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Sun, Apr 1, 2018·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 62% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS01211721000339
PHI17181811424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:38PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Travis Konecny, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:25PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Ivan Provorov · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:25BOSNoel AcciariAssists: David Backes, Danton Heinen · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:31PHINolan PatrickAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:54BOSDavid PastrnakPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:56BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: David Backes · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:39PHIClaude GirouxGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek · Backhand, 0.21 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 2:01PHITravis Sanheim: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:13BOSTorey Krug: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 17:26PHIValtteri Filppula: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:07BOSBrad Marchand: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 5:59PHIOskar Lindblom: Hooking2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
39Shots on goal24
3.0Expected goals2.2
70Shot attempts53
27Faceoffs won24
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
14Hits20
20Blocked shots16
9Giveaways15
8Takeaways5

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. bestKrejci – Donato – DeBrusk11:19

    xG 0.88–0.10 (90%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak12:56

    xG 0.65–0.55 (54%)attempts 16–8goals 0–2

  3. Backes – Krejci – Heinen2:01

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Schaller – Acciari2:44

    xG 0.05–0.17 (25%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Holden16:30

    xG 1.16–0.38 (75%)attempts 20–10goals 0–0

  2. McQuaid – Grzelcyk2:08

    xG 0.02–0.01 (63%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Krug6:23

    xG 0.12–0.21 (36%)attempts 4–4goals 1–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLehtera – Read – Laughton8:27

    xG 0.54–0.08 (88%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny11:30

    xG 0.36–0.08 (81%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  3. Filppula – Simmonds – Weal10:45

    xG 0.24–0.17 (59%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick9:05

    xG 0.22–0.69 (25%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manning – Gudas13:04

    xG 0.42–0.38 (52%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. MacDonald – Sanheim15:48

    xG 0.76–0.83 (48%)attempts 15–23goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Provorov15:14

    xG 0.33–0.56 (37%)attempts 11–17goals 2–0

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.

PHI 2.2 xGBOS 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

PHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line PHI is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #288 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.89 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 62% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

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

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