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Thu, Mar 8, 2012·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Florida Panthers 0, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 78% of the time.

PHI winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA0110908028
PHI110213212535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:35PHIBrayden SchennPPGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Matt Carle · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:06PHIMatt ReadAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Daniel Brière · Wrist, 0.37 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:49PHIScott HartnellUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:35PHIJaromir JagrPPAssists: Daniel Brière, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–4
  5. P3 18:33PHIEric WellwoodAssists: Erik Gustafsson · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–5
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 9:28FLAEd Jovanovski: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:59PHIClaude Giroux: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 14:56PHIMatt Carle: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 14:56PHIMatt Carle: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 14:56FLAJack Skille: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 3:07FLAKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 3:07PHIJody Shelley: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 9:24FLASean Bergenheim: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 18:49PHIZac Rinaldo: Boarding2 min
  10. P3 0:58FLAErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 0:58FLAErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 0:58PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 2:15FLAMike Santorelli: Too many men on the ice2 min
  14. P3 12:53PHIAndreas Lilja: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  15. P3 18:04FLAEd Jovanovski: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 18:04PHIMax Talbot: Slashing2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLAPHI
28Shots on goal35
2.5Expected goals4.3
60Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won23
4Power plays4
22Penalty minutes22
20Hits19
6Blocked shots18
9Giveaways8
4Takeaways7

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestFleischmann – Wolski – Matthias9:01

    xG 0.69–0.23 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Samuelsson – Weiss – Bergenheim10:01

    xG 0.39–0.02 (95%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  3. Barch – Santorelli – Skille4:09

    xG 0.06–0.08 (44%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Smithson – Kopecky – Goc6:25

    xG 0.14–0.83 (14%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Garrison11:30

    xG 0.40–0.20 (66%)attempts 21–6goals 0–1

  2. Campbell – Ellerby2:27

    xG 0.24–0.15 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Jovanovski – Ellerby2:06

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrière – Simmonds – Read8:47

    xG 0.92–0.39 (70%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Jagr – Shelley – Wellwood3:30

    xG 0.23–0.07 (77%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Talbot – Rinaldo – Couturier8:39

    xG 0.04–0.03 (51%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Giroux – Schenn10:01

    xG 0.21–1.07 (16%)attempts 6–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLilja – Manning10:36

    xG 1.11–0.28 (80%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Coburn – Manning3:01

    xG 0.47–0.19 (71%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann10:52

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

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.

PHI 4.3 xGFLA 2.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 5/100 · #1159 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 78% of the time.

PHI winsFLA wins

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

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