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Tue, Apr 5, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI15112012229
OTT112213211536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:40PHIMike RichardsPPAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:37OTTNick FolignoPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Filip Kuba · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:56PHIMike RichardsAssists: Nikolay Zherdev, Kimmo Timonen · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:42OTTRyan ShannonPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Filip Kuba · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:46OTTBobby ButlerGWGAssists: Zack Smith, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–3
  6. P3 8:02OTTJason SpezzaPPAssists: Ryan Shannon, Bobby Butler · Slap, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:42OTTMilan MichalekENAssists: Jesse Winchester, David Hale · Wrist, 0.57 xG2–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:12OTTErik Condra: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:59PHIBen Holmstrom: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:59OTTChris Neil: Instigator2 min
  4. P1 4:59OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 4:59OTTChris Neil: Misconduct10 min
  6. P1 12:13OTTNick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  7. P1 13:59PHIAndrej Meszaros: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P2 2:47PHIScott Hartnell: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 7:32OTTFrancis Lessard: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 11:32OTTAndre Benoit: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 14:24OTTMilan Michalek: High sticking2 min
  12. P2 17:02PHIDanny Syvret: Holding2 min · PPG
  13. P3 1:14PHIAndrej Meszaros: High sticking2 min
  14. P3 7:12PHIDaniel Carcillo: Holding2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
29Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals2.4
62Shot attempts52
33Faceoffs won27
6Power plays5
15Penalty minutes27
23Hits12
12Blocked shots19
10Giveaways10
6Takeaways7

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 – van Riemsdyk – Leino2:23

    xG 0.34–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Versteeg – van Riemsdyk8:11

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Zherdev – Richards – Giroux8:08

    xG 0.41–0.35 (54%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Leino – Holmstrom5:33

    xG 0.02–0.11 (18%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Syvret10:27

    xG 0.49–0.23 (68%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Carle2:05

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. O'Donnell – Syvret2:09

    xG 0.05–0.01 (76%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestShannon – Condra – Winchester7:04

    xG 0.29–0.20 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Michalek – Butler7:13

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Wick – Foligno – Smith3:06

    xG 0.03–0.05 (36%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Foligno – Smith6:35

    xG 0.17–0.28 (38%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Benoit12:56

    xG 0.35–0.19 (65%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Hale – Wiercioch9:57

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Benoit – Wiercioch2:10

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

OTT 2.4 xGPHI 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #372 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 52% 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).