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Tue, Mar 15, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

FLA winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1921804331
FLA270807222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:28PHIScott HartnellAssists: Mike Richards, Ville Leino · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:06FLAStephen WeissAssists: Sergei Samsonov, Keaton Ellerby · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:11FLADmitry KulikovAssists: Sergei Samsonov · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:43PHIJeff CarterAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:23PHIJeff CarterGWGAssists: Daniel Brière · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:20PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:24FLARyan Carter: Elbowing2 min
  3. P1 13:28FLAMike Weaver: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 3:46FLAMike Duco: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 3:46PHIDaniel Carcillo: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 5:16FLAMichal Repik: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 6:06PHIJames van Riemsdyk: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 5:44FLADmitry Kulikov: Holding the stick2 min
  9. P3 8:56PHIJames van Riemsdyk: High sticking double minor4 min
  10. P3 9:48FLADmitry Kulikov: Hooking2 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Reasoner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIFLA
31Shots on goal22
1.9Expected goals1.5
49Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes15
31Hits30
22Blocked shots9
3Giveaways4
5Takeaways7

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. bestBrière – Carter – Giroux13:08

    xG 0.40–0.08 (84%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Shelley – Betts – Powe4:15

    xG 0.06–0.09 (40%)attempts 2–7goals 0–2

  3. Carcillo – Versteeg – van Riemsdyk7:02

    xG 0.18–0.23 (44%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Richards – Leino9:42

    xG 0.21–0.49 (30%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Donnell – Meszaros3:37

    xG 0.36–0.03 (92%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Coburn – Carle3:06

    xG 0.15–0.04 (78%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Meszaros2:01

    xG 0.14–0.09 (61%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReasoner – Booth – Repik11:02

    xG 0.64–0.13 (83%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Samsonov – Weiss – Bergfors13:21

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 15–13goals 2–1

  3. Hordichuk – Rissmiller – Carter4:26

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Bernier – Santorelli – Duco5:00

    xG 0.04–0.35 (10%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllerby – Kulikov12:53

    xG 0.57–0.46 (55%)attempts 17–13goals 2–2

  2. Callahan – Wilson7:17

    xG 0.10–0.10 (50%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Garrison15:38

    xG 0.25–0.28 (47%)attempts 14–7goals 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 1.5 xGPHI 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #613 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 59% 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).