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Thu, Mar 29, 2012·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Philadelphia Flyers 7, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Expected result

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

TOR winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI210210310730
TOR150606117

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:34PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Daniel Brière · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:01PHIBrayden SchennPPGWGAssists: Daniel Brière, Jaromir Jagr · Snap, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:16TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Tim Connolly, Joey Crabb · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:55PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Daniel Brière, Braydon Coburn · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:03PHIMatt ReadSHAssists: Max Talbot, Erik Gustafsson · Snap, 0.53 xG4–1
  6. P3 5:49PHIEric WellwoodAssists: Matt Read, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.12 xG5–1
  7. P3 7:51PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Pavel Kubina · Wrist, 0.12 xG6–1
  8. P3 11:44PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Daniel Brière, Jaromir Jagr · Snap, 0.07 xG7–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 7:17TORJay Rosehill: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 7:17TORJay Rosehill: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 2:38TORDion Phaneuf: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 2:38PHIMax Talbot: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 4:36PHIJaromir Jagr: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:54PHIMatt Carle: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 14:05PHIScott Hartnell: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 14:05TORMike Brown: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 14:05TORMike Brown: Misconduct10 min
  10. P2 18:25PHIWayne Simmonds: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 8:21TORDion Phaneuf: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 8:21PHIBrayden Schenn: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 8:21TORDion Phaneuf: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
45% to win55% to win
← PHI attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Grabovski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHITOR
30Shots on goal17
3.5Expected goals1.8
56Shot attempts45
21Faceoffs won28
3Power plays3
12Penalty minutes22
27Hits43
16Blocked shots10
5Giveaways8
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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestVoracek – Wellwood – Read7:27

    xG 0.37–0.11 (77%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Talbot – Rinaldo – Couturier8:32

    xG 0.18–0.26 (41%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Simmonds – Schenn6:12

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  4. Jagr – Hartnell – Giroux6:06

    xG 0.11–0.29 (28%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarle – Bourdon11:30

    xG 0.32–0.04 (90%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Kubina – Gustafsson10:37

    xG 0.69–0.65 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

  3. Bourdon – Gustafsson3:58

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLombardi – Frattin – Ashton6:51

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  2. Lombardi – Rosehill – Brown4:09

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Connolly – Crabb – Grabovski7:03

    xG 0.24–0.46 (34%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

  4. MacArthur – Kessel – Bozak9:47

    xG 0.26–0.55 (32%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFranson – Gardiner12:31

    xG 0.65–0.49 (57%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  2. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson11:21

    xG 0.43–0.40 (52%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Gardiner2:05

    xG 0.02–0.08 (19%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

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.

TOR 1.8 xGPHI 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #852 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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.

TOR winsPHI wins

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

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