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Sat, Mar 23, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 61% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS060727220
PHI0518216329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:15PHITravis KonecnyPPAssists: Tyson Foerster, Scott Laughton · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:19BOSJustin BrazeauAssists: Charlie Coyle, Mason Lohrei · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:16PHITravis KonecnyAssists: Morgan Frost, Owen Tippett · Snap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:12BOSDanton HeinenAssists: Morgan Geekie, Jake DeBrusk · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:31PHITyson FoersterGWGAssists: Ryan Poehling · Snap, 0.03 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:59PHIEgor Zamula: Interference2 min
  2. P1 14:00BOSBrad Marchand: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P1 17:13PHICam York: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:40BOSJames van Riemsdyk: Holding2 min
  5. P2 16:43BOSAndrew Peeke: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0PHI
46% to win54% to win
← BOS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Boqvist
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
20Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals2.9
54Shot attempts54
28Faceoffs won25
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
39Hits39
8Blocked shots18
6Giveaways12
2Takeaways4

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Brazeau – Boqvist4:43

    xG 0.42–0.11 (78%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Pastrnak – Heinen – Zacha5:20

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Marchand – Coyle – Brazeau3:08

    xG 0.20–0.17 (55%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  4. Pastrnak – Zacha – DeBrusk3:19

    xG 0.02–0.17 (10%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcAvoy – Lohrei2:35

    xG 0.08–0.03 (75%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  2. Peeke – Lohrei9:54

    xG 0.42–0.38 (53%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Peeke2:03

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestKonecny – Tippett – Frost9:37

    xG 0.78–0.08 (91%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Couturier – Cates – Lycksell7:53

    xG 0.58–0.31 (65%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Hathaway – Poehling – Foerster10:27

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  4. Konecny – Poehling – Foerster2:17

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York16:07

    xG 0.47–0.20 (69%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Ginning – Attard13:16

    xG 0.31–0.49 (38%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Zamula13:10

    xG 0.46–0.90 (34%)attempts 9–15goals 1–1

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.

PHI 2.9 xGBOS 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #340 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 61% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

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

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