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Thu, Apr 11, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Ottawa Senators 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 83% of the time.

PHI winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT19015210334
PHI1707011125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:20OTTZack SmithAssists: Marc Methot · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:44PHIClaude GirouxSHAssists: Simon Gagne · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:24OTTColin GreeningPPGWGAssists: Patrick Wiercioch · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:53OTTDaniel AlfredssonENAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Eric Gryba · Snap, 0.76 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:45PHIKimmo Timonen: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:22PHIJay Rosehill: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 10:22PHIJay Rosehill: Misconduct10 min
  4. P2 16:08PHIOliver Lauridsen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 19:48OTTAndre Benoit: Interference2 min
  6. P3 3:19OTTCory Conacher: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:22PHIScott Hartnell: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 13:53PHIClaude Giroux: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG

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 20:00Hall won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTPHI
34Shots on goal25
4.1Expected goals2.0
72Shot attempts45
29Faceoffs won31
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes22
24Hits26
17Blocked shots19
1Giveaways8
6Takeaways7

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. bestSilfverberg – Conacher – Zibanejad9:49

    xG 0.39–0.05 (88%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Greening – Condra – Pageau8:31

    xG 0.45–0.23 (66%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Alfredsson – Latendresse – Turris9:27

    xG 0.28–0.15 (65%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Neil – Kassian – Smith10:32

    xG 0.52–0.57 (47%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Gryba15:38

    xG 1.19–0.23 (84%)attempts 25–13goals 1–0

  2. Gonchar – Wiercioch10:07

    xG 0.46–0.12 (79%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Gonchar – Phillips2:55

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagne – Giroux – Voracek11:43

    xG 0.53–0.23 (69%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Hartnell – Simmonds – Schenn3:05

    xG 0.07–0.20 (27%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Read – Couturier6:18

    xG 0.01–0.29 (5%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Fedotenko – Hartnell – Schenn6:28

    xG 0.02–0.32 (5%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Timonen – Gustafsson5:43

    xG 0.09–0.05 (66%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Lauridsen11:20

    xG 0.49–0.57 (46%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

  3. Huskins – Gustafsson6:17

    xG 0.11–0.22 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 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 2.0 xGOTT 4.1 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 48/100 · #367 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.56 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 83% 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).