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Fri, Feb 1, 2013·Verizon Center, Washington

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

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

WSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI01111416231
WSH0111629326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:43PHIBruno GervaisAssists: Daniel Brière, Tye McGinn · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:42WSHNicklas BackstromAssists: John Carlson · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:57WSHTroy BrouwerAssists: Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:44WSHWojtek WolskiGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:30PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Matt Read, Kurtis Foster · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:23PHIZac Rinaldo: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 11:13WSHAlex Ovechkin: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:05PHIKimmo Timonen: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:14PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 18:14PHIZac Rinaldo: Game misconduct10 min
  6. P1 18:14WSHMatt Hendricks: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 18:14WSHMatt Hendricks: Game misconduct10 min
  8. P2 2:26WSHJay Beagle: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 6:11PHIBraydon Coburn: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P2 19:12PHITye McGinn: Too many men on the ice2 min
  11. P2 0:00PHIKimmo Timonen: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 8:25WSHTomas Kundratek: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0WSH
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackWSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Backstrom
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIWSH
31Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals2.1
66Shot attempts44
40Faceoffs won29
3Power plays5
25Penalty minutes21
26Hits17
11Blocked shots23
14Giveaways16
3Takeaways12

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. bestKnuble – Read – Couturier10:12

    xG 0.71–0.14 (83%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Brière – Giroux – McGinn6:02

    xG 0.21–0.11 (66%)attempts 10–4goals 1–1

  3. Talbot – Voracek – Schenn2:34

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Voracek – Schenn – McGinn2:00

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Gervais11:59

    xG 0.68–0.15 (82%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Foster – Grossmann7:30

    xG 0.16–0.16 (50%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Schenn10:55

    xG 0.30–0.38 (44%)attempts 10–9goals 0–2

Washington Capitals

Forward lines

  1. Brouwer – Backstrom – Johansson10:44

    xG 0.31–0.37 (46%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Chimera – Ward – Beagle9:18

    xG 0.04–0.21 (18%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Ribeiro – Ovechkin – Wolski11:18

    xG 0.28–0.52 (35%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreen – Alzner14:37

    xG 0.52–0.44 (54%)attempts 10–19goals 2–1

  2. Schultz – Kundratek10:48

    xG 0.27–0.45 (38%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Erskine – Carlson16:13

    xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 9–19goals 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.

WSH 2.1 xGPHI 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WSHPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #313 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50WSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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.

WSH winsPHI wins

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

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