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Sat, Feb 5, 2011·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Dallas Stars 1, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 57% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0911408131
PHI11318111332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:40PHIAndrej MeszarosAssists: Ville Leino · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:19PHIDarroll PoweSHGWGAssists: Blair Betts, Sean O'Donnell · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:07DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:37PHIJeff CarterAssists: Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk · Snap, 0.03 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:12DALKari Lehtonen: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 9:24PHIMatt Carle: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 14:40DALKarlis Skrastins: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 19:48PHINikolay Zherdev: Holding2 min
  5. P2 3:30PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:31DALMark Fistric: Holding2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALPHI
31Shots on goal32
2.0Expected goals2.3
61Shot attempts57
33Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits24
15Blocked shots24
5Giveaways8
6Takeaways4

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestLangenbrunner – Morrow – Ribeiro7:27

    xG 0.32–0.17 (66%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Ott – Morin – Sceviour2:24

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Sutherby – Gagnon3:55

    xG 0.08–0.13 (37%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Langenbrunner – Ott – Morin4:35

    xG 0.02–0.09 (19%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann13:00

    xG 0.53–0.43 (55%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Niskanen2:37

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Woywitka – Daley11:19

    xG 0.31–0.39 (44%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestZherdev – Carter – Giroux8:57

    xG 0.68–0.16 (81%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Nodl – van Riemsdyk8:56

    xG 0.32–0.19 (63%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Betts – Carcillo – Powe7:08

    xG 0.05–0.19 (20%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Brière – Hartnell – Leino12:41

    xG 0.12–0.54 (19%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPronger – Carle13:13

    xG 0.79–0.23 (78%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn13:34

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  3. O'Donnell – Meszaros11:33

    xG 0.19–0.60 (24%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

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 2.3 xGDAL 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #942 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 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 57% of the time.

PHI winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).