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Philadelphia Flyers at Boston Bruins

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Philadelphia Flyers
3
Boston Bruins
▸6
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Recap

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The Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3. The Bruins scored first and never trailed. The Bruins led 5-2 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Pavel Zacha's goal at 10:30 of the first period, which took the Bruins' chances from 67% to 81%. Expected goals favored the Flyers, 3.6 to 3.0; shots on goal were PHI 36, BOS 27. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Flyers win a replay of these chances 69% of the time. Samuel Ersson stopped 15 of 20 (.750), 2.9 goals below expected; Jeremy Swayman stopped 33 of 36 (.917), 0.7 goals saved above expected. Three stars: 1. Casey Mittelstadt (1 G, 2 A), 2. Fraser Minten (1 G, 2 A), 3. Jeremy Swayman (33 saves, .917).

Three stars

  1. ★
    BOS
    C. Mittelstadt1 G, 2 A
  2. ★★
    BOS
    F. Minten1 G, 2 A
  3. ★★★
    BOS
    J. Swayman33 saves, .917

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
PHIPHI09212115336
BOSBOS21031017627

Scoring

9 goals

1st period

  1. BOS
    V. Arvidsson(13)
    C. Mittelstadt (15), F. Minten (14)
    snapxG 0.09win prob +13 ptsVideo
    0-1
    9:49
  2. BOS
    P. Zacha(15)
    M. Geekie (20), J. Aspirot (3)
    wristxG 0.18win prob +14 ptsVideo
    0-2
    10:30

2nd period

  1. BOS
    F. Minten(14)
    C. Mittelstadt (16)
    wristxG 0.08win prob +9 ptsVideo
    0-3
    2:27
  2. PHI
    T. Konecny(21)
    C. Dvorak (22)
    snapxG 0.14win prob +9 ptsVideo
    1-3
    3:16
  3. BOS
    C. Mittelstadt(11)
    A. Peeke (6), F. Minten (15)
    backhandxG 0.12win prob +7 ptsVideo
    1-4
    16:12
  4. BOS
    T. Jeannot(6)
    A. Peeke (7), S. Kuraly (12)
    tip-inxG 0.09win prob +2 ptsVideo
    1-5
    18:40
  5. PHI
    N. Grebenkin(4)
    T. Konecny (29)
    wristxG 0.23win prob +2 ptsVideo
    2-5
    19:05

3rd period

  1. BOS
    M. Khusnutdinov(12)EN
    C. McAvoy (32), J. Aspirot (4)
    wristxG 0.66Video
    2-6
    16:30
  2. PHI
    M. Michkov(13)PPG
    D. Barkey (7), O. Tippett (16)
    wristxG 0.30Video
    3-6
    18:19

Penalties

PHI 8 PIM·BOS 12 PIM

1st

  • 4:54PHIDenver Barkey · Trippingdrawn by Jonathan Aspirot2 min
  • 18:31BOSHampus Lindholm · Holdingdrawn by Nikita Grebenkin2 min

2nd

  • 4:10BOSMason Lohrei · Trippingdrawn by Owen Tippett2 min

3rd

  • 7:17BOSMark Kastelic · Roughingdrawn by Garnet Hathaway2 min
  • 7:17PHIGarnet Hathaway · Roughingdrawn by Mark Kastelic2 min
  • 17:53BOSAndrew Peeke · Trippingdrawn by Rasmus Ristolainen2 min
  • 18:58BOSMatthew Poitras · Roughingdrawn by Denver Barkey2 min
  • 18:58PHIDenver Barkey · Roughingdrawn by Matthew Poitras2 min
  • 18:58PHINick Seeler · Roughingdrawn by Michael Eyssimont2 min
  • 18:58BOSMichael Eyssimont · Roughingdrawn by Nick Seeler2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
BOS goalPHI goalFinal: BOS 100%

Biggest swing: Pavel Zacha, 1st 10:30 — BOS 67% → 81%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
M. Khusnutdinov · Goal · xG 0.66A. Peeke · On goal · xG 0.20C. McAvoy · On goal · xG 0.19P. Zacha · Goal · xG 0.18S. Kuraly · On goal · xG 0.17C. McAvoy · On goal · xG 0.13C. Mittelstadt · Goal · xG 0.12M. Khusnutdinov · On goal · xG 0.10V. Arvidsson · Goal · xG 0.09M. Poitras · On goal · xG 0.09T. Jeannot · Goal · xG 0.09S. Kuraly · On goal · xG 0.08F. Minten · Goal · xG 0.08M. Eyssimont · On goal · xG 0.07P. Zacha · Missed · xG 0.07M. Khusnutdinov · Missed · xG 0.07F. Minten · On goal · xG 0.07M. Poitras · On goal · xG 0.06M. Poitras · On goal · xG 0.06F. Minten · On goal · xG 0.05C. Mittelstadt · Missed · xG 0.05M. Poitras · On goal · xG 0.04M. Kastelic · Missed · xG 0.04V. Arvidsson · On goal · xG 0.04M. Geekie · Missed · xG 0.03S. Kuraly · Missed · xG 0.03J. Aspirot · Missed · xG 0.03D. Pastrnak · On goal · xG 0.03H. Lindholm · Missed · xG 0.02S. Kuraly · Missed · xG 0.01M. Eyssimont · On goal · xG 0.01M. Kastelic · On goal · xG 0.01M. Lohrei · On goal · xG 0.01N. Zadorov · Missed · xG 0.01V. Arvidsson · On goal · xG 0.01S. Kuraly · Missed · xG 0.00M. Kastelic · On goal · xG 0.00M. Poitras · On goal · xG 0.00
BOS6 G · 3.0 xG · 38 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

PHIvsBOS
3.63 G
All situations
5 G3.0
2.72 G
Even strength
5 G2.2
0.91 G
Power play
0 G0.1

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 85 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
PHI69%31%BOS

Flurry-adjusted xG 3.43 – 2.31

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

PHIvsBOS
36
Shots on goal
27
43%
Faceoffs
57%
1/3
Power play
0/1
8
Penalty minutes
12
36
Hits
15
17
Blocked shots
9
19
Giveaways
19
4
Takeaways
6

Box score

every player line
Philadelphia Flyers skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
9J. DrysdaleD000-100.00010—23:06
55R. RistolainenD000-120.06210—21:53
6T. SanheimD000-110.11010—21:41
8C. YorkD000-100.01120—20:43
11T. KonecnyR112-150.48100—17:31
46T. ZegrasC000-200.07110816:41
27N. CatesL000-120.050107616:26
52D. BarkeyC011-110.44104016:26
10B. BrinkR000-100.00210—16:11
74O. TippettR011-170.57200—16:08
22C. DvorakC011-110.081104215:37
24N. SeelerD000-220.09022—14:45
14S. CouturierC000-140.355004013:57
29N. GrebenkinR101-150.63100—13:43
47N. JuulsenD000-200.00320—13:35
19G. HathawayR000-110.02732—12:50
39M. MichkovR101-120.43010—12:49
44N. DeslauriersL000-130.25900—12:12
Philadelphia Flyers goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
33S. Ersson(L)20155.7502.07-2.9340:00
80D. Vladar6601.0000.27+0.2719:46

Season series

PHI leads 2-1

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).