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Sun, Jan 8, 2012·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Ottawa Senators 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 54% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI316110011437
OTT21409415638

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:54OTTDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Kyle Turris, Jared Cowen · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:32PHIAndrej MeszarosAssists: Max Talbot · Slap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:25OTTChris NeilAssists: Nick Foligno, Erik Karlsson · Wrist, 0.48 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:32PHIMarc-Andre BourdonAssists: Daniel Brière · Tip-in, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P1 16:00PHISean CouturierAssists: Matt Read · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P2 14:08PHIMatt ReadPPAssists: James van Riemsdyk, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.52 xG4–2
  7. P3 3:11OTTColin GreeningAssists: Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–3
  8. P3 6:19OTTErik KarlssonUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG4–4
  9. P3 18:49OTTFilip KubaGWGAssists: Erik Condra, Daniel Alfredsson · Slap, 0.02 xG4–5
  10. P3 19:15OTTNick FolignoENAssists: Chris Neil · Wrist, 0.68 xG4–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:16OTTZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:16PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:23OTTMatt Carkner: Interference2 min
  4. P2 7:16PHIAndreas Lilja: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 11:14OTTMatt Carkner: Elbowing2 min
  6. P2 13:00OTTErik Condra: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 15:06PHIAndreas Lilja: Holding2 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 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
37Shots on goal38
3.3Expected goals3.6
64Shot attempts67
26Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
24Hits23
20Blocked shots15
5Giveaways13
14Takeaways12

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. bestvan Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Schenn10:09

    xG 1.05–0.14 (88%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  2. Rinaldo – Read – Couturier9:04

    xG 0.13–0.26 (34%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Brière – Talbot – Voracek9:07

    xG 0.16–0.67 (19%)attempts 7–15goals 2–2

  4. Jagr – Hartnell – Giroux11:20

    xG 0.34–0.92 (27%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLilja – Meszaros11:34

    xG 0.89–0.22 (80%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Coburn – Meszaros2:06

    xG 0.04–0.12 (25%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Carle – Bourdon15:29

    xG 0.47–0.85 (35%)attempts 11–22goals 1–3

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Foligno – Smith11:56

    xG 0.78–0.41 (65%)attempts 15–9goals 1–2

  2. Spezza – Michalek – Greening13:19

    xG 1.13–0.93 (55%)attempts 20–19goals 2–1

  3. Konopka – Daugavins – Butler3:20

    xG 0.14–0.12 (53%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Condra – Turris14:47

    xG 0.35–0.34 (50%)attempts 17–12goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuba – Karlsson14:56

    xG 2.01–0.71 (74%)attempts 28–19goals 3–0

  2. Gonchar – Cowen14:36

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 19–10goals 1–2

  3. Phillips – Carkner9:41

    xG 0.10–0.42 (19%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

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 3.6 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 97/100 · #33 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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 54% 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).