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Mon, Dec 9, 2013·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Ottawa Senators 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI15210111030429
OTT1919215011534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:18PHIMichael RafflAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Luke Schenn · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:37OTTClarke MacArthurAssists: Jason Spezza, Jared Cowen · Slap, 0.24 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:30OTTPatrick WierciochPPAssists: Bobby Ryan, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:43PHIJakub VoracekPPAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:33PHILuke SchennAssists: Michael Raffl, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:21OTTClarke MacArthurAssists: Bobby Ryan, Erik Karlsson · Deflected, 0.25 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:21OTTKyle TurrisUnassisted · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–4
  8. P3 10:58PHIKimmo TimonenAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Clarke MacArthur stopped
  2. 2. PHI Matt Read stopped
  3. 3. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux stopped
  5. 5. OTT Jason Spezza scored
  6. 6. PHI Sean Couturier stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:23OTTMatt Kassian: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 9:23PHIJay Rosehill: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:58PHIMichael Raffl: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:27OTTChris Neil: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 19:49OTTKyle Turris: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 19:49PHISean Couturier: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 0:44PHIBraydon Coburn: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 7:50PHIMark Streit: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 10:49OTTMarc Methot: Holding2 min · PPG

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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIOTT
29Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts70
23Faceoffs won35
2Power plays3
16Penalty minutes14
28Hits49
18Blocked shots16
8Giveaways10
9Takeaways6

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 – Voracek13:40

    xG 1.63–0.26 (86%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Schenn – Raffl9:23

    xG 0.42–0.30 (59%)attempts 7–13goals 2–0

  3. Hall – Rosehill – Rinaldo2:19

    xG 0.01–0.07 (15%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Downie – Read – Couturier10:19

    xG 0.26–0.77 (25%)attempts 6–16goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestMeszaros – Schenn12:18

    xG 0.46–0.37 (55%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn14:47

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann2:36

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – MacArthur – Ryan5:41

    xG 0.40–0.15 (73%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

  2. Ryan – Turris – Conacher6:19

    xG 0.19–0.04 (83%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – MacArthur – Condra5:13

    xG 0.36–0.24 (61%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Michalek – Condra – Turris2:41

    xG 0.07–0.00 (99%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWiercioch – Cowen10:14

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Karlsson – Cowen3:04

    xG 0.04–0.09 (32%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Karlsson2:23

    xG 0.03–0.15 (16%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

OTT 2.8 xGPHI 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 94/100 · #58 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.55 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 52% of the time.

OTT winsPHI wins

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

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