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Mon, Dec 19, 2022·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 3, Boston Bruins 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 54% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA09319011339
BOS3122727726

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:51BOSConnor CliftonAssists: Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:04BOSBrandon CarloAssists: Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:07BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Trent Frederic, Brandon Carlo · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P2 1:38BOSDavid PastrnakPPGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–4
  5. P2 3:02FLASam ReinhartAssists: Matt Kiersted, Carter Verhaeghe · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–4
  6. P2 5:42FLAEric StaalAssists: Gustav Forsling, Brandon Montour · Snap, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P2 8:22FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Sam Reinhart, Eetu Luostarinen · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P2 11:50BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–5
  9. P3 8:52BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Connor Clifton · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–6
  10. P3 13:18BOSPatrice BergeronPPAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Brad Marchand · Snap, 0.26 xG3–7
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 16:40FLASam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 1:16FLAGustav Forsling: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:32BOSDavid Pastrnak: Illegal check to head2 min
  4. P3 4:12BOSCharlie McAvoy: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 4:12FLAEetu Luostarinen: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 4:20BOSHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 11:37FLABrandon Montour: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:25BOSTrent Frederic: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  9. P3 19:49FLAMatt Kiersted: 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
49% to win51% to win
← FLA attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nosek won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
39Shots on goal26
2.9Expected goals2.6
66Shot attempts50
27Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
14Hits9
13Blocked shots15
10Giveaways7
11Takeaways7

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. bestStaal – Cousins – Lomberg7:58

    xG 0.60–0.24 (72%)attempts 10–6goals 1–1

  2. Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Luostarinen11:41

    xG 0.49–0.14 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  3. Bennett – White – Tkachuk13:50

    xG 0.56–0.76 (42%)attempts 16–15goals 0–2

  4. Dalpe – Heponiemi – Denisenko6:15

    xG 0.13–0.38 (25%)attempts 5–6goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkblad – Forsling14:40

    xG 0.96–0.52 (65%)attempts 19–13goals 0–2

  2. Montour – Mahura7:12

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  3. Staal – Kiersted2:36

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestCoyle – Hall – Frederic5:38

    xG 0.42–0.09 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 2–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha7:31

    xG 0.06–0.09 (40%)attempts 2–8goals 0–1

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk11:37

    xG 0.43–0.58 (43%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  4. Krejci – Hall – Pastrnak4:18

    xG 0.05–0.25 (16%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo11:07

    xG 0.83–0.37 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy2:39

    xG 0.15–0.10 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Grzelcyk – McAvoy13:50

    xG 0.28–0.33 (46%)attempts 10–14goals 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 2.6 xGFLA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 87/100 · #213 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 54% 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).