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Sat, Mar 16, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 5, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 75% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI18110311529
BOS15115410630

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:18PHIRyan PoehlingAssists: Garnet Hathaway, Egor Zamula · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:51BOSMorgan GeekieAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Parker Wotherspoon · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:01PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Cam York, Owen Tippett · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:22BOSCharlie CoylePPAssists: Brad Marchand, Pavel Zacha · Snap, 0.32 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:08BOSCharlie CoyleAssists: David Pastrnak, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 3:45BOSJohn BeecherAssists: Andrew Peeke, Jesper Boqvist · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–4
  7. P3 4:04BOSJake DeBruskAssists: Brad Marchand, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–5
  8. P3 14:12PHINicolas DeslauriersUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.18 xG3–5
  9. P3 15:14PHIMorgan FrostAssists: Owen Tippett, Cam York · Between legs, 0.19 xG4–5
  10. P3 17:01BOSDanton HeinenGWGAssists: Trent Frederic · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–6
  11. P3 17:56PHIJoel FarabeeAssists: Owen Tippett, Travis Konecny · Wrap-around, 0.06 xG5–6
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 17:55BOSBrandon Carlo: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 9:58BOSCharlie McAvoy: Illegal check to head2 min
  3. P2 9:58PHITravis Sanheim: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:58BOSCharlie Coyle: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:44PHITyson Foerster: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 0:00PHICam York: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:00BOSJake DeBrusk: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 4:29BOSDanton Heinen: Broken stick2 min
  9. P3 10:53PHITyson Foerster: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← PHI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Coyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
29Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals3.5
61Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
35Hits29
16Blocked shots22
9Giveaways11
5Takeaways3

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Atkinson – Deslauriers – Couturier2:13

    xG 0.03–0.00 (94%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Hathaway – Poehling – Cates9:44

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  3. Tippett – Frost – Foerster6:48

    xG 0.05–0.14 (25%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Couturier – Konecny – Farabee3:30

    xG 0.10–0.44 (18%)attempts 1–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestZamula – Attard2:10

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – York18:03

    xG 0.63–0.66 (49%)attempts 16–22goals 2–2

  3. Staal – Attard7:53

    xG 0.25–0.77 (24%)attempts 7–8goals 1–2

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchand – Coyle – DeBrusk10:48

    xG 1.15–0.31 (79%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  2. Brazeau – Boqvist – Beecher9:04

    xG 0.46–0.06 (89%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Pastrnak – Zacha7:16

    xG 0.28–0.23 (54%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  4. Heinen – Frederic – Geekie7:34

    xG 0.38–0.39 (49%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Carlo12:28

    xG 1.15–0.53 (69%)attempts 17–9goals 3–1

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy2:58

    xG 0.30–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Wotherspoon – Peeke13:07

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

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 3.5 xGPHI 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 90/100 · #168 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 11 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 75% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

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

-7
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-5
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-3
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).