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Mon, Oct 30, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Florida Panthers 2, Boston Bruins 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

BOS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA2160901200237
BOS061141412326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:13FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Sam Reinhart, Niko Mikkola · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:08FLASam ReinhartAssists: Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 3:38BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Charlie Coyle · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:20BOSCharlie McAvoyAssists: David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:36BOSPavel ZachaGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 9:23BOSHampus Lindholm: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 4:49BOSMorgan Geekie: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P2 12:20FLAOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 9:28BOSCharlie McAvoy: Match penalty5 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
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Coyle won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLABOS
37Shots on goal26
3.5Expected goals2.8
74Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won25
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes9
32Hits26
19Blocked shots23
6Giveaways5
8Takeaways5

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. bestBarkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues10:16

    xG 0.81–0.18 (82%)attempts 13–8goals 2–0

  2. Verhaeghe – Tkachuk – Lundell4:23

    xG 0.30–0.05 (86%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk5:21

    xG 0.28–0.20 (58%)attempts 9–1goals 0–1

  4. Cousins – Lomberg – Luostarinen2:30

    xG 0.09–0.14 (39%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Forsling16:28

    xG 1.09–0.65 (63%)attempts 22–13goals 1–1

  2. Forsling – Balinskis2:32

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Mahura – Balinskis9:11

    xG 0.17–0.37 (32%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestPastrnak – Zacha – Poitras10:18

    xG 0.62–0.22 (74%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Marchand – Pastrnak – Zacha4:20

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Frederic – Geekie7:33

    xG 0.42–0.34 (55%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Frederic – Geekie – Poitras3:42

    xG 0.12–0.09 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Forbort8:08

    xG 0.39–0.15 (73%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Lindholm4:47

    xG 0.23–0.03 (90%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – McAvoy4:23

    xG 0.42–0.25 (62%)attempts 7–4goals 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 2.8 xGFLA 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 72/100 · #432 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 61% 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).