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Thu, Mar 5, 2020·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 2, Florida Panthers 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 66% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS012150714228
FLA0411501202133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:55FLAMacKenzie WeegarAssists: Brett Connolly, Lucas Wallmark · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:00BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Torey Krug, Brad Marchand · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:08BOSTorey KrugGWGAssists: David Pastrnak, David Krejci · Slap, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 11:41BOSOndrej Kase: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:35FLARiley Stillman: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:35BOSNick Ritchie: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:01FLAMike Matheson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:46FLAEvgenii Dadonov: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:48FLAAleksander Barkov: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:06BOSBrad Marchand: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 2:04FLAFrank Vatrano: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 2:58BOSCharlie Coyle: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 4:06FLAFrank Vatrano: Interference2 min
  11. P3 4:54BOSDavid Pastrnak: Tripping2 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
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Acciari won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
28Shots on goal33
3.2Expected goals4.4
49Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won30
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
22Hits24
14Blocked shots14
14Giveaways15
10Takeaways13

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. Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak9:41

    xG 0.07–0.17 (30%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Coyle – Wagner – DeBrusk9:23

    xG 0.08–0.59 (11%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Ritchie – Kase8:35

    xG 0.09–0.66 (11%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Nordstrom – Kuraly – Bjork8:26

    xG 0.12–1.16 (10%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Krug – Lauzon2:51

    xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Grzelcyk – McAvoy2:22

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Grzelcyk3:32

    xG 0.12–0.28 (31%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Haula – Vatrano9:03

    xG 1.11–0.10 (92%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov11:59

    xG 0.81–0.23 (78%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Connolly – Toninato – Wallmark6:37

    xG 0.24–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Matheson11:13

    xG 1.76–0.07 (96%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Stralman – Stillman6:44

    xG 0.40–0.06 (88%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Ekblad11:04

    xG 0.19–0.03 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

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 4.4 xGBOS 3.2 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 37/100 · #713 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 66% 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).