Philadelphia Flyers at Boston Bruins
Recap
written from the game dataThe Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0. The Bruins scored first and never trailed. The Bruins led 2-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Zdeno Chara's goal at 13:00 of the second period, which took the Bruins' chances from 53% to 73%. Expected goals favored the Bruins, 2.1 to 1.8; shots on goal were PHI 26, BOS 25. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Flyers win a replay of these chances 53% of the time. Brian Elliott stopped 22 of 24 (.917); Jaroslav Halak stopped 26 of 26 (1.000), 1.8 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Jaroslav Halak (26 saves, 1.000), 2. Zdeno Chara (2 G), 3. Brandon Carlo.
Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
3 goals2nd period
0-113:00
0-217:28
3rd period
0-319:37
Penalties
1st
- 7:11
David Pastrnak · Interferencedrawn by Claude Giroux2 min
- 7:11
Claude Giroux · Holding the stickdrawn by David Pastrnak2 min
- 11:27
Robert Hagg · Slashingdrawn by Brad Marchand2 min
- 18:05
Zdeno Chara · Delaying game2 min
2nd
- 15:32
served by T. Konecny · Too many men on the ice2 min
3rd
- 6:38
Steven Kampfer · Roughingdrawn by Scott Laughton2 min
- 6:38
Wayne Simmonds · Roughingdrawn by Steven Kampfer2 min
- 6:38
Steven Kampfer · Roughingdrawn by Wayne Simmonds2 min
- 8:34
Zdeno Chara · Trippingdrawn by Travis Konecny2 min
- 14:30
Travis Konecny · Trippingdrawn by David Pastrnak2 min
- 16:03
Jake DeBrusk · Interferencedrawn by Andrew MacDonald2 min
- 16:03
Andrew MacDonald · Slashingdrawn by Jake DeBrusk2 min
- 16:03
Scott Laughton · Roughingdrawn by Jake DeBrusk2 min
- 16:03
Scott Laughton · Misconductdrawn by Jake DeBrusk10 min
- 18:06
Oskar Lindblom · Interferencedrawn by Danton Heinen2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Zdeno Chara, 2nd 13:00 — 53% → 73%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 1.80 G
- All situations
- 2 G2.1
- 1.40 G
- Even strength
- 1 G0.9
- 0.40 G
- Power play
- 1 G0.7
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.0
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 72 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 1.76 – 1.61
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 26
- Shots on goal
- 25
- 60%
- Faceoffs
- 40%
- 0/3
- Power play
- 2/5
- 26
- Penalty minutes
- 12
- 17
- Hits
- 16
- 14
- Blocked shots
- 13
- 9
- Giveaways
- 7
- 13
- Takeaways
- 15
Box score
every player line
Season series
PHI leads 2-1
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2OTFinal
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
