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Sat, Jan 28, 2023·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 3, Florida Panthers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 78% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS1171181600341
FLA0911421311437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:50BOSCraig SmithUnassisted · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:55FLABrandon MontourAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:55BOSCharlie CoyleUnassisted · Other, 1.00 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:29FLASam BennettAssists: Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:11BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, David Krejci · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:57FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:17FLASam ReinhartGWGAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Anton Lundell · Slap, 0.07 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:50BOSNick Foligno: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 7:50FLARyan Lomberg: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 8:26BOSBrad Marchand: Holding2 min
  4. P1 12:12FLASam Bennett: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 6:20FLACarter Verhaeghe: Interference2 min
  6. P2 13:20FLAGivani Smith: High sticking2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bennett won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
41Shots on goal37
5.6Expected goals3.6
69Shot attempts74
34Faceoffs won34
4Power plays1
4Penalty minutes10
13Hits24
20Blocked shots16
12Giveaways10
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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak2:53

    xG 0.42–0.03 (93%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha6:10

    xG 0.28–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Bergeron – Marchand – Hall5:15

    xG 0.23–0.26 (46%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Krejci – Hall – Pastrnak2:13

    xG 0.06–0.14 (32%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – McAvoy12:40

    xG 1.66–0.39 (81%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  2. Lindholm – Clifton13:11

    xG 1.30–0.58 (69%)attempts 23–15goals 0–1

  3. Forbort – Carlo11:32

    xG 0.27–0.43 (39%)attempts 9–20goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestCousins – Lomberg – Luostarinen10:20

    xG 0.51–0.33 (61%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Barkov – Reinhart2:32

    xG 0.55–0.39 (58%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Tierney – Smith3:05

    xG 0.08–0.33 (19%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Barkov – Reinhart – Lundell10:07

    xG 0.24–0.72 (25%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Montour14:45

    xG 0.98–0.89 (52%)attempts 21–14goals 1–1

  2. Gudas – Mahura9:36

    xG 0.17–0.47 (26%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. Ekblad – Forsling19:48

    xG 1.13–2.23 (34%)attempts 23–24goals 0–2

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.

FLA 3.6 xGBOS 5.6 xG
0123456P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLABOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it BOS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 95/100 · #100 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.90 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +51 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 78% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

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

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