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Tue, Dec 4, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 0, Florida Panthers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 82% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS07016010033
FLA013420111544

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:21FLAMike HoffmanGWGAssists: Colton Sceviour, Jonathan Huberdeau · Tip-in, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:13FLAMike MathesonUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:14FLAJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Keith Yandle, Aleksander Barkov · Snap, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:55FLAMike HoffmanPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Keith Yandle · Slap, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P3 14:26FLAEvgenii DadonovPPAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.40 xG0–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 15:34BOSJoakim Nordstrom: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:41FLAMark Pysyk: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:30FLAJared McCann: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:04FLAMicheal Haley: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 14:20BOSDavid Pastrnak: Holding2 min
  6. P2 17:51FLADryden Hunt: Interference2 min
  7. P2 17:51BOSDavid Pastrnak: Embellishment2 min
  8. P2 19:00BOSJake DeBrusk: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 5:20FLANick Bjugstad: Holding2 min
  10. P3 9:10BOSJohn Moore: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 10:49BOSChris Wagner: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 13:02BOSBrandon Carlo: Cross checking2 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 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cave won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
33Shots on goal44
2.4Expected goals4.7
56Shot attempts63
44Faceoffs won35
4Power plays6
14Penalty minutes10
26Hits22
8Blocked shots16
19Giveaways15
6Takeaways6

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. bestBackes – Wagner – Kuraly9:17

    xG 0.46–0.23 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak6:35

    xG 0.49–0.41 (54%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Donato – DeBrusk3:20

    xG 0.05–0.10 (34%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Cave – Donato – DeBrusk5:06

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 8–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Clifton3:15

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Grzelcyk2:43

    xG 0.17–0.07 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Krug7:26

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov8:46

    xG 0.62–0.26 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – McCann – Vatrano7:24

    xG 0.22–0.23 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Brouwer – Sceviour – Haley8:36

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Lammikko – Hunt7:12

    xG 0.20–0.38 (35%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Matheson12:22

    xG 0.87–0.42 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Yandle – Ekblad9:49

    xG 0.94–0.55 (63%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Weegar – Kiselevich18:03

    xG 0.36–0.68 (34%)attempts 10–21goals 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 4.7 xGBOS 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 5/100 · #1187 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (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, Florida Panthers win this game 82% 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).