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Sat, Dec 28, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 89% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
PHI011214111022438
EDM280314011316

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:32EDMTaylor HallUnassisted · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:02EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Taylor Hall, Andrew Ference · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:37PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:13PHIWayne SimmondsPPAssists: Jakub Voracek, Scott Hartnell · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:52EDMDavid PerronPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 14:28PHIScott HartnellPPAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Claude Giroux · Tip-in, 0.20 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle scored
  2. 2. PHI Vincent Lecavalier stopped
  3. 3. EDM David Perron stopped
  4. 4. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  5. 5. EDM Sam Gagner stopped
  6. 6. PHI Michael Raffl scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:37PHINicklas Grossmann: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:37PHIZac Rinaldo: Charging2 min
  3. P1 18:53PHIMark Streit: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 3:21EDMAndrew Ference: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:15EDMDavid Perron: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:05EDMJeff Petry: Holding2 min
  7. P3 4:45PHIVincent Lecavalier: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 10:59PHIKimmo Timonen: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:42EDMAles Hemsky: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 14:16EDMJeff Petry: Cross checking2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHIEDM
38Shots on goal16
4.0Expected goals1.4
74Shot attempts34
39Faceoffs won35
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
26Hits16
7Blocked shots17
10Giveaways15
5Takeaways9

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. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl8:05

    xG 0.70–0.29 (71%)attempts 12–3goals 0–1

  2. Hall – Downie – Rinaldo4:09

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Simmonds – Schenn9:57

    xG 0.30–0.13 (69%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Read – Couturier10:44

    xG 0.47–0.33 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Grossmann13:53

    xG 0.93–0.22 (81%)attempts 19–6goals 0–1

  2. Timonen – Coburn12:17

    xG 0.87–0.28 (76%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  3. Meszaros – Schenn12:43

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Joensuu – Gagner – Perron4:14

    xG 0.16–0.24 (40%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins7:11

    xG 0.15–0.34 (30%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  3. Gazdic – Lander – Yakupov5:11

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Hemsky – Gordon9:35

    xG 0.05–0.38 (11%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ference – Schultz14:36

    xG 0.58–0.82 (41%)attempts 11–21goals 1–0

  2. Marincin – Belov10:57

    xG 0.18–0.60 (23%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Petry13:23

    xG 0.06–0.81 (7%)attempts 4–17goals 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.

EDM 1.4 xGPHI 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 87/100 · #127 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.21 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 89% of the time.

EDM winsPHI wins

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

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