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Sat, Mar 2, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 65% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01419011134
PHI01022209241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:24PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Ruslan Fedotenko, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:23PHIWayne SimmondsGWGAssists: Brayden Schenn, Daniel Brière · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 14:11OTTMarc MethotAssists: Colin Greening · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 9:13PHIHarry Zolnierczyk: Charging5 min
  2. P1 9:13PHIHarry Zolnierczyk: Game misconduct10 min
  3. P1 9:13PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 9:13OTTKaspars Daugavins: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 10:25OTTDave Dziurzynski: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 11:55OTTColin Greening: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 16:35PHIKimmo Timonen: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 2:26PHILuke Schenn: Holding2 min
  9. P3 6:30OTTZack Smith: Holding2 min
  10. P3 9:36OTTZack Smith: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 12:29OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Cross checking5 min
  12. P3 12:29OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Game misconduct10 min
  13. P3 12:29PHIZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 14:43OTTErik Condra: High sticking2 min
  15. P3 19:14PHIKimmo Timonen: Holding the stick2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← OTT attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
34Shots on goal41
3.0Expected goals3.9
66Shot attempts75
30Faceoffs won32
5Power plays5
30Penalty minutes28
25Hits34
21Blocked shots15
8Giveaways9
5Takeaways6

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestNeil – Smith – Dziurzynski7:16

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Regin – Daugavins – O'Brien2:57

    xG 0.13–0.01 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Condra – Silfverberg – Zibanejad2:50

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Regin – Dziurzynski2:08

    xG 0.13–0.16 (45%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Gryba11:56

    xG 0.77–0.38 (67%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  2. Gonchar – Phillips7:06

    xG 0.40–0.36 (53%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Gryba2:14

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagne – Talbot – Couturier7:45

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek9:39

    xG 0.49–0.35 (58%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Brière – Simmonds – Schenn8:36

    xG 0.50–0.49 (50%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  4. Fedotenko – Talbot – Rinaldo3:00

    xG 0.10–0.29 (26%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Grossmann12:23

    xG 0.89–0.48 (65%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Schenn8:28

    xG 0.42–0.34 (56%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Gustafsson2:21

    xG 0.01–0.16 (8%)attempts 4–4goals 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 3.9 xGOTT 3.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 19/100 · #571 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 65% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

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

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