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Tue, Jan 28, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Detroit Red Wings 0, Philadelphia Flyers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 61% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET07010016033
PHI1821228528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:42PHIScott HartnellPPGWGAssists: Kimmo Timonen, Claude Giroux · Deflected, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:08PHIScott HartnellAssists: Claude Giroux, Mark Streit · Snap, 0.25 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:02PHIAdam HallAssists: Michael Raffl, Erik Gustafsson · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:22PHIClaude GirouxAssists: Scott Hartnell, Jakub Voracek · Snap, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 16:09PHISean CouturierAssists: Mark Streit · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG0–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:18DETDanny DeKeyser: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:05PHIWayne Simmonds: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:05DETBrian Lashoff: Diving2 min
  4. P1 16:44PHIKimmo Timonen: Interference2 min
  5. P1 16:44DETDarren Helm: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 17:28PHINicklas Grossmann: Holding2 min
  7. P2 13:53PHIChris VandeVelde: Holding2 min
  8. P3 1:47PHINicklas Grossmann: Delaying game2 min
  9. P3 7:38PHIBrayden Schenn: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 11:42DETBrendan Smith: Holding2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETPHI
33Shots on goal28
3.3Expected goals2.7
65Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won24
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes12
23Hits36
9Blocked shots20
9Giveaways3
4Takeaways7

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestEaves – Miller – Glendening8:27

    xG 0.83–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0

  2. Cleary – Andersson – Jurco2:55

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Tatar – Sheahan3:40

    xG 0.12–0.06 (65%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Abdelkader – Andersson – Nyquist7:21

    xG 0.31–0.42 (43%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser14:00

    xG 0.93–0.82 (53%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Lashoff11:42

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson14:38

    xG 0.45–0.84 (35%)attempts 21–10goals 0–2

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestHartnell – Giroux – Voracek9:37

    xG 1.18–0.20 (86%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  2. Lecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn12:31

    xG 0.39–0.43 (47%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Hall – VandeVelde – Raffl6:22

    xG 0.19–0.31 (38%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  4. Downie – Read – Couturier10:26

    xG 0.36–0.90 (29%)attempts 5–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStreit – Grossmann11:37

    xG 0.79–0.31 (72%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Gustafsson12:19

    xG 0.61–0.39 (61%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  3. Streit – Coburn5:56

    xG 0.63–0.52 (55%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

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 2.7 xGDET 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1165 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 61% of the time.

PHI winsDET wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).