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Wed, Nov 22, 2023·Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Boston Bruins 3, Florida Panthers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 53% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS1122706325
FLA0151706128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:35BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: Danton Heinen, Hampus Lindholm · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:33FLAAnton LundellAssists: Nick Cousins, Niko Mikkola · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:14BOSJohn BeecherGWGAssists: Jakub Lauko, Patrick Brown · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:19BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Matthew Poitras · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:20FLANick Cousins: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 6:20BOSCharlie McAvoy: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 9:07BOSKevin Shattenkirk: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 12:23BOSMason Lohrei: Holding2 min
  5. P1 17:41FLAGustav Forsling: Holding2 min
  6. P1 18:16BOSDavid Pastrnak: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 19:01FLAAnton Lundell: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 5:16FLAJonah Gadjovich: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 5:16BOSDerek Forbort: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 9:58FLAMatthew Tkachuk: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zacha won the faceoff against Lundell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSFLA
25Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals3.0
49Shot attempts74
32Faceoffs won19
3Power plays2
13Penalty minutes13
20Hits30
23Blocked shots13
4Giveaways3
4Takeaways10

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. bestBrown – Lauko – Beecher5:45

    xG 0.31–0.08 (79%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Marchand – Pastrnak – Zacha8:48

    xG 0.15–0.26 (37%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  3. Heinen – DeBrusk – Poitras7:03

    xG 0.30–0.49 (38%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Frederic5:42

    xG 0.13–0.34 (28%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo8:52

    xG 0.40–0.08 (84%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy5:36

    xG 0.25–0.05 (82%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Carlo5:00

    xG 0.29–0.12 (71%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestCousins – Rodrigues – Stenlund9:22

    xG 0.23–0.07 (78%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk11:44

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Lorentz – Lomberg – Gadjovich5:32

    xG 0.10–0.22 (31%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell8:24

    xG 0.23–0.79 (23%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Mikkola12:51

    xG 0.85–0.60 (59%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Ekblad – Forsling13:04

    xG 0.32–0.42 (43%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov9:34

    xG 0.34–0.61 (36%)attempts 8–11goals 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 3.0 xGBOS 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 32/100 · #918 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

FLA winsBOS wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).