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Mon, Dec 23, 2013·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Minnesota Wild 1, Philadelphia Flyers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 82% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1110808127
PHI25114112431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:52PHILuke SchennAssists: Scott Hartnell, Wayne Simmonds · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:51PHIWayne SimmondsPPGWGAssists: Jakub Voracek, Claude Giroux · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:43MINMikael GranlundPPAssists: Jason Pominville, Ryan Suter · Snap, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:46PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Braydon Coburn, Jakub Voracek · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:03PHIWayne SimmondsENAssists: Brayden Schenn, Nicklas Grossmann · Wrist, 0.62 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:41MINMarco Scandella: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:52PHIBrayden Schenn: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:12PHIBraydon Coburn: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 0:00PHIWayne Simmonds: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 4:45MINNate Prosser: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 9:37MINDany Heatley: Holding2 min
  7. P2 19:32PHIJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 3:50PHIAdam Hall: Interference2 min
  9. P3 5:32MINMarco Scandella: Hooking2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINPHI
27Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals4.3
53Shot attempts61
25Faceoffs won21
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
21Hits29
22Blocked shots10
8Giveaways6
7Takeaways7

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCooke – Koivu – Coyle7:51

    xG 0.42–0.06 (87%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Veilleux – Konopka – Mitchell4:46

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Granlund – Niederreiter10:40

    xG 0.33–0.29 (54%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Heatley – Brodziak – Fontaine9:22

    xG 0.26–0.76 (26%)attempts 9–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Spurgeon11:13

    xG 0.39–0.10 (80%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Brodin15:27

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Prosser2:41

    xG 0.03–0.08 (25%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Simmonds – Schenn9:51

    xG 0.70–0.28 (71%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl10:26

    xG 0.31–0.21 (60%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Lecavalier – Read – Couturier9:16

    xG 0.40–0.31 (57%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Hall – VandeVelde – Rinaldo2:39

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMeszaros – Schenn11:50

    xG 0.79–0.29 (73%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Meszaros2:08

    xG 0.41–0.10 (80%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Timonen – Coburn12:38

    xG 0.55–0.32 (63%)attempts 11–8goals 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 4.3 xGMIN 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #859 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 82% of the time.

PHI winsMIN wins

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

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