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Mon, Apr 15, 2013·Centre Bell, Montreal

Philadelphia Flyers 7, Montréal Canadiens 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 56% of the time.

MTL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI21741214733
MTL18210010328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:45PHISean CouturierAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Luke Schenn · Tip-in, 0.35 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:49PHIErik GustafssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:02MTLMax PaciorettyPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, P.K. Subban · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 0:38MTLBrendan GallagherPPAssists: Max Pacioretty, P.K. Subban · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P2 1:02PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, Simon Gagne · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 7:30PHIScott HartnellPPGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Kimmo Timonen · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P2 9:11MTLAlex GalchenyukAssists: Davis Drewiske, Lars Eller · Wrist, 0.29 xG4–3
  8. P2 10:46PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Jakub Voracek, Kimmo Timonen · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–3
  9. P2 19:27PHIScott HartnellPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Wayne Simmonds · Tip-in, 0.07 xG6–3
  10. P3 12:45PHIScott HartnellAssists: Brayden Schenn, Daniel Brière · Snap, 0.05 xG7–3
Penalties (24)
  1. P1 6:11PHIKurtis Foster: Instigator2 min
  2. P1 6:11PHIKurtis Foster: Instigator face shield2 min
  3. P1 6:11PHIKurtis Foster: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 6:11MTLRyan White: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 6:11MTLRyan White: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  6. P1 6:11PHIKurtis Foster: Misconduct10 min
  7. P1 12:30PHIJay Rosehill: Boarding2 min
  8. P1 17:26PHIOliver Lauridsen: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P1 19:23PHIOliver Lauridsen: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  10. P2 4:44PHISean Couturier: Slashing2 min
  11. P2 7:08MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  12. P2 11:25PHISean Couturier: Cross checking2 min
  13. P2 18:30MTLAlex Galchenyuk: Boarding2 min · PPG
  14. P3 0:46MTLDavid Desharnais: High sticking2 min
  15. P3 6:38MTLTomas Plekanec: Cross checking2 min
  16. P3 6:38PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 6:38MTLTomas Plekanec: Roughing2 min
  18. P3 10:18PHIJay Rosehill: Roughing2 min
  19. P3 10:18PHIJay Rosehill: Roughing2 min
  20. P3 10:18PHIJay Rosehill: Misconduct10 min
  21. P3 10:18MTLMax Pacioretty: Roughing2 min
  22. P3 14:49MTLP.K. Subban: Interference2 min
  23. P3 0:00MTLLars Eller: Slashing5 min
  24. P3 0:00MTLLars Eller: Game misconduct10 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 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMTL
33Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals2.7
47Shot attempts62
34Faceoffs won25
6Power plays6
45Penalty minutes44
19Hits11
18Blocked shots7
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways3

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. bestSimmonds – Read – Couturier4:53

    xG 0.44–0.14 (77%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Gagne – Giroux – Voracek7:12

    xG 0.41–0.22 (65%)attempts 9–4goals 3–0

  3. Brière – Hartnell – Schenn6:13

    xG 0.20–0.09 (70%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Hall – Fedotenko – Couturier4:01

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Gustafsson4:00

    xG 0.29–0.04 (88%)attempts 7–2goals 2–0

  2. Schenn – Gustafsson3:50

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Lauridsen4:54

    xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 2–1

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestDesharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher10:11

    xG 0.44–0.20 (69%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  2. Ryder – Eller – Galchenyuk2:10

    xG 0.30–0.12 (71%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

  3. Ryder – Plekanec – Bourque3:23

    xG 0.04–0.04 (50%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Eller – Galchenyuk3:37

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Drewiske3:24

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Drewiske – Beaulieu6:00

    xG 0.50–0.50 (50%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  3. Bouillon – Markov7:23

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 6–8goals 0–2

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 2.7 xGPHI 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 89/100 · #86 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 56% 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).