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Thu, Dec 9, 2010·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 53% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI2102909428
TOR09113010132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:13PHIVille LeinoPPAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:32PHIChris ProngerGWGAssists: Daniel Brière, Matt Carle · Slap, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:18PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Sean O'Donnell · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:14TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Dion Phaneuf · Snap, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:17PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Jody Shelley · Backhand, 0.09 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:07TORColby Armstrong: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:17PHIBraydon Coburn: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:17PHIBraydon Coburn: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 2:42PHISean O'Donnell: Interference2 min
  5. P2 9:46PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:57TORMikhail Grabovski: Boarding2 min
  7. P2 17:17PHIJody Shelley: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 1:23TORColby Armstrong: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 8:11TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 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 SOG0TOR
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITOR
28Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals1.9
54Shot attempts71
43Faceoffs won20
4Power plays4
18Penalty minutes8
9Hits17
22Blocked shots18
17Giveaways13
8Takeaways8

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. bestZherdev – Carter – Giroux7:45

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Nodl – van Riemsdyk10:56

    xG 0.15–0.08 (67%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Hartnell – Leino11:34

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  4. Shelley – Betts – Powe3:30

    xG 0.03–0.10 (24%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPronger – Carle14:54

    xG 0.50–0.19 (72%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn11:47

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. O'Donnell – Meszaros13:09

    xG 0.36–0.63 (37%)attempts 13–23goals 2–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Versteeg – Kadri13:18

    xG 0.47–0.36 (56%)attempts 18–17goals 0–1

  2. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin9:13

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  3. Armstrong – Kessel – Bozak12:13

    xG 0.28–0.24 (54%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  4. Orr – Sjostrom – Brent3:51

    xG 0.11–0.09 (56%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Phaneuf13:27

    xG 0.63–0.37 (63%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  2. Kaberle – Phaneuf2:06

    xG 0.11–0.02 (88%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Lebda2:06

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 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.

TOR 1.9 xGPHI 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #889 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 53% of the time.

TOR winsPHI wins

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

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