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Thu, Jan 13, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Boston Bruins 3

Expected result

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

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0629012227
BOS21211707336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:51BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Erik Haula, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:27BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Brad Marchand, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:02PHICam AtkinsonPPAssists: Ivan Provorov, Keith Yandle · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:00PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Cam Atkinson, Keith Yandle · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:45BOSDavid PastrnakPPGWGAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.27 xG2–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 4:04PHINick Seeler: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 5:48PHIIvan Provorov: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:28BOSDavid Pastrnak: Interference2 min
  4. P1 15:28BOSTyler Lewington: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 15:28PHIZack MacEwen: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 2:51PHIZack MacEwen: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 2:51BOSTyler Lewington: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 6:26BOSTomas Nosek: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 9:07PHIMax Willman: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 9:07BOSDavid Pastrnak: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 15:16PHIJustin Braun: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. P2 16:29PHIMax Willman: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 12:05BOSBrandon Carlo: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  14. P3 13:15BOSCharlie Coyle: Delaying game puck over glass2 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
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nosek won the faceoff against Hayes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
27Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals3.6
54Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
17Penalty minutes17
23Hits18
7Blocked shots16
3Giveaways11
9Takeaways4

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. bestGiroux – Atkinson – Farabee10:08

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Willman – MacEwen – Frost2:22

    xG 0.02–0.12 (18%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Laughton – Lindblom – Cates2:11

    xG 0.01–0.16 (8%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Konecny9:48

    xG 0.11–0.28 (28%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Yandle – Seeler8:09

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Sanheim – Provorov5:45

    xG 0.17–0.31 (35%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Sanheim – York7:49

    xG 0.07–0.22 (23%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Hall – Pastrnak9:21

    xG 0.93–0.34 (73%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Coyle – DeBrusk – Steen7:54

    xG 0.53–0.12 (81%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Blidh – Lazar – Nosek7:24

    xG 0.32–0.06 (85%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – Smith9:41

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Carlo12:04

    xG 0.66–0.29 (69%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. McAvoy – Vaakanainen12:17

    xG 0.71–0.35 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Lewington – Ahcan9:45

    xG 0.50–0.33 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 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 3.6 xGPHI 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 63/100 · #544 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 winsPHI wins

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

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