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Sat, Mar 30, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 4, Boston Bruins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 57% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA281619423
BOS0161807131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:37FLARiley SheahanAssists: Dryden Hunt, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:44FLAEvgenii DadonovGWGAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:12BOSNoel AcciariAssists: Torey Krug, Joakim Nordstrom · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:19FLATroy BrouwerSHAssists: Mike Matheson · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:41FLAEvgenii DadonovENAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.76 xG4–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 11:36BOSJake DeBrusk: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 13:43FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Interference2 min
  3. P2 17:21FLARiley Sheahan: Slashing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
23Shots on goal31
2.0Expected goals1.7
35Shot attempts61
32Faceoffs won27
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
21Hits21
20Blocked shots8
5Giveaways11
10Takeaways6

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Trocheck – Hawryluk7:09

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Brouwer – Sheahan – Hunt10:21

    xG 0.21–0.08 (74%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Trocheck – Vatrano2:42

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov14:30

    xG 0.38–0.47 (45%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Weegar11:30

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Pysyk – Brown15:09

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Weegar2:39

    xG 0.01–0.08 (7%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBackes – Nordstrom – Acciari10:55

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak5:28

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Pastrnak – DeBrusk9:14

    xG 0.22–0.08 (74%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Coyle – Wagner – Heinen11:33

    xG 0.26–0.24 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Carlo10:29

    xG 0.71–0.21 (77%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Krug – McAvoy6:06

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Clifton2:44

    xG 0.10–0.04 (72%)attempts 3–2goals 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 1.7 xGFLA 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #891 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 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 57% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

Simulated goal difference (BOS − FLA), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).