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Wed, Jan 8, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Montréal Canadiens 1, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MTL091605120
PHI2911206327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:27PHISean CouturierAssists: Vincent Lecavalier, Andrej Meszaros · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:39PHIZac RinaldoGWGAssists: Luke Schenn, Andrej Meszaros · Backhand, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:24PHIMichael RafflAssists: Andrej Meszaros, Brayden Schenn · Backhand, 0.44 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:37MTLTomas PlekanecSHAssists: Brian Gionta · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:33PHIMichael Raffl: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 15:18PHISteve Downie: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 6:08PHIBrayden Schenn: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:52MTLLars Eller: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 13:43PHIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 13:43MTLBrandon Prust: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 15:47MTLMichael Bournival: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 0:00MTLP.K. Subban: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 13:08PHIVincent Lecavalier: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 19:46MTLDaniel Brière: Interference goalkeeper2 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 20:00Eller won the faceoff against Couturier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLPHI
20Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals2.6
52Shot attempts50
25Faceoffs won26
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
23Hits21
11Blocked shots21
9Giveaways10
7Takeaways5

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. bestPrust – Bourque – Eller2:17

    xG 0.12–0.02 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Gionta – Moen – Plekanec3:10

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Moen – Bourque – Eller2:27

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Prust – Eller – Bournival2:29

    xG 0.04–0.08 (35%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMarkov – Diaz5:12

    xG 0.23–0.02 (94%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Gorges – Diaz5:21

    xG 0.04–0.10 (31%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Subban10:00

    xG 0.06–0.18 (24%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Voracek – Raffl11:21

    xG 0.97–0.17 (85%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  2. Hartnell – Simmonds – Schenn11:02

    xG 0.62–0.19 (77%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Lecavalier – Downie – Couturier10:30

    xG 0.36–0.20 (64%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Meszaros2:30

    xG 0.71–0.10 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Meszaros – Schenn11:41

    xG 0.60–0.33 (65%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

  3. Streit – Grossmann12:57

    xG 0.55–0.32 (63%)attempts 15–11goals 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 2.6 xGMTL 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1000 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50PHI 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, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsMTL wins

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

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