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Wed, Feb 16, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 64% of the time.

FLA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI2181819435
FLA05011219235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:36PHIMike RichardsAssists: Kris Versteeg, Daniel Carcillo · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:41PHIAndreas NodlAssists: Daniel Brière, Scott Hartnell · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:50PHIJames van RiemsdykGWGAssists: Daniel Brière, Chris Pronger · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:40FLARostislav OleszPPAssists: Jason Garrison, Marty Reasoner · Backhand, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:29FLADavid BoothUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:38PHIDaniel BrièreENAssists: Andreas Nodl, Kimmo Timonen · Wrist, 0.67 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:41PHIDaniel Carcillo: Holding2 min
  2. P1 2:49FLAMike Santorelli: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 10:48FLADarcy Hordichuk: Boarding2 min
  4. P1 15:49FLAStephen Weiss: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:28PHIBraydon Coburn: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 18:12FLAMike Santorelli: Interference2 min
  7. P3 0:44PHIChris Pronger: Interference2 min · PPG

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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Weiss won the faceoff against Brière
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIFLA
35Shots on goal35
3.2Expected goals2.4
53Shot attempts66
32Faceoffs won37
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits28
20Blocked shots8
6Giveaways9
5Takeaways12

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. bestCarter – Giroux – van Riemsdyk10:50

    xG 0.50–0.19 (72%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Hartnell – Nodl11:03

    xG 0.38–0.46 (45%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  3. Shelley – Betts – Powe6:09

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–1

  4. Richards – Carcillo – Versteeg10:27

    xG 0.20–0.36 (36%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPronger – Carle12:54

    xG 0.78–0.25 (76%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  2. Pronger – Timonen2:27

    xG 0.08–0.00 (97%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. O'Donnell – Meszaros11:09

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Dvorak – Booth – Timmins3:20

    xG 0.09–0.05 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Reasoner – Higgins – Olesz12:08

    xG 0.21–0.40 (35%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Dvorak – Booth – Santorelli7:18

    xG 0.14–0.35 (29%)attempts 4–9goals 1–1

  4. Stillman – Weiss – Skille10:58

    xG 0.21–0.62 (25%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Wideman – Garrison2:35

    xG 0.13–0.08 (60%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Allen – Callahan13:58

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  3. Weaver – Garrison13:45

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 17–11goals 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.

FLA 2.4 xGPHI 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 63/100 · #435 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 64% of the time.

FLA winsPHI wins

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

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