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Tue, Mar 8, 2011·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Edmonton Oilers 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 55% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM01111013125
PHI2171515427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:54PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Matt Carle, Ville Leino · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:40PHIJeff CarterPPGWGAssists: Daniel Brière, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:05PHIJeff CarterAssists: Kimmo Timonen, James van Riemsdyk · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P2 8:00EDMJean-Francois JacquesAssists: Ladislav Smid · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:18PHIBlair BettsENAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:00PHIChris Pronger: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 2:37EDMLinus Omark: Interference2 min
  3. P1 12:57EDMLadislav Smid: Boarding5 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:25PHISean O'Donnell: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 12:37EDMSteve MacIntyre: Elbowing2 min
  6. P2 16:46PHIKimmo Timonen: Interference2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMPHI
25Shots on goal27
3.3Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts57
20Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
9Penalty minutes6
25Hits24
18Blocked shots14
10Giveaways13
7Takeaways5

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Reddox – Cogliano8:54

    xG 0.87–0.20 (81%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Jacques – Fraser – MacIntyre2:49

    xG 0.13–0.00 (97%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Gagner – Omark9:44

    xG 0.24–0.91 (21%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Eberle – Paajarvi8:12

    xG 0.02–0.69 (3%)attempts 5–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStrudwick – Foster7:02

    xG 0.58–0.30 (66%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Strudwick – Plante3:38

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Smid16:19

    xG 1.10–0.90 (55%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestShelley – Betts – Powe4:57

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Giroux – van Riemsdyk9:45

    xG 0.58–0.61 (49%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Brière – Hartnell – Leino10:14

    xG 0.98–1.28 (43%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  4. Richards – Carcillo – Versteeg10:29

    xG 0.37–0.70 (35%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Meszaros2:32

    xG 0.50–0.04 (93%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Pronger – Carle13:24

    xG 0.79–0.48 (62%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  3. Carle – Meszaros2:39

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 2–8goals 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.

PHI 3.6 xGEDM 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #869 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 55% of the time.

PHI winsEDM wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).