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Wed, Jan 16, 2019·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 79% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS212017113342
PHI172715419

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:39BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Torey Krug, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:12BOSPeter CehlarikAssists: Jake DeBrusk, David Krejci · Snap, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:44PHIOskar LindblomAssists: Claude Giroux, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:32PHISean CouturierAssists: Jakub Voracek, Travis Sanheim · Tip-in, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:47PHISean CouturierPPAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:53PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Ivan Provorov · Snap, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:54BOSPeter CehlarikAssists: Brad Marchand, Torey Krug · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:25BOSPeter Cehlarik: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 4:14PHIJori Lehtera: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:10BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:48PHIJori Lehtera: Boarding5 min
  5. P2 16:48PHIJori Lehtera: Game misconduct10 min
  6. P3 3:39PHITravis Konecny: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P3 12:00PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 19:44BOSDavid Krejci: Interference2 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 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Patrick
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
42Shots on goal19
3.1Expected goals1.5
84Shot attempts34
37Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes21
18Hits17
8Blocked shots30
10Giveaways13
10Takeaways9

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. bestDonato – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson8:09

    xG 0.59–0.14 (80%)attempts 19–4goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak11:55

    xG 0.88–0.61 (59%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari9:36

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 13–5goals 0–2

  4. Krejci – Cehlarik – DeBrusk9:42

    xG 0.29–0.16 (64%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy12:52

    xG 1.14–0.53 (68%)attempts 24–9goals 0–1

  2. Krug – Carlo13:27

    xG 0.67–0.36 (65%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Grzelcyk13:14

    xG 0.29–0.37 (43%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom10:38

    xG 0.52–0.55 (49%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny10:01

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 6–17goals 0–1

  3. Lehtera – Varone – Raffl4:33

    xG 0.07–0.22 (25%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Simmonds – Laughton – Patrick11:23

    xG 0.35–0.52 (41%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sanheim – Provorov16:14

    xG 0.55–0.54 (50%)attempts 10–20goals 3–1

  2. MacDonald – Gudas5:28

    xG 0.22–0.32 (41%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. MacDonald – Gostisbehere8:14

    xG 0.15–0.35 (30%)attempts 4–6goals 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.

PHI 1.5 xGBOS 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 71/100 · #380 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 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, Boston Bruins win this game 79% 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).