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Tue, Jan 25, 2011·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Montréal Canadiens 2, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 74% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL0911517231
PHI21021619535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:42PHIJeff CarterPPAssists: Mike Richards, Chris Pronger · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:45PHIKimmo TimonenPPAssists: Chris Pronger, Mike Richards · Slap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:23PHIDaniel CarcilloGWGAssists: Chris Pronger · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–3
  4. P2 12:43MTLDavid DesharnaisAssists: Hal Gill, Mathieu Darche · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:52PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Scott Hartnell, Daniel Brière · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:17MTLMathieu DarcheAssists: Travis Moen, Roman Hamrlik · Tip-in, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:35PHIDaniel BrièreENAssists: Chris Pronger, Sergei Bobrovsky · Wrist, 0.54 xG2–5
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 3:33MTLScott Gomez: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 3:33PHIDaniel Carcillo: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 7:23PHINikolay Zherdev: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 16:03MTLAndrei Kostitsyn: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P1 17:14MTLJaroslav Spacek: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P1 17:34MTLP.K. Subban: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 2:31PHISean O'Donnell: Interference2 min
  8. P2 8:48MTLDavid Desharnais: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 15:11MTLDavid Desharnais: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  10. P2 19:43PHIAndrej Meszaros: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 5:48PHIAndreas Nodl: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 7:51PHIChris Pronger: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 11:24PHIChris Pronger: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 11:24MTLBenoit Pouliot: Interference2 min
  15. P3 11:24PHIDaniel Carcillo: Misconduct10 min
  16. P3 13:13PHIScott Hartnell: Boarding2 min
  17. P3 19:48PHIAndrej Meszaros: 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLPHI
31Shots on goal35
3.5Expected goals5.2
84Shot attempts54
44Faceoffs won33
8Power plays5
14Penalty minutes28
19Hits20
8Blocked shots31
11Giveaways8
6Takeaways11

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGomez – Kostitsyn – Pacioretty3:25

    xG 0.69–0.16 (81%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Darche – Pouliot – Desharnais3:05

    xG 0.38–0.16 (70%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Darche – Desharnais – Eller3:48

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Plekanec – Kostitsyn – Eller3:53

    xG 0.11–0.26 (30%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Subban8:42

    xG 1.01–0.25 (80%)attempts 21–3goals 1–1

  2. Spacek – Weber7:51

    xG 0.53–0.86 (38%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Hamrlik – Wisniewski10:56

    xG 0.21–1.05 (17%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestZherdev – Carter – Giroux8:09

    xG 0.89–0.12 (88%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Shelley – Betts – Powe4:44

    xG 0.38–0.01 (97%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Carcillo – Nodl5:04

    xG 0.83–0.72 (54%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  4. Brière – Hartnell – Leino7:50

    xG 0.19–0.82 (19%)attempts 3–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn10:25

    xG 0.86–0.39 (69%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  2. O'Donnell – Meszaros10:25

    xG 0.81–0.57 (59%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Pronger – Carle9:26

    xG 0.87–0.89 (49%)attempts 9–25goals 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 5.2 xGMTL 3.5 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMTL

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 MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 51/100 · #569 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 74% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

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

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