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Sat, Feb 16, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Montréal Canadiens 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 72% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI021809119
MTL11216211429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:53MTLBrendan GallagherAssists: Max Pacioretty, Raphael Diaz · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:15MTLDavid DesharnaisGWGAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Max Pacioretty · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:56PHIDaniel BrièreAssists: Jakub Voracek, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:32MTLTomas PlekanecAssists: Rene Bourque, Brian Gionta · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:56MTLRene BourqueENAssists: Brian Gionta, Josh Gorges · Backhand, 0.76 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:55PHIBraydon Coburn: Interference2 min
  2. P1 2:55MTLBrandon Prust: Diving2 min
  3. P1 10:53PHIErik Gustafsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:28PHIZac Rinaldo: Interference2 min
  5. P2 1:42MTLP.K. Subban: Interference2 min
  6. P2 6:51MTLJosh Gorges: Interference2 min
  7. P2 15:16MTLBrendan Gallagher: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 17:18MTLMax Pacioretty: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P2 19:24PHIDaniel Brière: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 11:52PHIKimmo Timonen: Holding2 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 SOG0MTL
43% to win57% to win
← PHI attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Talbot won the faceoff against Desharnais
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
19Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals3.0
42Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won38
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
32Hits20
17Blocked shots11
10Giveaways14
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. bestKnuble – McGinn – Couturier5:21

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Read3:22

    xG 0.27–0.02 (92%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Simmonds – Schenn3:38

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Simmonds – Read7:19

    xG 0.28–0.32 (47%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Gervais8:55

    xG 0.69–0.14 (83%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Timonen – Gervais2:14

    xG 0.03–0.07 (31%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  3. Coburn – Schenn5:12

    xG 0.02–0.06 (26%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher10:16

    xG 0.82–0.02 (97%)attempts 17–4goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Prust – Galchenyuk7:20

    xG 0.10–0.08 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  3. Moen – Armstrong – Eller4:58

    xG 0.07–0.08 (48%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Plekanec – Bourque10:40

    xG 0.32–0.56 (36%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Emelin9:53

    xG 0.73–0.19 (79%)attempts 13–5goals 2–0

  2. Gorges – Diaz12:32

    xG 0.39–0.19 (68%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Gorges – Emelin2:42

    xG 0.03–0.02 (51%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

MTL 3.0 xGPHI 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 30/100 · #526 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 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, Montréal Canadiens win this game 72% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

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

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