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Wed, Nov 13, 2013·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Philadelphia Flyers 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 53% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1811003221
PIT0161906131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:02PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:29PITSidney CrosbyPPAssists: Evgeni Malkin, Jussi Jokinen · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:40PHIBrayden SchennPPGWGAssists: Steve Downie, Jakub Voracek · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:04PHIBrayden Schenn: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 6:51PHIJay Rosehill: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:46PHIMark Streit: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 15:31PITDeryk Engelland: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:10PITPascal Dupuis: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:10PITRobert Bortuzzo: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 17:10PHIScott Hartnell: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 6:46PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PIT
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackPIT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Crosby
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIPIT
21Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals3.1
45Shot attempts65
34Faceoffs won27
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
31Hits24
15Blocked shots12
1Giveaways10
8Takeaways6

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. bestDownie – Read – Couturier13:11

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn9:46

    xG 0.19–0.25 (44%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Rosehill – Rinaldo2:41

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:15

    xG 0.17–0.88 (16%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Coburn – Grossmann4:09

    xG 0.03–0.03 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Gustafsson2:00

    xG 0.03–0.06 (33%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Coburn15:22

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Malkin – Neal9:17

    xG 0.49–0.05 (91%)attempts 11–2goals 0–1

  2. Dupuis – Kunitz – Crosby11:10

    xG 0.63–0.42 (60%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. D'Agostini – Sutter – Bennett6:02

    xG 0.03–0.02 (62%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Adams – Glass – Vitale3:36

    xG 0.02–0.06 (26%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOrpik – Engelland7:37

    xG 0.71–0.19 (79%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Niskanen – Letang4:39

    xG 0.15–0.04 (79%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Orpik – Letang2:58

    xG 0.14–0.04 (79%)attempts 1–1goals 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.

PIT 3.1 xGPHI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PITPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #954 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50PIT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 53% of the time.

PIT winsPHI wins

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

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