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Thu, Jan 2, 2014·Pepsi Center, Denver

Philadelphia Flyers 1, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 52% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI09111010130
COL111110010231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:14COLJamie McGinnAssists: Matt Duchene, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:17COLRyan O'ReillyGWGAssists: Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:48PHIWayne SimmondsAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Scott Hartnell · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:53PHISean Couturier: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:13COLCody McLeod: Holding2 min
  3. P2 1:03PHISean Couturier: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:17COLCody McLeod: Delaying game2 min
  5. P3 5:46COLMax Talbot: 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couturier won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICOL
30Shots on goal31
2.9Expected goals3.0
56Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
28Hits34
14Blocked shots12
1Giveaways8
3Takeaways7

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 – Simmonds – Schenn8:41

    xG 0.32–0.06 (83%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Hall – Rosehill – Rinaldo4:00

    xG 0.30–0.05 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – Voracek – Raffl2:47

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Downie – Giroux – Voracek2:25

    xG 0.04–0.03 (60%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMeszaros – Schenn11:01

    xG 0.46–0.19 (70%)attempts 14–5goals 1–1

  2. Timonen – Coburn13:22

    xG 0.62–0.55 (53%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Meszaros2:09

    xG 0.10–0.84 (10%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – O'Reilly – Landeskog14:06

    xG 1.21–0.25 (83%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  2. Talbot – McGinn – Duchene11:51

    xG 1.03–0.35 (75%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  3. Bordeleau – Cliche – Malone6:06

    xG 0.09–0.04 (68%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – McLeod – MacKinnon11:34

    xG 0.26–0.66 (28%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Johnson15:53

    xG 1.12–0.42 (73%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Benoit10:13

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Guenin – Holden12:25

    xG 0.44–0.29 (61%)attempts 9–9goals 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.

COL 3.0 xGPHI 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #990 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 52% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

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

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