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Thu, Oct 7, 2010·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 58% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0921018327
PIT0150927231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:51PHIDaniel BrièrePPAssists: Mike Richards, Ville Leino · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:15PHIBlair BettsAssists: Darroll Powe, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:44PITTyler KennedyAssists: Paul Martin, Kris Letang · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:55PHIClaude GirouxSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:14PITAlex GoligoskiPPAssists: Zbynek Michalek, Chris Kunitz · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:09PITMatt Cooke: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:08PHISean O'Donnell: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:45PITDeryk Engelland: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:35PHIJody Shelley: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 12:00PHIBraydon Coburn: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:00PITBrooks Orpik: Interference2 min
  7. P3 3:15PHIAndrej Meszaros: Roughing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 7:00PITEvgeni Malkin: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 7:00PHIDaniel Carcillo: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 7:00PITMax Talbot: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 18:47PHIBlair Betts: Hooking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIPIT
27Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals3.2
51Shot attempts65
22Faceoffs won34
4Power plays5
12Penalty minutes10
34Hits32
16Blocked shots14
9Giveaways11
1Takeaways9

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. bestBrière – Hartnell – Leino11:03

    xG 0.58–0.14 (81%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Shelley – Betts – Powe4:06

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Zherdev – Giroux – van Riemsdyk7:04

    xG 0.28–0.47 (37%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Richards – Carcillo8:18

    xG 0.13–0.78 (14%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Meszaros10:58

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn12:55

    xG 0.85–0.54 (61%)attempts 18–14goals 1–1

  3. Timonen – Bartulis2:08

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestCooke – Kennedy – Letestu8:08

    xG 0.73–0.40 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Comrie – Malkin – Crosby2:00

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Comrie – Malkin – Tangradi5:32

    xG 0.36–0.22 (62%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Adams – Rupp – Talbot5:02

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Goligoski9:26

    xG 0.79–0.26 (75%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Orpik – Michalek11:38

    xG 0.91–0.54 (63%)attempts 16–22goals 0–0

  3. Martin – Letang13:41

    xG 0.41–0.33 (55%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

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.

PIT 3.2 xGPHI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #736 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 58% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

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

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