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Tue, Apr 26, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 2, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 88% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA2110703221
BOS21319116438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:00FLAGustav ForslingUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:18BOSErik HaulaAssists: David Pastrnak, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:24BOSTaylor HallAssists: David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:59FLASam ReinhartPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Anthony Duclair · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:59BOSJake DeBruskGWGAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:55BOSBrad MarchandENAssists: Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.73 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:41BOSErik Haula: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 18:22FLAJoe Thornton: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 18:22BOSTomas Nosek: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:22BOSDerek Forbort: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 18:22FLAPatric Hornqvist: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 19:50BOSBrandon Carlo: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 11:49FLAJoe Thornton: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:46FLAGustav Forsling: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 8:49FLASam Bennett: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
21Shots on goal38
1.9Expected goals4.7
45Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won33
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
29Hits27
5Blocked shots12
9Giveaways5
13Takeaways7

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. Reinhart – Acciari – Lundell4:01

    xG 0.06–0.02 (76%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Huberdeau – Duclair – Bennett4:38

    xG 0.32–0.37 (47%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Duclair – Barkov2:56

    xG 0.12–0.18 (41%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Verhaeghe – Barkov5:16

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Chiarot – Gudas2:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  2. Hagg – Montour3:13

    xG 0.08–0.09 (45%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Chiarot – Weegar2:09

    xG 0.04–0.07 (35%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk11:33

    xG 1.26–0.20 (86%)attempts 21–6goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Coyle – Frederic10:13

    xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Haula – Hall – Pastrnak11:41

    xG 0.58–0.36 (61%)attempts 11–7goals 2–0

  4. Foligno – Lazar – Nosek8:28

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – McAvoy19:12

    xG 1.40–0.59 (70%)attempts 23–15goals 1–0

  2. Forbort – Clifton11:09

    xG 0.84–0.06 (93%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo13:13

    xG 0.41–0.17 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 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 4.7 xGFLA 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #767 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 88% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

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

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