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Mon, Nov 15, 2010·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 1, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 82% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT1901109129
PHI217115214546

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:43PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Sean O'Donnell · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:40OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Alex Kovalev, Peter Regin · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:17PHIDarroll PoweGWGAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:31PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Mike Richards, Chris Pronger · Snap, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:13PHIMike RichardsSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:43PHIMike RichardsAssists: Braydon Coburn, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 6:16OTTErik Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 9:55OTTErik Karlsson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:33OTTErik Karlsson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 17:07PHIScott Hartnell: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 17:07OTTJarkko Ruutu: Fighting5 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:05OTTNick Foligno: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 5:23PHIDaniel Brière: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:15OTTChris Neil: Cross checking2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← OTT attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
29Shots on goal46
1.8Expected goals4.0
57Shot attempts70
35Faceoffs won36
1Power plays5
15Penalty minutes7
12Hits17
14Blocked shots17
4Giveaways5
7Takeaways4

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Kovalev – Spezza – Regin12:07

    xG 0.47–0.54 (46%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

  2. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly8:17

    xG 0.17–0.24 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Shannon – Foligno – Winchester4:25

    xG 0.19–0.28 (39%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Fisher – Michalek9:02

    xG 0.29–0.54 (35%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampoli – Karlsson2:11

    xG 0.16–0.02 (88%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Kuba – Karlsson15:30

    xG 0.68–0.74 (48%)attempts 19–20goals 0–1

  3. Carkner – Campoli11:18

    xG 0.32–0.52 (38%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrière – Hartnell – Leino9:39

    xG 0.62–0.36 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

  2. Zherdev – Richards – van Riemsdyk10:21

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Shelley – Betts – Powe2:40

    xG 0.06–0.01 (87%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Giroux – Powe9:48

    xG 0.32–0.27 (54%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Donnell – Meszaros12:46

    xG 0.78–0.41 (65%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Pronger – Carle14:03

    xG 0.51–0.43 (54%)attempts 17–13goals 0–1

  3. Timonen – Coburn12:20

    xG 0.44–0.47 (48%)attempts 15–12goals 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.

PHI 4.0 xGOTT 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 27/100 · #846 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 82% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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