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Tue, Dec 31, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Philadelphia Flyers 4, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1101724421
CGY0711106124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:15PHIMark StreitAssists: Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 14:30CGYSean MonahanAssists: Paul Byron · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:31PHIBrayden SchennGWGAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Wayne Simmonds · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:14PHIScott HartnellAssists: Luke Schenn, Brayden Schenn · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:04PHIBraydon CoburnENAssists: Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.43 xG4–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 7:02PHINicklas Grossmann: Holding2 min
  2. P2 12:02CGYShane O'Brien: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 17:59PHIMark Streit: Slashing2 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 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICGY
21Shots on goal24
1.6Expected goals1.8
37Shot attempts60
34Faceoffs won26
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
9Hits11
22Blocked shots7
2Giveaways5
4Takeaways5

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. Hartnell – Simmonds – Schenn11:53

    xG 0.22–0.20 (52%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

  2. Downie – Rinaldo – Couturier2:09

    xG 0.06–0.05 (57%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Downie – Rinaldo3:57

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Lecavalier – Rinaldo – Couturier4:20

    xG 0.05–0.10 (35%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Meszaros – Schenn12:26

    xG 0.15–0.12 (55%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Streit – Grossmann14:15

    xG 0.30–0.28 (51%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Streit – Coburn2:53

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Byron – Backlund14:00

    xG 0.56–0.09 (86%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Stempniak – Monahan12:21

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  3. Stajan – Jones – Bouma4:32

    xG 0.03–0.07 (30%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Jones – Colborne – Bouma4:10

    xG 0.00–0.06 (4%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie2:01

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Smid17:51

    xG 0.47–0.28 (63%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Butler – Brodie18:16

    xG 0.23–0.30 (44%)attempts 16–13goals 0–1

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.

CGY 1.8 xGPHI 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #806 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

CGY winsPHI wins

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

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