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Sat, Nov 30, 2013·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Nashville Predators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 55% of the time.

NSH winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI1110814011324
NSH11301119030236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:49PHIClaude GirouxUnassisted · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:49NSHMike FisherAssists: Patric Hornqvist · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:05NSHColin WilsonAssists: Gabriel Bourque, Ryan Ellis · Backhand, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:06PHISean CouturierAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Steve Downie · Snap, 0.11 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Craig Smith stopped
  2. 2. PHI Vincent Lecavalier scored
  3. 3. NSH Matt Hendricks stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  5. 5. NSH Matt Cullen stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:25PHIBrayden Schenn: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:32NSHMatt Hendricks: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 14:34PHIJakub Voracek: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 6:23PHIBraydon Coburn: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:32PHIMark Streit: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:15PHIBraydon Coburn: Holding2 min
  7. P3 1:46NSHDavid Legwand: Interference2 min
  8. P3 15:35NSHPaul Gaustad: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0NSH
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHINSH
24Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals2.1
49Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won31
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
21Hits16
13Blocked shots11
6Giveaways13
5Takeaways10

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. Downie – Read – Couturier8:45

    xG 0.48–0.52 (48%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  2. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn9:41

    xG 0.16–0.19 (45%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Rinaldo – Raffl2:55

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek12:45

    xG 0.22–0.53 (30%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Grossmann13:03

    xG 0.55–0.27 (67%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Meszaros – Schenn11:02

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Timonen – Coburn13:49

    xG 0.25–0.62 (29%)attempts 8–14goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestFisher – Hornqvist – Wilson12:17

    xG 0.42–0.07 (85%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Gaustad – Nystrom5:51

    xG 0.19–0.05 (79%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Spaling – Smith7:56

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Legwand – Stalberg – Bourque7:03

    xG 0.06–0.43 (12%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Jones19:13

    xG 0.69–0.15 (82%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Bartley – Ekholm3:27

    xG 0.39–0.13 (75%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  3. Bartley – Ellis10:20

    xG 0.30–0.36 (45%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

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.

NSH 2.1 xGPHI 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #348 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.88 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 55% of the time.

NSH winsPHI wins

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

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