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Thu, Apr 5, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 2, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 75% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1618014228
FLA211014110335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:42FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Aaron Ekblad · Tip-in, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:34FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Nick Bjugstad · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:19BOSRyan DonatoPPAssists: Torey Krug, Brad Marchand · Slap, 0.24 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:11BOSDanton HeinenAssists: David Krejci, Jake DeBrusk · Snap, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:23FLAJared McCannGWGAssists: Mike Matheson, Colton Sceviour · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:05FLAMike Matheson: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 13:45BOSAdam McQuaid: Interference2 min
  3. P3 4:18BOSCharlie McAvoy: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 0:00FLAColton Sceviour: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 0:00BOSDavid Krejci: Cross checking2 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 Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
28Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals3.8
49Shot attempts69
31Faceoffs won32
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits25
17Blocked shots9
4Giveaways19
12Takeaways10

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. bestGionta – Cave – Donato7:21

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk9:33

    xG 0.54–0.47 (53%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak13:27

    xG 0.60–1.15 (34%)attempts 17–15goals 0–1

  4. Backes – Schaller – Acciari10:32

    xG 0.19–0.95 (17%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – McAvoy2:09

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Grzelcyk15:02

    xG 0.55–0.58 (49%)attempts 6–19goals 1–0

  3. McQuaid – Krug14:59

    xG 0.68–0.92 (43%)attempts 19–13goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestSceviour – Dadonov – Barkov13:13

    xG 1.27–0.49 (72%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Bjugstad – McCann – Vatrano8:42

    xG 0.42–0.09 (83%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Haley – Mamin8:07

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Trocheck – Huberdeau14:39

    xG 0.55–0.91 (38%)attempts 15–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetrovic – Weegar18:11

    xG 1.34–0.53 (72%)attempts 25–10goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad18:20

    xG 1.42–0.67 (68%)attempts 18–17goals 2–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson15:11

    xG 0.46–0.61 (43%)attempts 13–16goals 1–1

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.

FLA 3.8 xGBOS 2.3 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 61/100 · #506 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 75% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

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

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