts 12–13goals 4–1

  4. Backes – Nash – Heinen5:37

    xG 0.13–0.26 (33%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcQuaid – Holden9:46

    xG 0.49–0.22 (70%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  2. Krug – Carlo14:09

    xG 0.51–0.32 (62%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Holden – Carlo2:02

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 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 2.5 xGFLA 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #937 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 54% 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).