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Thu, Feb 9, 2012·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 58% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR05312010327
PHI11631409439

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:38PHIScott HartnellAssists: Erik Gustafsson · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:54TORTyler BozakAssists: Phil Kessel, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:32PHIMax TalbotAssists: Andrej Meszaros · Deflected, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:57TORJoffrey LupulPPAssists: Dion Phaneuf, Phil Kessel · Wrist, 0.52 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:53PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Scott Hartnell, Jaromir Jagr · Snap, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:07PHIBrayden SchennGWGAssists: Daniel Brière, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–4
  7. P2 18:09TORTyler BozakAssists: Luke Schenn, Joffrey Lupul · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:21PHIBrayden Schenn: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 3:34TORLuke Schenn: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 8:45TORMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:45PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 14:38TORDion Phaneuf: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 14:38PHIScott Hartnell: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 14:38PHIScott Hartnell: Slashing2 min
  8. P1 15:45TORJake Gardiner: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 5:14PHIAndrej Meszaros: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P2 7:31TORCarl Gunnarsson: Interference2 min
  11. P3 9:33TORMikhail Grabovski: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  12. P3 17:53PHIMax Talbot: Boarding2 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORPHI
27Shots on goal39
3.1Expected goals3.6
57Shot attempts73
24Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
18Penalty minutes18
31Hits29
27Blocked shots19
7Giveaways9
4Takeaways8

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Kessel – Bozak11:42

    xG 0.86–0.51 (63%)attempts 13–15goals 2–1

  2. Armstrong – Steckel – Brown5:06

    xG 0.40–0.11 (78%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. MacArthur – Grabovski – Kulemin9:34

    xG 0.23–0.34 (41%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  4. Connolly – Lombardi – Crabb8:07

    xG 0.27–0.60 (31%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Gardiner11:41

    xG 1.03–0.75 (58%)attempts 22–15goals 2–1

  2. Liles – Franson9:14

    xG 0.29–0.07 (82%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson12:27

    xG 0.48–0.38 (55%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrière – Simmonds – Schenn11:25

    xG 0.86–0.29 (75%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Talbot – Voracek – Couturier2:05

    xG 0.02–0.03 (43%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Hartnell – Giroux11:04

    xG 0.46–0.64 (42%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  4. Talbot – Voracek – Read7:22

    xG 0.21–0.40 (34%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Bourdon14:09

    xG 0.91–0.44 (67%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

  2. Meszaros – Gustafsson13:53

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 17–8goals 3–0

  3. Timonen – Coburn10:47

    xG 0.28–0.79 (26%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

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 3.6 xGTOR 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHITOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #400 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 58% of the time.

PHI winsTOR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).