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Wed, Dec 4, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Philadelphia Flyers 6, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI110112412634
DET11021609335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:17DETTomas TatarAssists: Drew Miller, Joakim Andersson · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:48PHISteve DowniePPAssists: Sean Couturier, Matt Read · Snap, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:24DETJohan FranzenAssists: Stephen Weiss, Gustav Nyquist · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:13DETTomas TatarPPAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.48 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:38PHIMatt ReadAssists: Sean Couturier, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:15PHIClaude GirouxPPAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:28PHISean CouturierGWGAssists: Steve Downie, Matt Read · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 9:58PHIScott HartnellPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Mark Streit · Slap, 0.07 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:01PHISean CouturierENAssists: Michael Raffl · Wrist, 0.56 xG6–3
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 12:13DETKyle Quincey: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:38PHISteve Downie: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 9:04PHISteve Downie: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:12PHIZac Rinaldo: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:09PHIScott Hartnell: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:47PHILuke Schenn: Charging2 min
  7. P2 18:43PHIBraydon Coburn: Holding2 min
  8. P3 4:17DETStephen Weiss: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 8:36DETJakub Kindl: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 15:08PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 0:00PHIZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 0:00PHIZac Rinaldo: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 0:00PHISteve Downie: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 0:00DETJustin Abdelkader: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Franzen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDET
34Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals3.2
56Shot attempts47
32Faceoffs won40
3Power plays7
20Penalty minutes8
23Hits18
5Blocked shots12
10Giveaways12
4Takeaways6

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. Simmonds – Schenn – Raffl9:42

    xG 0.21–0.23 (49%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  2. Hall – Rosehill – Rinaldo2:42

    xG 0.02–0.08 (16%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:02

    xG 0.28–0.39 (42%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  4. Downie – Read – Couturier10:55

    xG 0.22–0.43 (34%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn9:39

    xG 0.27–0.15 (65%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Streit – Grossmann14:52

    xG 0.44–0.40 (53%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Meszaros – Schenn11:05

    xG 0.44–0.59 (43%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestWeiss – Franzen – Nyquist9:33

    xG 0.49–0.25 (67%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Alfredsson – Abdelkader – Helm9:31

    xG 0.33–0.18 (64%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Andersson – Tatar7:03

    xG 0.28–0.24 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 1–1

  4. Cleary – Samuelsson – Emmerton5:59

    xG 0.15–0.12 (54%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith9:34

    xG 0.54–0.08 (88%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson12:32

    xG 0.33–0.23 (60%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Ericsson – Quincey3:09

    xG 0.19–0.25 (43%)attempts 4–5goals 1–1

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.

DET 3.2 xGPHI 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #131 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 65% of the time.

DET winsPHI wins

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

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