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Thu, Jan 21, 2021·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Boston Bruins 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 74% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI0328210050426
BOS01404422031543

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:17PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Ivan Provorov · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:31PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Jakub Voracek, Kevin Hayes · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:57BOSJack StudnickaAssists: David Krejci, Nick Ritchie · Deflected, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 2:06BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Craig Smith, Kevan Miller · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:13PHITravis SanheimAssists: Jakub Voracek, Nolan Patrick · Tip-in, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:22BOSNick RitchiePPAssists: Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.41 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:18BOSBrandon CarloAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Brad Marchand · Slap, 0.02 xG3–4
  8. P3 16:28PHIJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Kevin Hayes · Deflected, 0.14 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. BOS Craig Smith stopped
  2. 2. PHI Jakub Voracek stopped
  3. 3. BOS Charlie Coyle stopped
  4. 4. PHI Travis Konecny stopped
  5. 5. BOS Jake DeBrusk scored
  6. 6. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:42PHIClaude Giroux: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:57BOSSean Kuraly: Holding2 min
  3. P1 18:13PHINicolas Aube-Kubel: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 4:45BOSDavid Krejci: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 6:23BOSKevan Miller: Holding2 min
  6. P2 15:24BOSAnders Bjork: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 13:04PHIScott Laughton: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 15:24BOSSean Kuraly: Cross checking2 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 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
26Shots on goal43
2.8Expected goals4.5
47Shot attempts70
23Faceoffs won39
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
21Hits24
15Blocked shots9
8Giveaways5
10Takeaways8

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. Lindblom – Konecny – Patrick8:13

    xG 0.53–0.67 (44%)attempts 9–14goals 0–2

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Laughton10:40

    xG 0.21–0.37 (37%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Voracek – Hayes – Farabee7:51

    xG 0.05–0.25 (15%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman7:12

    xG 0.01–0.63 (2%)attempts 2–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGustafsson – Hagg3:02

    xG 0.12–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Braun – Sanheim2:21

    xG 0.01–0.02 (43%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Hagg3:16

    xG 0.04–0.14 (23%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Coyle – Bjork7:07

    xG 0.89–0.06 (94%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk12:01

    xG 0.52–0.47 (53%)attempts 20–6goals 1–1

  3. Krejci – Ritchie – Studnicka10:14

    xG 0.59–0.54 (52%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  4. Wagner – Kuraly – Frederic7:50

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Zboril13:45

    xG 1.29–0.07 (95%)attempts 21–3goals 2–0

  2. Miller – Grzelcyk2:09

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – McAvoy3:32

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 4.5 xGPHI 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 98/100 · #12 of 868 this seasonSwing 3.20 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 74% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).