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Mon, Dec 2, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 53% of the time.

MIN winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0406011021
MIN090626221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 3:52MINJason PominvilleGWGAssists: Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:49MINCharlie CoyleAssists: Jared Spurgeon, Marco Scandella · Wrist, 0.35 xG0–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 19:26PHIWayne Simmonds: Holding2 min
  2. P2 3:30MINMike Rupp: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:30PHIJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 6:58PHIClaude Giroux: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 7:48MINCharlie Coyle: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 13:08MINMikko Koivu: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIMIN
21Shots on goal21
1.6Expected goals1.5
53Shot attempts37
30Faceoffs won18
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
20Hits16
8Blocked shots16
2Giveaways10
4Takeaways8

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. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek10:48

    xG 0.36–0.11 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Rosehill – Rinaldo3:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Simmonds – Schenn – Raffl10:48

    xG 0.36–0.59 (38%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  4. Downie – Read – Couturier11:01

    xG 0.25–0.50 (34%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMeszaros – Schenn10:41

    xG 0.52–0.14 (79%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Grossmann4:54

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Grossmann – Schenn2:10

    xG 0.07–0.06 (53%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Pominville – Parise13:40

    xG 0.41–0.31 (57%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Rupp – Konopka – Haula2:43

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Cooke – Brodziak – Mitchell10:49

    xG 0.27–0.21 (57%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Heatley – Coyle – Niederreiter12:53

    xG 0.57–0.57 (50%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Spurgeon14:18

    xG 0.70–0.45 (61%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  2. Ballard – Stoner11:12

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Spurgeon2:39

    xG 0.01–0.05 (16%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

MIN 1.5 xGPHI 1.6 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1201 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 53% of the time.

MIN winsPHI wins

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

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