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Mon, Feb 3, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Philadelphia Flyers 5, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 62% of the time.

SJS winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI1120749528
SJS280509222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:23PHIMark StreitPPAssists: Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:33SJSMatt NietoPPAssists: Tommy Wingels, Matt Irwin · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:32SJSMatt NietoAssists: Brent Burns, Joe Thornton · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:11PHIMatt ReadAssists: Steve Downie, Sean Couturier · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:29PHIMichael RafflGWGAssists: Erik Gustafsson, Adam Hall · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:56PHIClaude GirouxUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:44PHIJakub VoracekAssists: Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:44SJSMatt Nieto: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:14PHINicklas Grossmann: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:18PHIErik Gustafsson: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 15:44PHIAndrej Meszaros: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 18:45SJSAndrew Desjardins: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:43PHIWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 12:31PHISteve Downie: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← PHI attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Giroux won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHISJS
28Shots on goal22
2.1Expected goals1.5
61Shot attempts46
31Faceoffs won36
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
22Hits21
17Blocked shots20
11Giveaways27
10Takeaways11

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. bestLecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn12:35

    xG 0.64–0.06 (91%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Downie – Read – Couturier9:06

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  3. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek10:24

    xG 0.54–0.28 (66%)attempts 16–7goals 2–1

  4. Hall – Rinaldo – Raffl5:22

    xG 0.11–0.05 (67%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Gustafsson13:33

    xG 0.64–0.14 (82%)attempts 14–11goals 3–0

  2. Coburn – Grossmann13:23

    xG 0.50–0.27 (65%)attempts 20–7goals 1–1

  3. Streit – Meszaros15:46

    xG 0.53–0.34 (61%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. Havlat – Kearns – Sheppard6:02

    xG 0.06–0.25 (20%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  2. Marleau – Havlat – Pavelski4:19

    xG 0.08–0.28 (23%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Kearns – Sheppard – Wingels3:05

    xG 0.02–0.22 (9%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  4. Brown – Desjardins – Hayes7:06

    xG 0.04–0.28 (13%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Vlasic2:37

    xG 0.07–0.01 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Stuart7:29

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Boyle2:46

    xG 0.02–0.18 (8%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

SJS 1.5 xGPHI 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSPHI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #495 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 62% of the time.

SJS winsPHI wins

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

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