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Thu, Jan 31, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 71% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI1801711115341
BOS110170800225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Torey Krug, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:16PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:11BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Zdeno Chara · Snap, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:36PHIOskar LindblomPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Travis Sanheim · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:56PHITravis SanheimPPGWGAssists: Sean Couturier, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:47PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P3 6:42BOSJohn Moore: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  3. P3 8:46BOSSean Kuraly: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  4. OT 0:57BOSBrad Marchand: Tripping2 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 20:00Patrick won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
41Shots on goal25
3.1Expected goals1.9
67Shot attempts56
36Faceoffs won21
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
18Hits13
18Blocked shots20
10Giveaways13
13Takeaways8

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. bestSimmonds – Laughton – Patrick10:33

    xG 0.86–0.55 (61%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Couturier2:12

    xG 0.23–0.01 (94%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Lindblom2:27

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Varone – Raffl – Vorobyev6:07

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – Provorov20:06

    xG 0.87–0.42 (67%)attempts 25–17goals 0–0

  2. MacDonald – Gudas5:18

    xG 0.42–0.08 (84%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Hagg – Folin2:33

    xG 0.18–0.01 (93%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Heinen – DeBrusk2:00

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak13:58

    xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  3. Backes – Heinen – Frederic7:34

    xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly9:45

    xG 0.14–0.38 (27%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy16:30

    xG 0.63–0.23 (73%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

  2. Moore – McAvoy2:49

    xG 0.17–0.06 (74%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Krug – Carlo3:48

    xG 0.11–0.14 (44%)attempts 2–5goals 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.

BOS 1.9 xGPHI 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 49/100 · #658 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 71% 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).