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Sun, Nov 10, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Boston Bruins 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 62% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI2140607021329
BOS0505217010228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:50PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Oskar Lindblom, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:56PHIPhilippe MyersAssists: Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:59BOSDanton HeinenAssists: Charlie Coyle, Zdeno Chara · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:22BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Matt Grzelcyk · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Charlie Coyle stopped
  2. 2. PHI Joel Farabee scored
  3. 3. BOS Brad Marchand stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  5. 5. BOS David Pastrnak stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:14PHIJoel Farabee: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 8:11BOSDavid Pastrnak: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 15:04PHIIvan Provorov: Penalty shot slash on breakaway0 min
  4. P3 16:40PHIOskar Lindblom: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 4:38BOSDavid Krejci: Too many men on the ice2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kuraly won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
29Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals2.7
49Shot attempts56
21Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
29Hits29
13Blocked shots14
9Giveaways13
16Takeaways8

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. bestCouturier – Lindblom – Konecny12:14

    xG 0.62–0.30 (68%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Pitlick – Andreoff – Raffl9:06

    xG 0.30–0.22 (57%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Hayes – Twarynski11:09

    xG 0.27–0.29 (48%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Farabee10:06

    xG 0.40–0.50 (44%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNiskanen – Provorov19:07

    xG 0.80–0.35 (70%)attempts 19–12goals 0–1

  2. Sanheim – Myers15:59

    xG 0.60–0.44 (58%)attempts 12–14goals 2–0

  3. Braun – Gostisbehere12:30

    xG 0.13–0.59 (18%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Coyle – Heinen11:42

    xG 0.28–0.13 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly9:03

    xG 0.29–0.16 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak13:31

    xG 0.56–0.46 (55%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  4. Bjork – Senyshyn – Lindholm6:58

    xG 0.16–0.18 (48%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – McAvoy13:33

    xG 0.39–0.19 (68%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Grzelcyk – Clifton9:32

    xG 0.50–0.40 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Carlo2:29

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 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 2.7 xGPHI 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 72/100 · #302 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (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, Boston Bruins win this game 62% 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).