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Sat, Feb 26, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1150808131
OTT03214212429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:40PHIScott HartnellAssists: Claude Giroux · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:18OTTNick FolignoPPAssists: Filip Kuba, Ryan Shannon · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:10OTTErik CondraGWGAssists: Ryan Shannon, Colin Greening · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:15OTTChris PhillipsAssists: Jason Spezza, Bobby Butler · Slap, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:35OTTErik CondraPPAssists: Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 10:00OTTZack Smith: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:20OTTMarek Svatos: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 1:30OTTRyan Shannon: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 7:59OTTErik Condra: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:09PHIDaniel Carcillo: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:25PHIDarroll Powe: Holding2 min
  7. P3 17:17OTTColin Greening: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:17OTTColin Greening: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 17:17PHIErik Gustafsson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 17:17PHIErik Gustafsson: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 17:17PHIScott Hartnell: Charging2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
31Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals2.2
57Shot attempts43
27Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes12
21Hits17
5Blocked shots19
13Giveaways11
10Takeaways10

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. bestRichards – Versteeg – Nodl8:42

    xG 0.46–0.09 (84%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Carter – Giroux2:22

    xG 0.17–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 1–1

  3. Zherdev – Carter – Giroux8:30

    xG 0.34–0.23 (60%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Shelley – Carcillo – Powe5:31

    xG 0.07–0.10 (39%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn12:43

    xG 0.82–0.66 (55%)attempts 16–11goals 0–2

  2. Carle – Meszaros3:49

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Gustafsson13:32

    xG 0.19–0.32 (37%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestWick – Shannon – Condra4:58

    xG 0.33–0.03 (91%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Greening – Butler5:57

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  3. Shannon – Greening – Condra4:51

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Svatos – Foligno – Smith8:52

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Karlsson15:30

    xG 0.55–0.21 (73%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  2. Carkner – Campoli10:55

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Lee15:27

    xG 0.65–0.53 (55%)attempts 15–12goals 2–0

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.

OTT 2.2 xGPHI 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #764 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 56% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

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

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