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Tue, Jan 17, 2012·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Minnesota Wild 1, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 84% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0818010126
PHI11231418534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:56PHIKimmo TimonenPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jaromir Jagr · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:27PHISean CouturierSHGWGAssists: Matt Read · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:38MINDarroll PoweAssists: Warren Peters, Mike Lundin · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:47PHIBraydon CoburnAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Brayden Schenn · Deflected, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:04PHIScott HartnellPPAssists: Matt Carle, Matt Read · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:58PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Max Talbot, Daniel Brière · Snap, 0.12 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 1:14MINMatt Cullen: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:42MINDarroll Powe: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:52PHIAndrej Meszaros: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 14:24MINCal Clutterbuck: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:22MINCal Clutterbuck: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:22MINCal Clutterbuck: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 15:07MINCal Clutterbuck: Roughing2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brière won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHI
26Shots on goal34
1.9Expected goals4.2
50Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won29
1Power plays6
12Penalty minutes2
34Hits23
13Blocked shots14
5Giveaways5
6Takeaways5

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBrodziak – Setoguchi – Powe8:58

    xG 1.01–0.39 (72%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Peters – Clutterbuck – McIntyre4:56

    xG 0.31–0.24 (56%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Staubitz – McIntyre – McMillan3:00

    xG 0.03–0.07 (28%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Heatley – Johnson12:34

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Zidlicky15:42

    xG 1.11–1.18 (48%)attempts 19–19goals 0–2

  2. Stoner – Lundin13:33

    xG 0.42–0.51 (45%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Falk – Spurgeon15:14

    xG 0.26–0.73 (26%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Hartnell – Giroux13:40

    xG 0.82–0.12 (87%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Shelley – Zolnierczyk – Couturier7:21

    xG 0.34–0.03 (92%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Talbot – Voracek9:25

    xG 0.78–0.67 (54%)attempts 12–18goals 1–1

  4. Simmonds – Schenn – Read7:10

    xG 0.25–0.67 (28%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn11:05

    xG 0.52–0.20 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Carle – Bourdon12:19

    xG 0.71–0.50 (59%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Meszaros – Gustafsson10:08

    xG 0.89–0.72 (55%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

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.

PHI 4.2 xGMIN 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #887 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 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 84% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

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

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