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Tue, Mar 6, 2012·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Detroit Red Wings 2, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 60% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET12016121239
PHI291806323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:00DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Jiri Hudler · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:50PHIJakub VoracekUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:11PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Braydon Coburn · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:10PHIMax TalbotSHGWGAssists: Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:47DETJohan FranzenAssists: Brendan Smith, Kyle Quincey · Snap, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:23DETNiklas Kronwall: Holding2 min
  2. P1 5:21PHIAndreas Lilja: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:01PHIZac Rinaldo: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 13:46PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 6:44PHIScott Hartnell: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  6. P3 15:45DETDarren Helm: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 0:00PHIZac Rinaldo: Misconduct10 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHI
39Shots on goal23
3.2Expected goals3.8
78Shot attempts47
36Faceoffs won19
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes18
20Hits25
10Blocked shots24
7Giveaways11
5Takeaways5

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHolmstrom – Cleary – Abdelkader2:27

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Holmstrom – Franzen – Helm6:16

    xG 0.37–0.07 (84%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Franzen – Helm3:39

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  4. Conner – Emmerton – Mursak5:48

    xG 0.12–0.08 (61%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJanik – Smith11:07

    xG 0.63–0.40 (61%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  2. Kronwall – White3:06

    xG 0.27–0.10 (74%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Quincey2:35

    xG 0.08–0.05 (64%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestTalbot – Voracek – Schenn5:03

    xG 1.14–0.05 (96%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Jagr – Hartnell – Giroux7:20

    xG 0.62–0.27 (70%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  3. Hartnell – Giroux – Schenn4:32

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Rinaldo – Wellwood – Couturier2:36

    xG 0.02–0.03 (42%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLilja – Gustafsson13:12

    xG 1.03–0.60 (63%)attempts 12–21goals 1–0

  2. Kubina – Carle14:47

    xG 0.54–0.37 (59%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann14:01

    xG 0.25–1.03 (20%)attempts 6–23goals 1–2

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 3.8 xGDET 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #746 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 60% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

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

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