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Thu, Oct 17, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 56% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PIT01221726435
PHI0815012125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:43PITJussi JokinenAssists: Evgeni Malkin · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:13PITChris KunitzGWGAssists: Pascal Dupuis, Matt Niskanen · Snap, 0.30 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:58PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Brayden Schenn · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:28PITSidney CrosbyAssists: Pascal Dupuis · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:47PITEvgeni MalkinENAssists: Craig Adams, Sidney Crosby · Wrist, 0.56 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:01PHIClaude Giroux: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:56PHIAdam Hall: Interference2 min
  3. P1 8:26PITJoe Vitale: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:01PHIBraydon Coburn: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:26PHIKris Newbury: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 7:26PITRobert Bortuzzo: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 13:03PHILuke Schenn: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 19:00PITMarc-Andre Fleury: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 0:15PITBrooks Orpik: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 3:23PITMatt Niskanen: Roughing2 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.

PIT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← PIT attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Crosby won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PITPHI
35Shots on goal25
3.1Expected goals3.4
61Shot attempts63
28Faceoffs won39
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
35Hits33
23Blocked shots15
5Giveaways4
5Takeaways8

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Kunitz – Crosby7:55

    xG 0.58–0.24 (70%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  2. Kobasew – Jokinen – Malkin6:46

    xG 0.38–0.62 (38%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Adams – Glass – Sutter7:03

    xG 0.07–0.47 (13%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Orpik – Maatta2:40

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Maatta7:05

    xG 0.15–0.19 (45%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Scuderi – Niskanen7:48

    xG 0.52–0.60 (46%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestSimmonds – Schenn – Raffl9:05

    xG 0.74–0.66 (53%)attempts 15–14goals 0–2

  2. Talbot – Read – Couturier9:24

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Newbury – Rinaldo4:25

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Giroux – Voracek – McGinn7:19

    xG 0.16–0.64 (20%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrossmann – Gustafsson3:41

    xG 0.61–0.06 (91%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Schenn3:13

    xG 0.42–0.12 (78%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

  3. Streit – Gustafsson5:16

    xG 0.36–0.06 (85%)attempts 10–3goals 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 3.4 xGPIT 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIPIT

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 PIT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #811 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PIT 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 56% of the time.

PHI winsPIT wins

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

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