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Sat, Dec 7, 2024·TD Garden, Boston

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Boston Bruins 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 68% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
PHI271120601326
BOS091921211431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:24PHIMatvei MichkovPPAssists: Sean Couturier, Emil Andrae · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:24PHIMatvei MichkovAssists: Travis Sanheim · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:26BOSTrent FredericPPAssists: Mason Lohrei, Morgan Geekie · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:29PHICam YorkAssists: Travis Sanheim, Travis Konecny · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:18BOSTrent FredericAssists: Charlie Coyle, Mark Kastelic · Snap, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:38BOSBrad MarchandAssists: Justin Brazeau · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:49BOSPavel ZachaGWGAssists: David Pastrnak · Snap, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:41PHIJoel Farabee: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 7:13BOSMark Kastelic: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:42PHICam York: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 3:32PHICam York: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:37BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 4:37PHIEmil Andrae: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:31BOSCharlie McAvoy: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 16:31BOSCharlie McAvoy: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 16:31PHIOwen Tippett: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 6:05PHITravis Konecny: Interference2 min
  11. P3 10:33PHIGarnet Hathaway: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 18:03PHISean Couturier: 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
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Poehling won the faceoff against Kastelic
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIBOS
26Shots on goal31
2.4Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts61
35Faceoffs won33
2Power plays6
16Penalty minutes8
18Hits33
18Blocked shots9
18Giveaways19
1Takeaways6

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. bestCouturier – Konecny – Farabee11:15

    xG 1.02–0.40 (72%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Tippett – Frost – Michkov9:08

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Cates – Brink – Foerster6:07

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  4. Laughton – Hathaway – Poehling9:19

    xG 0.11–0.31 (26%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanheim – York13:10

    xG 0.96–0.21 (82%)attempts 18–3goals 1–1

  2. Ristolainen – Andrae12:18

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Ristolainen – York2:56

    xG 0.06–0.11 (36%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestCoyle – Frederic – Kastelic7:52

    xG 0.34–0.26 (56%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  2. Marchand – Lindholm – Brazeau3:19

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 1–4goals 1–0

  3. Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher2:17

    xG 0.05–0.02 (67%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Zacha – Brazeau – Geekie5:53

    xG 0.05–0.11 (33%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – McAvoy3:07

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  2. Carlo – Lohrei2:32

    xG 0.07–0.01 (88%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Zadorov – Peeke5:52

    xG 0.06–0.06 (52%)attempts 5–4goals 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 3.5 xGPHI 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 91/100 · #111 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.31 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 68% of the time.

BOS winsPHI wins

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

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