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Sat, Dec 7, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI11106011128
DAL01341318534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:51PHIAndrej MeszarosAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:39DALTyler SeguinAssists: Jamie Benn, Valeri Nichushkin · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:03DALTyler SeguinGWGAssists: Alex Goligoski, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:43DALTyler SeguinAssists: Valeri Nichushkin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:05DALValeri NichushkinAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:27DALCody EakinSHAssists: Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–5
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 1:15PHIZac Rinaldo: Instigator2 min
  2. P1 1:15PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 1:15PHIZac Rinaldo: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P1 1:15PHIZac Rinaldo: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 9:36DALRyan Garbutt: Boarding2 min
  6. P1 16:05PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 6:12PHIKimmo Timonen: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 7:53DALJordie Benn: Interference2 min
  9. P3 14:59DALJordie Benn: Elbowing2 min
  10. P3 17:02DALBrenden Dillon: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 17:02PHISean Couturier: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 17:02PHISean Couturier: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 17:02DALBrenden Dillon: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 17:29DALTyler Seguin: Hooking2 min
  15. P3 18:43PHIWayne Simmonds: 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 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIDAL
28Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals3.0
65Shot attempts54
34Faceoffs won33
5Power plays5
45Penalty minutes20
21Hits18
9Blocked shots24
7Giveaways13
3Takeaways6

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. bestSimmonds – Schenn – Raffl7:47

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Downie – Read – Couturier9:01

    xG 0.52–0.56 (48%)attempts 12–7goals 0–2

  3. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek11:00

    xG 0.31–0.68 (31%)attempts 15–14goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Schenn3:25

    xG 0.48–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  2. Coburn – Grossmann4:43

    xG 0.06–0.07 (44%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Coburn5:55

    xG 0.34–0.37 (48%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Nichushkin11:12

    xG 1.03–0.40 (72%)attempts 18–15goals 4–0

  2. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt5:41

    xG 0.28–0.15 (65%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Horcoff – Peverley9:29

    xG 0.17–0.32 (35%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Chiasson – Eakin4:08

    xG 0.02–0.35 (6%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Dillon14:48

    xG 1.01–0.28 (78%)attempts 19–18goals 3–0

  2. Connauton – Oleksiak8:19

    xG 0.35–0.37 (49%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  3. Gonchar – Benn11:12

    xG 0.28–0.57 (33%)attempts 5–12goals 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.

DAL 3.0 xGPHI 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #816 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsPHI wins

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

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