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Tue, Oct 18, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 7, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

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

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI41007313730
OTT0311218223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:20PHIMatt ReadAssists: Sean Couturier, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:00PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Matt Read, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:17PHIClaude GirouxPPGWGAssists: Chris Pronger, Jaromir Jagr · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P1 19:00PHIMax TalbotAssists: Matt Read, Scott Hartnell · Backhand, 0.03 xG4–0
  5. P2 18:59OTTJason SpezzaAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.18 xG4–1
  6. P3 15:25PHIJames van RiemsdykPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Kimmo Timonen · Tip-in, 0.17 xG5–1
  7. P3 16:01PHISean CouturierAssists: Matt Carle, Matt Read · Snap, 0.28 xG6–1
  8. P3 19:15PHIHarry ZolnierczykAssists: Max Talbot, Zac Rinaldo · Wrist, 0.12 xG7–1
  9. P3 19:40OTTErik KarlssonAssists: Zenon Konopka, Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.04 xG7–2
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 6:47OTTZack Smith: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:01OTTColin Greening: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:38OTTZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:38PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 2:37PHIMatt Walker: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P2 2:37PHIMatt Walker: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 2:37OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 3:09OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Interference2 min
  9. P2 4:05PHIMatt Carle: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 10:32PHIAndrej Meszaros: Holding2 min
  11. P2 14:48OTTBrian Lee: Holding2 min
  12. P3 6:10PHIMatt Walker: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 7:58OTTStephane Da Costa: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 14:25OTTDavid Rundblad: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  15. P3 19:52OTTZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  16. P3 19:52PHIMatt Walker: Fighting5 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
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Regin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
30Shots on goal23
3.3Expected goals2.8
51Shot attempts56
27Faceoffs won30
6Power plays5
25Penalty minutes29
18Hits20
16Blocked shots12
5Giveaways7
9Takeaways7

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. bestHartnell – Read – Couturier9:11

    xG 0.65–0.43 (60%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  2. Jagr – Giroux – van Riemsdyk9:57

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Brière – Voracek – Simmonds9:11

    xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  4. Talbot – Rinaldo – Zolnierczyk5:08

    xG 0.13–0.42 (24%)attempts 3–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPronger – Carle10:02

    xG 0.73–0.14 (84%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  2. Carle – Meszaros2:54

    xG 0.08–0.14 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Meszaros9:06

    xG 0.03–0.21 (11%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRegin – Foligno – Smith4:17

    xG 0.43–0.05 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Regin – Foligno – Condra7:13

    xG 0.34–0.15 (70%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Greening – Zibanejad9:25

    xG 0.31–0.33 (48%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Konopka – Smith – Da Costa2:37

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Karlsson14:18

    xG 0.86–0.73 (54%)attempts 13–10goals 2–3

  2. Lee – Cowen9:52

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Phillips – Lee3:48

    xG 0.07–0.11 (39%)attempts 4–1goals 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 2.8 xGPHI 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #909 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 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 59% 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).