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Sat, Mar 23, 2019·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 7, Florida Panthers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 78% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS116513110739
FLA012211111334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:23BOSNoel AcciariAssists: David Backes, Connor Clifton · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:28BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:52FLAJayce HawrylukAssists: Mike Hoffman · Slap, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:05BOSZdeno CharaAssists: Danton Heinen, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:38BOSKarson KuhlmanGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P2 10:04FLAMike HoffmanAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Joshua Brown · Snap, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P2 15:48BOSSteven KampferPPAssists: Danton Heinen, John Moore · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–2
  8. P2 16:36BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Zdeno Chara, Jaroslav Halak · Wrist, 0.18 xG6–2
  9. P3 3:57FLAVincent TrocheckPPAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Henrik Borgstrom · Slap, 0.18 xG6–3
  10. P3 19:33BOSPatrice BergeronENAssists: David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.74 xG7–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:53FLAMike Hoffman: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 11:09FLAMike Hoffman: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 14:06FLAJayce Hawryluk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:51BOSNoel Acciari: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 15:51FLAMacKenzie Weegar: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 2:06BOSConnor Clifton: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:02FLAVincent Trocheck: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 7:02BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:33FLAMike Matheson: Misconduct10 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 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
39Shots on goal34
4.2Expected goals2.4
61Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won40
3Power plays1
9Penalty minutes23
25Hits47
14Blocked shots13
12Giveaways24
6Takeaways13

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. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak11:01

    xG 0.79–0.36 (69%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Backes – Nordstrom – Acciari8:14

    xG 0.22–0.12 (65%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Coyle – Wagner – Heinen11:13

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  4. Krejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman9:39

    xG 0.43–1.02 (29%)attempts 14–11goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo3:11

    xG 0.77–0.06 (93%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Clifton – Carlo11:53

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  3. Chara – McAvoy17:06

    xG 0.56–0.69 (45%)attempts 15–16goals 2–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Trocheck – Hawryluk10:37

    xG 0.76–0.20 (80%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Brouwer – Sheahan – Vatrano6:45

    xG 0.58–0.13 (82%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  3. Sheahan – Vatrano – Borgstrom2:16

    xG 0.08–0.03 (76%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Brouwer – Sceviour – Sheahan2:03

    xG 0.02–0.04 (31%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPysyk – Brown9:40

    xG 0.58–0.17 (78%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  2. Yandle – Weegar6:18

    xG 0.53–0.33 (61%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  3. Yandle – Ekblad9:25

    xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 11–6goals 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.

FLA 2.4 xGBOS 4.2 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 66/100 · #431 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 78% 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).