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Sat, Jan 23, 2021·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 72% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI041805117
BOS11026310626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:09BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Nick Ritchie, David Krejci · Backhand, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:14PHIKevin HayesAssists: Jakub Voracek · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:30BOSCraig SmithGWGAssists: Charlie Coyle, Jeremy Lauzon · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:50BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Trent Frederic, Craig Smith · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:13BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:59BOSBrad MarchandPPAssists: Nick Ritchie, Jakub Zboril · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P3 13:33BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy · Backhand, 0.28 xG1–6
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:55PHIMark Friedman: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:28PHIJakub Voracek: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 12:37BOSCharlie Coyle: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 6:54PHIMark Friedman: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:37BOSAnders Bjork: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 13:17PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Tripping2 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 Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
17Shots on goal26
1.1Expected goals2.2
42Shot attempts47
32Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
24Hits26
10Blocked shots14
6Giveaways4
6Takeaways9

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. bestAube-Kubel – Bunnaman – Farabee5:36

    xG 0.21–0.06 (78%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny2:21

    xG 0.08–0.01 (93%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Aube-Kubel – Lindblom3:12

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

  4. Bunnaman – Patrick – Farabee4:10

    xG 0.02–0.08 (23%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHagg – Friedman8:55

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Friedman2:31

    xG 0.09–0.01 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Gustafsson9:33

    xG 0.31–0.24 (56%)attempts 7–7goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Coyle – Frederic10:38

    xG 0.51–0.05 (92%)attempts 10–4goals 2–0

  2. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk11:40

    xG 0.45–0.03 (93%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Wagner – Kuraly – Bjork9:01

    xG 0.10–0.18 (34%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Ritchie – Studnicka11:52

    xG 0.05–0.43 (10%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestClifton – Carlo14:19

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Lauzon – McAvoy14:15

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  3. Miller – Zboril16:00

    xG 0.20–0.16 (55%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

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 2.2 xGPHI 1.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #611 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 72% 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).