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Thu, Dec 12, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Montréal Canadiens 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 85% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL040918121
PHI191909227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:57PHIMichael RafflAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:43PHIClaude GirouxGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Brayden Schenn · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:04MTLAlex GalchenyukUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:04PHISean Couturier: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:36MTLAlexei Emelin: Interference2 min
  3. P2 6:01MTLP.K. Subban: Elbowing2 min
  4. P2 16:15MTLAlexei Emelin: Elbowing5 min
  5. P2 16:15MTLAlexei Emelin: Game misconduct10 min
  6. P3 0:00MTLBrendan Gallagher: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 0:00MTLBrendan Gallagher: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 0:00PHISteve Mason: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 0:00PHISteve Mason: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 0:00MTLBrian Gionta: High sticking2 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.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← MTL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Desharnais won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLPHI
21Shots on goal27
1.2Expected goals3.2
43Shot attempts65
32Faceoffs won25
1Power plays3
25Penalty minutes6
23Hits21
24Blocked shots15
9Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Gallagher – Galchenyuk7:49

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Brière – Desharnais – Pacioretty12:06

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Pacioretty – Eller – Gallagher2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  4. Parros – Moen – White3:30

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Subban18:23

    xG 0.69–0.24 (74%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Gorges – Diaz3:13

    xG 0.04–0.06 (44%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Emelin8:56

    xG 0.09–0.14 (40%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl10:06

    xG 0.48–0.27 (64%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Hall – VandeVelde – Rinaldo4:34

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Downie – Read – Couturier12:03

    xG 0.11–0.19 (36%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Hartnell – Simmonds – Schenn9:14

    xG 0.30–0.45 (40%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Gustafsson13:22

    xG 0.35–0.11 (76%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Timonen – Coburn12:12

    xG 0.34–0.19 (63%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Coburn – Grossmann3:44

    xG 0.06–0.02 (78%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

PHI 3.2 xGMTL 1.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1067 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 85% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).