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Sat, Oct 30, 2021·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 2, Boston Bruins 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
FLA01311517000235
BOS11401018011333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:18BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Taylor Hall, Curtis Lazar · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:47FLAAnthony DuclairAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Aaron Ekblad · Snap, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:49FLAAleksander BarkovPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:35BOSCharlie McAvoyPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. FLA Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  2. 2. BOS Jake DeBrusk stopped
  3. 3. FLA Aleksander Barkov stopped
  4. 4. BOS Charlie Coyle scored
  5. 5. FLA Owen Tippett stopped
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:33FLABrandon Montour: Interference2 min
  2. P2 12:37FLACarter Verhaeghe: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 7:43BOSCharlie Coyle: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P3 13:17FLACarter Verhaeghe: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← FLA attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
35Shots on goal33
1.5Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts52
21Faceoffs won36
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
25Hits28
14Blocked shots11
9Giveaways7
10Takeaways10

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. bestReinhart – Vatrano – Marchment11:24

    xG 0.26–0.11 (71%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov13:35

    xG 0.59–0.51 (54%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  3. Hornqvist – Dalpe – Lomberg3:59

    xG 0.02–0.04 (32%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Huberdeau – Tippett – Luostarinen10:24

    xG 0.10–0.74 (12%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestConnauton – Montour11:35

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Gudas – Forsling16:23

    xG 0.54–0.54 (50%)attempts 24–9goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Ekblad19:23

    xG 0.33–0.48 (40%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Coyle – Hall3:02

    xG 0.19–0.02 (90%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Coyle – Hall – Pastrnak9:31

    xG 0.40–0.24 (62%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith8:48

    xG 0.22–0.08 (74%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Haula – Lazar – DeBrusk11:46

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Clifton13:24

    xG 0.54–0.24 (69%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  2. Reilly – McAvoy2:49

    xG 0.16–0.02 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – McAvoy14:18

    xG 0.44–0.30 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 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 2.4 xGFLA 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 59/100 · #592 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 68% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

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

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