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Thu, Feb 23, 2012·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01406015035
EDM0921506230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:26EDMTaylor HallPPGWGAssists: Ryan Whitney, Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:04EDMJordan EberleUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:37EDMShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 8:23PHIJody Shelley: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:23EDMDarcy Hordichuk: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:23EDMDarcy Hordichuk: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 2:15PHIPavel Kubina: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:24PHIScott Hartnell: Kneeing2 min
  7. P3 9:21EDMRyan Whitney: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P3 9:21PHIScott Hartnell: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P3 16:27EDMTaylor Hall: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 17:06PHIKimmo Timonen: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Belanger won the faceoff against Talbot
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIEDM
35Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts50
19Faceoffs won38
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
15Hits17
8Blocked shots14
14Giveaways13
10Takeaways7

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 – Giroux – Simmonds11:36

    xG 0.82–0.44 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Schenn9:44

    xG 0.58–0.46 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Jagr – Brière – Read10:09

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  4. Shelley – Talbot – Wellwood4:18

    xG 0.13–0.04 (75%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMeszaros – Grossmann17:17

    xG 1.01–0.33 (76%)attempts 22–12goals 0–0

  2. Kubina – Carle14:30

    xG 1.07–0.41 (72%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Coburn12:23

    xG 0.10–0.48 (17%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHorcoff – Hemsky – Hall12:56

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Hordichuk – Petrell – Lander2:28

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Smyth – Gagner – Eberle11:06

    xG 0.29–0.39 (43%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  4. Belanger – Eager – Paajarvi8:39

    xG 0.27–0.40 (40%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry14:08

    xG 0.41–0.28 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Sutton – Gilbert11:46

    xG 0.54–0.64 (46%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Potter16:41

    xG 0.44–0.59 (43%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

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.

EDM 3.0 xGPHI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1217 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

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

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