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Sat, Nov 2, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Boston Bruins 3, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 70% of the time.

PHI winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS11417110331
PHI050708020

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:28BOSMatthew PoitrasGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Morgan Geekie · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:23BOSJustin BrazeauAssists: Brad Marchand, Elias Lindholm · Snap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:21BOSBrad MarchandENAssists: David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.36 xG3–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:42PHITravis Konecny: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:25BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 18:47PHINoah Cates: Holding2 min
  4. P2 6:13BOSMatthew Poitras: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 17:46PHIGarnet Hathaway: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 17:46PHIGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 17:46BOSMark Kastelic: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:46BOSMark Kastelic: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:09BOSMatthew Poitras: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:09BOSBrandon Carlo: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:09PHITravis Sanheim: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:09PHITravis Konecny: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 19:09BOSTrent Frederic: Roughing2 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 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← BOS attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Kastelic
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSPHI
31Shots on goal20
3.0Expected goals1.8
66Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won21
2Power plays3
14Penalty minutes12
22Hits30
18Blocked shots19
11Giveaways15
6Takeaways5

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. bestCoyle – Zacha – Brazeau10:29

    xG 0.78–0.13 (85%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Frederic – Geekie – Poitras9:06

    xG 0.46–0.06 (89%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  3. Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak10:04

    xG 0.58–0.48 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  4. Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher7:29

    xG 0.07–0.23 (22%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – McAvoy14:50

    xG 1.05–0.43 (71%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Carlo13:24

    xG 0.55–0.34 (62%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  3. Wotherspoon – Lohrei13:22

    xG 0.15–0.58 (20%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Foerster – Michkov6:16

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Laughton – Farabee – Brink9:38

    xG 0.28–0.37 (44%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Konecny – Michkov2:55

    xG 0.16–0.28 (37%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Konecny – Tippett – Frost7:56

    xG 0.25–0.40 (38%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndrae – Drysdale7:46

    xG 0.30–0.09 (78%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Andrae7:35

    xG 0.27–0.19 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – Sanheim18:11

    xG 0.44–1.01 (30%)attempts 15–23goals 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.

PHI 1.8 xGBOS 3.0 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 10/100 · #1188 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 70% 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).