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Thu, Oct 25, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0701108026
BOS0721117325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:00BOSZdeno CharaGWGAssists: Danton Heinen · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:28BOSJake DeBruskPPAssists: David Krejci, Steven Kampfer · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:37BOSZdeno CharaENAssists: Jaroslav Halak · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–3
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 7:11BOSDavid Pastrnak: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:11PHIClaude Giroux: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 11:27PHIRobert Hagg: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:05BOSZdeno Chara: Delaying game2 min
  5. P2 15:32PHITravis Konecny: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:38BOSSteven Kampfer: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:38PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:38BOSSteven Kampfer: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 8:34BOSZdeno Chara: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 14:30PHITravis Konecny: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 16:03BOSJake DeBrusk: Interference2 min
  12. P3 16:03PHIAndrew MacDonald: Slashing2 min
  13. P3 16:03PHIScott Laughton: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 16:03PHIScott Laughton: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 18:06PHIOskar Lindblom: Interference2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
26Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals2.1
51Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won21
3Power plays5
26Penalty minutes12
17Hits16
14Blocked shots13
9Giveaways7
13Takeaways15

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. bestLehtera – Weise – Knight6:26

    xG 0.60–0.15 (80%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Couturier – Konecny10:51

    xG 0.55–0.26 (68%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Weal – Lindblom6:27

    xG 0.18–0.01 (95%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Weal – Laughton2:17

    xG 0.02–0.06 (26%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Sanheim8:51

    xG 0.62–0.12 (84%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Hagg – Provorov13:37

    xG 0.67–0.40 (63%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Sanheim3:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Heinen – DeBrusk8:50

    xG 0.19–0.10 (67%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Wagner – Nordstrom – Bjork7:42

    xG 0.16–0.07 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak11:26

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Donato – Acciari5:02

    xG 0.02–0.64 (3%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo15:48

    xG 0.57–0.20 (75%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Grzelcyk12:46

    xG 0.11–0.27 (29%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Moore2:40

    xG 0.03–0.36 (8%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

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 2.1 xGPHI 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 5/100 · #1181 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 51% 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).